Thread: This see how smart you guys are

Poor Mans Lobster. Excellent table fare and once you get the skin off, they aint too ugly for the table.

Caught one at night walleye fishing in south Dakota. This kansas boy had never seen anything come swimming at me that looked like that!

Ya'll should catch yourself a freshwater eel. They are common in the Mississippi up in our area. Get one of those 3 foot suckers in the net, then thru the net and onto the boat floor and you'll be doing some dancing. An eel make a pout look like a prom date.

never caught an eel I will stick to the ling for me

Perch, I met a young man back in Wyoming elk hunting last fall who fishes the ling tourney on Flaming Gorge. He'd placed 2nd two years in a row. I sent him some jigs and a bunch of light sticks to try. Sounds like fun.

Originally Posted by Oregon slabman

Perch, I met a young man back in Wyoming elk hunting last fall who fishes the ling tourney on Flaming Gorge. He'd placed 2nd two years in a row. I sent him some jigs and a bunch of light sticks to try. Sounds like fun.

Yup they are a lot of fun. I haven't fished the ling tourneys as It always falls on the days I have to work and we are fishing a lake called fontenelle catching these big ling. they are a lot bigger than most of the ones at the gorge but the gorge you will catch a lot more per trip usually.

I was with my dad at the gorge and was the first one to catch a ling and turn it into the game and fish. I would have to look back in my pictures it was probably 8yrs ago.

How did you do on your elk hunt and where were you hunting? close to what town?

I stayed just above Fontonelle in La Barge. I hunted in unit 102 in November for cows. Was into elk but had some physical trouble and came home without one. Trying unit 7 this year in November or December. I really like your state. The young guy who fishes the tourney is the son of the motel owner in La Barge.

I guarantee that those who turned their nose up at those fish. Would change their mind if they ate one. They are absolutely delicious. My dad was a die hard " eel pout " fisherman. Not having a boat he was limited to extremely early spring fishing at night and extremely late fall fishing also at night.

These were about the only times they were available to our portion of the country. Here they are only available at Lake Erie. Now picture a man driving 70 miles to sit on freezing rocks all night. Remember back in the 40 and 50 s they did not have the cold weather gear they have today. If my memory is still sound four or five is the most he ever caught on one trip. I never asked to go on one of these trips. Much as I liked to fish this looked like a great chance to get close to freezing to death.

Ugly countenance doesn't equal poor table fare. IF it did no one would have ever tried to eat a snapping turtle. Now I know you southern fellas jump all over them as do I.Believe it or not some people think frog legs is disgusting. First time I ordered frog legs with my wife you should have seen the look on her face.

Some people grow up rich ( like my wife ) and some grow up middle class and some grow up poor. As my Dad used to say we grew up " PO ". Which meant we couldn't afford the extra o and r. Dad learned to cook in order to survive. Never used a recipe so it always tasted different no matter how made times he made it. That was any dish not just eel pout. I have never eaten " homefries " that could even slightly compare favorably with his. His sandwiches were legendary. When night fishing with relatives they always offered to pay for everything else if dad would pack the lunch for everyone.

Only downside for me. If he loved it you as his only son " just had to love it too." Most of the time this held true. The biggest exceptions was Chef Boy-R Dees chop suey meal which gagged me. Even worse was the oyster stew. Soon as I learned he was making one of those meals. All of a sudden I would get invited over to a friends house. I went someplace wether the invitation was real or not.