Exciting time on the water

I took my neighbor jig fishing and looking for bigger Crappie. We culled out a real good mess . The exciting part was the huge Bass that jumped after taking my jig! Then hung several Gar and landed one that was about 18lbs on a jig pole. It jumped like a Tarpon and finally wore it down . Used a set of needle nose pliers to grab the bill and help it in the boat . Should have seen my neighbor when it flopped up on the back deck!:Rofl
I decided to clean it and looked up a recipie for Gar Balls on a Cajun website. Modified it to suit me. Boiled the Gar Meat and crumbled it up removing the tendons or connective tissue. Boiled potatoes and mashed into the fish along with raw eggs , oinons , peppers , and seasonings. It said make golf ball sized but mine were bigger. Roll in Corn Flour and I just blended up Corn Meal. Fried them in Canola Oil. They ain't bad cooked Coon Arse Style!:biggrin

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Interesting!!!!!

Ok, if you'll do all the work I'll eat them with ya. Good Job.

Looks Yummy

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Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Looks Yummy

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Really not bad for trash fish , try ya some Russ .:twocents

Good eatz! If its cooked right. Sounds like a good trip.

Interesting

I'da like to got in on some of all of that. When a person goes to eating gar either he can't catch a crappie at all, or has caught way too many crappie. I've ate grinnel, eel, and polly catfish, but never had any gar and it wasn't cause I had too many crappie. Looks good.

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I'da like to got in on some of all of that. When a person goes to eating gar either he can't catch a crappie at all, or has caught way too many crappie. I've ate grinnel, eel, and polly catfish, but never had any gar and it wasn't cause I had too many crappie. Looks good.

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Some would say a man give'n away Crappie and eating Buffalo , Gar , or Catfish has to be crazy!:Rofl What if you eat them all and been giving away Crappie?:scratchhead Guess even Fillet Mignon could get old and could make a man eat a Bologna Sandwich! :twocents

Where is the pix of the monster. I think them are his puppies lol.

What was the meat to potato ratio?

Never had any long nose crappie, gotta be some folks that like it, they want way too much for it in the fish market.....

Hahahahaha im going to start using the "Long Nose Crappie" thing. Because I catch alot of them things!

I was told this past weekend by Steve Coleman that they steak out a gar, and cut the chunks of meat out around the bones and fry em that way. They call em gar balls too, but they don't mush em up like a salmon patty, or hush puppy. They cook the chunks of meat like any other fish.

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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I was told this past weekend by Steve Coleman that they steak out a gar, and cut the chunks of meat out around the bones and fry em that way. They call em gar balls too, but they don't mush em up like a salmon patty, or hush puppy. They cook the chunks of meat like any other fish.

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I have shelled them out and cut out back straps. Cut into boneless steaks and fry like Catfish.

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Originally Posted by stormcloud

What was the meat to potato ratio?

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3 lbs. ground garfish meat ( boiled mine and removed connective tissue instead of grinding)
Parsley
Garlic powder
1 large chopped sweet onion
Corn Flour
Canola oil
2 lbs. red potatoes boiled
Chopped Jahepenos or Bells
Salt to taste
3 raw eggs
Red pepper (Tabasco) or dried powder

Boil potatoes until tender. Peel and mash well. Grind (prefer to boil and remove connective tissue) garfish and put in large bowl. Add mashed potatoes and fine chopped sweet onions, parsley, garlic powder, eggs , chopped peppers. red pepper and salt. Mix well with hands and form into balls about golf ball sized. Roll in Corn flour ( grind up Corn meal in blender), these may be flattened to form patties, put into hot oil deep enough to cover. Drop patties into hot oil. Patty will cook fast and will float when sufficiently cooked.

Sounds good.

It's good, just don't let it get cold! It's designed to eat hot. And make sure you use a bigger gar. The bigger gar have bigger bones that are easy to work around or bigger straps to cut out.

I'm like Nimrod, I like mine mashed with taters or bread crumbs added and lots of seasoning (garlic and cayenne).

Can you start eating some flying Carp too please? :cheers2

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Can you start eating some flying Carp too please? :cheers2

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I'd try one but we don't have any yet. I hear they are real good.:twocents