Just going to throw this out there. I've been reading elsewhere about how delicious perch roe is. Deep fried some for the first time this evening in Zataran's. Not what I expected. It was pretty good. Consistency was a little weird but good nonetheless. I've got a lot of it. Not sure that it will keep though. 

On 3/13/2018 at 1:37 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Put a buddy on one of his biggest wipers ever and his PB walleye yesterday at 5.20 pounds, on a Ned rig.

Your buddy looks like Mark Zona ~ 

A-Jay

Intended to go striper fishing but realized while pumping gas that I had cracked my lower unit the day before. Quick change of plans and floated from point a to point b and used trolling motor and paddle. Caught a nice brown trout with a gold spoon

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Your buddy looks like Mark Zona ~ 

My thoughts exactly ...

On 3/18/2018 at 8:22 PM, slonezp said:

Just going to throw this out there. I've been reading elsewhere about how delicious perch roe is. Deep fried some for the first time this evening in Zataran's. Not what I expected. It was pretty good. Consistency was a little weird but good nonetheless. I've got a lot of it. Not sure that it will keep though. 

Nice.  I pan fried pike roe this past winter and it was crazy because the eggs were popping out of the frying pan like popcorn.  The ones that held together tasted like really really really fishy tasting scrambled eggs soaked in fish oil lol.  With a lot of salt and pepper though, they were manageable

 

 

On 3/19/2018 at 10:09 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Intended to go striper fishing but realized while pumping gas that I had cracked my lower unit the day before. Quick change of plans and floated from point a to point b and used trolling motor and paddle. Caught a nice brown trout with a gold spoon

 

Gorgeous Fish!

3 hours ago, UPSmallie said:

Nice.  I pan fried pike roe this past winter and it was crazy because the eggs were popping out of the frying pan like popcorn.  The ones that held together tasted like really really really fishy tasting scrambled eggs soaked in fish oil lol.  With a lot of salt and pepper though, they were manageable

The perch roe was not fishy at all. I made sure to not break the sac. Dipped them in egg and Zatarans and deep fried them for around 12 minutes on 350* They were off white colored like a baked potato, not brown like your pike roe.  

One of my own pond cats. Caught some live craws out of the creek and used them as bait. Not the best picture... I killed it pond side, cut the rakers, and was bleeding it out as I carried it back to the house as I didn't have my phone with me while fishing. About 16" and right at or maybe a little over 2 pounds I estimate:

 

 

Fileted and ready for eating!

A wonderful time of year

Jerkbait wasn't just catching bass this weekend.

Man, those look like Southern "Crappy".

 

16 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Man, those look like Southern "Crappy".

 

My buddy likes to call them Sac-a-Lait, or dinner, whichever. I turn them loose since I'm not a fish eater. 

3lb skipjacks were smashing lures and going crazy last night 

My Father and I took a recent saltwater fishing trip to Key West and had a successful trip.  The highlight of the trip includes a 45 inch/20 pound barracuda, a 22.5 pound jack crevalle, a 15 pound jack crevalle, a 16 pound yellowtail, and a 15 pound tarpon.  The power of these fish is incredible.  It took me 25 minutes to land the big jack.  Its the biggest one our guide has seen in 7 years.

@gimruis dude that’s a trip of a lifetime! 

On 4/5/2018 at 8:41 AM, TnRiver46 said:

3lb skipjacks were smashing lures and going crazy last night 

Skipjack are fun to catch.  I never knew they existed until my cousin-in law and I watched some guys fish for them in the tail-waters of the Picwick lake dam.  We went out the next day and caught several.  Fun stufff!

I have been working on my video gaming skills on a small electric only lake near school. Crappies are out roaming by themselves or in groups of 2/3, you have to be able to position the boat straight over top of them when you spot one, and then read the mood of the fish once you get your bait down in front of it! Super cool stuff, and I'm positive that this will help me out in the future with bass fishing.

9 hours ago, everythingthatswims said:

I have been working on my video gaming skills on a small electric only lake near school. Crappies are out roaming by themselves or in groups of 2/3, you have to be able to position the boat straight over top of them when you spot one, and then read the mood of the fish once you get your bait down in front of it! Super cool stuff, and I'm positive that this will help me out in the future with bass fishing.

That's one fine mess of crappie !

Congrats

A-Jay

heading out in two days

 

boat has been out of commission for a few weeks

 

will be hitting the snook, red fish and tarpon

 

can't wait

Even a slow day inshore in Hilton Head has its moments of excitement.

 

Had a little multispecies action this weekend.

Got a upgrade for my kayak tournament in the black crappie category. 

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Got a upgrade for my kayak tournament in the black crappie category. 

Are they spawning down there?

 

That looks liked a pretty fired up male right there.

20 minutes ago, bassh8er said:

Are they spawning down there?

 

That looks liked a pretty fired up male right there.

This was off a bed in the very far southeast corner of Kansas. I saw lots of spawning crappie and bass in the pit I got this one out of.

Schools out and fishing's on!

 

Planned ahead and planned a splake fishing pier trip for this morning's downpour.  You can pretty much only catch them if its raining/windy/stormy in the short amount of time after ice out before the water warms up.  Sunny days = no fish.  It's a less than 2 week window after ice-out to catch them from shore.

 

In the few short hours that it poured, I had a pretty good time.  Countless hits, follows, and hook ups.  As aggressive as these fish are, it's often difficult to get one in the net.  I used everything from husky jerks, spoons, swimbaits, and dead smelt under a bobber.

 

Was close on a couple occasions, but just couldn't quite connect.  Then I helped net a guy's 9 lb splake.  Literally 9 lbs!!!  We weighed it on his hand scale.  This opened my eyes a little.  Insead of having the dead smelt sit 6 feet under a bobber, he had a bobber setup, but didn't have a bobber stop on, so his dead-bait would just be laying on bottom.  This makes sense becuase splake are very opportunistic with their feeding habits.

 

Before I could make the switch on my setups, the guy hooks up on another one!  I help him land a 4 lb brute and quickly rig my smelt for the bottom.

 

5 minutes later and one of my rods gets hammered.  I pick it up and set the hook, but the fish pops off right away.

 

When they feel the hooks, they instantly spit the bait out so you have to be quick.

 

1 hour later and I see my bobber/indicator swimming in circles on the surface going crazy.

 

I run over and slam the hooks.  This time the fish stays on.  A guy helps net the 5.25 lb beast just as the trebles pop out.  Probably my most beautiful splake yet.

 

Life is Good.