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Reply With QuoteI'm going guess he knew it was you because you were the only girl with a fly rod at the spillway.Originally Posted by Valparaiso_Girl
Crappie Wall Hanger II
Must of had prepared it wrong. Kept it alive till ready to clean it, nail it to a tree or hang it head up and cut the tail off. Let it bleed out good. Clean it ( ask me if you want to know how). Rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Chill in fridge DRY overnight (optional), cut into nuggets, dip in milk +egg mix, roll in Andy's Red and fry. Soaking in milk for 30 minutes may be needed if you water is muddy. I'm telling you I've surprised a lot of people when I told them they were eating gar. It's a firm meat with a little chewiness to it like pork. I've never detected a fishy taste with any I have eaten. Hard to describe the taste, but it's not strong. Remember fresh and NEVER freeze it. And NEVER eat the row (eggs) toxic to humans.
This is from one 36" Longnose gar, doesn't that just look delicious ?
Crappie Wall Hanger II
I'm going guess he knew it was you because you were the only girl with a fly rod at the spillway.
Minnow
Yeah.....only seen one other person with a fly rod down there in the last 15 years or so!
Slabmaster
Slabmaster
Kyron, those fillets do look real nice. I'm having trouble getting past the killing part though. My fish usually just get a lip piercing and their pic taken. How does a girl not feel bad for one that's destine for the supper table?
Crappie Wall Hanger II
I take no joy in killing anything, but it's kind of a cycle of life thing. If fishermen (and women) didn't harvest some of the catch; fish could over populate and take over a lake, causing fish kills where hundreds of fish die off because there is not enough food or from disease. So if you think in those terms, you shouldn't feel bad for taking a meals worth of fish from time to time. Deer are the same way, I have found two deer this year that starved to death over the winter, that's why hunters are needed to keep the deer population in check or there would be a lot more deer starving to a slow death, and meat that would not go to feeding people who need it.
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Crappie Wall Hanger II
Not sure, probably no one around here is smart enough to use a fly rod
Not sure about the stained water, seems it's always a little stained. I don't fish there much, it can get real crowded as the weather warms. Sometimes almost shoulder to shoulder on the weekends. Further down river would make for good smallmouth with a fly rod when the waters gets slower, just need some waders.
Slabmaster
Your reply is very enlightening to me. I will have to remember that when the time comes to clean fish.
Trophy King
I've fished there for 34 years, and never seen anyone with a fly rod on that section of the river. Downstream fishing for smallies yes, but not up in the spillway. I've often considered going carp fishing with a fly rod, but haven't done it yet.
Really for fly fishing I'd go farther south, up around Marion, and the battleground.
Slabmaster
Hang in there. Its still early. My dad used to take me fishing at that spillway. I remember catching lots of white bass in may. Other times we loaded up on crappie and even walleye. All though I haven't been there in a long time, I'm glad you reminded me of it. Lots of good memories there.
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