Thread: Not normal

At first I thought it was a muskie which are common around me in central ohio haven't ever caught a pike

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It's hard to fillet the bones out of the small ones, anything under 20" or so. Some people will grind these and make fish cakes out of them, I've canned them and have a friend that pickles it. On the bigger fish, I zipper the fillets, which is splitting the fillet length ways on the natural " seam " in the fillet then zippering out the mud line. The Y bones will be in only one of the pieces and if you use a sharp knife you can follow the bones and remove them fairly easily from the other piece. You could zipper the small ones and have one boneless piece and grind or pickle the other bone in piece.

Originally Posted by spartannation

Here's one of his northern cousins. This one was caught on the Detroit River while jigging for walleye in the spring. Went 32". They are my favorite fish for eating and they fight like crazy. I caught one out of a local river that was 26" and it had a 11 1/2" sucker in it's stomach.Attachment 257519Attachment 257520

I hate those Y bones, great tasting fish......which method do you use to get rid of the Y bones?

Oopps, I think I was asking the same time you was giving the answer

Yep, ole jackfish. They love a spinnerbait. Caught them all my life in northwest la. Funny how they haven't migrated farther south though.

The big one is a northern pike I believe


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Yes sir it is a northern pike. Not sure if a pike and a chain pickerel are the same.

Wow!!!Never seen one of them.