Bluegill - Big Bluegill
pickerel fishermen
for those who want to catch more and bigger of this overlooked species
Keeping Pickerel for eating
I'm thinking 19-22 " is the range I want to keep Picks for food when I decide to. I only catch a few over 22 and have only surpassed 25"once. A 27,1/4",4#12 oz. in Sept 2016. With the ice fishing season upon me I want to eat another ice pickerel ,haven't done it in awhile.As I recall there are 5 fillets .The top boneless fillet,two side bony fillets and two tail to top fin boneless fillets. I have made fish cakes out of the bony sides and pan fried the three other fillets .Any recipes out there?
Fish through the ice taste great and the flesh is firmer than other times of the year.
David, aka, "McScruff"
Oct 20, 2015
dick tabbert
I can say I honestly never ate a pickerel but have eaten many a northern and assume the taste close to the same. Pike are good to eat now all I have to do is learn to fillet the dab burn things to get rid of the Y-bones.
Oct 20, 2015
John Sheehan
Sep 6, 2016