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Attachment 282294Attachment 282295Attachment 282296 made a stop at one of my spots late yesterday afternoon just before dark really just to see if they had moved in... and yep had 4 within thirty min three was keepers but all released because I didn’t have a bucket since it was just a quick stop by
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Nice!!! Love to see those guys show up. This cold snap should help too.
Guess I'll be hitting you up for Sauger fishing tips....
What did you catch them on?
The next one I catch, will be my first one.
Great job ! Fine eaters their ! thinking about giving it a try before long! Hadn’t sauger fished in close to 30 years and that was below nickajack
Fur I’m gonna dm u
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Check your messages
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Nice job, just sent a pm.
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Mighty fine eatin! We used to wear 'em out in the Guntersville Dam tailrace. They're not there like that used to be. A day like today is perfect for Jack fishing.
Mighty I didn’t get your pm
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Looks like you are going to have some fun and some good eating soon.
Thanks for sharing. It is awesome to see more reports of Sauger returning! Quite a few lean years. Congratulations on your catch!
It’s just crazy how the water they have going affects them so much. Went this morning met furflyin and didn’t have much luck but he did get a nice one, still had a good time and met a good dude.
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Did y'all fish off the bank?
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Yeah off the Bank wileyG
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There was one particular stretch of the bank where we used to slay 'em and I bet it's where y'all fished.
I was glad to get to go with you. I had one goal and that was to at least catch ONE so I could say I had caught a Sauger. Now I can! Enjoyed it
How do you clean and cook them?always heard they were awesome. Never caught one either fur.
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I filleted it, and I'm about to dip it in cornmeal and boil it in oil. :biggrin
I figure that's the least likely way to mess it up.
Ok, so now I see what the fuss is all about. This fish is really, really good. It has more taste than crappie, but not strong. I fixed it like I fry any fish. Put some corn meal with a little bit of flour and creole seasoning mixed in a ziplock bag. Put the fish in, shake it up real good and fry it.
Told u they was some tasty little critters.
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And you wuz right.
My pastor been wanting some walleyes but don’t look like I’m going to be able to make it to Tennessee to try and catch some so maybe I can catch him some sauger!
I've been meaning to get up there and try to catch a few myself. Got some friends that catch them in January. They say they are good ,never had them.
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I'm gonna get out in the boat and try them next time and I'm also going to try them on the upper side of the dam. If I get on any, I'll holler at you.
Brad, I used to catch 'em against the lock wall on the low side of the dam when they had a few flood gates open. Moving water always seemed to be the key to catching Jacks. Most would be short fish but I'd have a few keepers. Also there's a rock pile out in the river channel out from the bluff downstream from the dam. I've seen a lot come out of there but I never could get my drift right to catch em. PRB fishes that a lot I believe.
Nice catch I haven't been jack fishing in about 30 years me and my dad used to go below Wilson dam. From what I heard they don't catch them like they used to but there's no finer eating I might need to give it a try I think we used to catch them on a chartreuse curly tail grub with a 1/4 oz. head.
Thanks for the info Wiley.Quote:
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As far as cleaning the sauger/walleye/saugeye family of fish I use the zipper method. There are videos on YouTube showing how to do it.. there is a small mud vein that runs down the center of each fillet of the fish and this removes that. Basically I fillet them the grab the top and bottom half of the fish and pull. You will end up with 2 strips of fish and lateral bones and mud veins will be a separate strip to discard.. also bleed them out by cutting their gills before you leave the water. Makes them taste even better!!!!
Same here prowler. Used to fish for them all the time. Put 15 inch limit on then TWRA came in below Nick a jack dam and seined a bunch of big ones out. Ruined it. We need to try below Gville over ChristmasQuote:
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