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Post by slugger on Nov 27, 2011 14:46:44 GMT -5
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Post by esshup on Nov 28, 2011 1:17:48 GMT -5
Nice! So what to they (burbot) taste like?
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Post by ET on Nov 28, 2011 6:35:21 GMT -5
Esshup
If you like the taste of catfish no problem with Burbot.
Give me fresh caught trout with fillets dipped in egg batter, coated with flower & seasoned bread crumbs, fried in butter along with potato home-fries then my fork will be dancing between the plate and mouth.
Yeah I know I have funny eating rituals with good tasting food.
But I can’t help myself when my taste buds send electrical charges of delight to the brain center causing involuntary responses. I go with the flow. ;D
Slugger
Thanks for sharing a fishing outing in Montana.
Ed
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Post by slugger on Nov 28, 2011 10:31:53 GMT -5
Ling has the texture of Chicken meat and the taste of Lobster. If you pouch them in a can of beer and dip it in Melted butter you would not know the differance... Just don't look at it when your cooking it ,looks nasty!!!
There called " Poor mans Lobster"
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Post by esshup on Nov 29, 2011 1:22:22 GMT -5
Dang it, I wish they were around here.
ET, I stocked 50 Rainbows in the backyard pond this Fall. (between 3/4 and 1 1/4 ac depending on how full it is)
They were supposed to be 1# to 1 1/4# fish, but when I picked them up 150 fish weighed slightly over 300#. I'm giong to feed them all winter long like I did 2 years ago and I suspect they will double in size by March. ;D
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Post by ET on Nov 30, 2011 2:36:27 GMT -5
Esshup
Fish farming sounds like fun. Then being able to go a short distance and wet a line for a fresh catch of the day.
Ed
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Post by esshup on Dec 14, 2011 1:05:48 GMT -5
ET:
I wet a line today because a clients wife wanted to try fresh Rainbow trout (he hasn't been able to catch any from his pond even tho I stocked 75 of them in his 3/4 ac pond). I supplementally feed the fish in my pond (he does too), and they've grown from 2# to almost 4# in roughly 2 months in my pond.
Pretty soon I won't be able to use a trout recipe, I'll have to use salmon recipes!
I need to catch 2 more tomorrow, if I can, I'll take pictures.
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Post by slugger on Dec 15, 2011 22:15:38 GMT -5
 YUK!! Trout=Slimmers
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Post by ET on Dec 16, 2011 7:17:41 GMT -5
YUK!! Trout=Slimmers Slugger It is interesting that people have different acquired or developed taste for different types of fish. But the common ground for the majority of fishermen is the joy in catching them. Here too the likes vary from going after a species that display different resistance to being caught. The real interest and challenge is being out there and catching them whether doing this independently or in a group. Geographical location may dictate the type of fish you can catch but the heart of a fisherman and his goal never seems to change. Just out of curiosity as you expressed distaste for trout why would you display the majority of pictures of trout being caught? Ed |
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Post by slugger on Dec 16, 2011 15:36:16 GMT -5
There not the smartest fish in the pondEasy to catch even for me
I just don't target them and I dump them back in as fast as you do a carp/sucker,which I would rather catch,way more challenge and fun. IF I ever Keep a fish it will be a Ling,walleye,perch in that order. If there is any one I'm fishing with that wants a Trout,AKA slimer I'll keep it. I some times will target BIG trout like Bull or Laker's just because there BIG but never ,never ever will keep one to eat. Sorry if I offended you or any one else, just the way the bobber floats.
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Post by ET on Dec 16, 2011 17:34:14 GMT -5
Slugger
First off thanks for responding to my query.
Secondly there was never any offence taken but the response created a curiosity.
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes that I normally respect. I never try to conform anyone to my way of thinking but just like to try and understand some else’s thinking or response at times. Now in return I hope this hasn’t offended you.
Ed
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Post by slugger on Dec 16, 2011 21:23:43 GMT -5
NOPE
It's all good bud!!!
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Post by tenfrozentoesMT on Mar 5, 2014 21:48:12 GMT -5
Hey Slugger- if you don't mind, I was wandering where you were catching the ling. I fished Koocanusa last year for them but only caught 2. We did get some decent Kamloop's and some good eating kokanees but I want to catch more ling this year. We saved a bunch of fish head to set up a trot line this year. Going to live in the canvas for a month in July.
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Post by slugger on Mar 6, 2014 8:34:19 GMT -5
Clark canyon reservoir is the states premier ling lake.
Anywhere on the lower Yellowstone, or Mariss, but we prefer the Missouri. The pictures are from Mountain Palace FAS Mid canyon below Holter. November to march is when you traditionally fish for them, there spawning time. Sucker, sucker, sucker, did I say sucker? The hands down bait for ling is sucker, good luck with anything else.
PS No set lines above Marony dam on the Missouri.
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Post by tenfrozentoesMT on Mar 6, 2014 20:46:32 GMT -5
Ive got a buddy that fishes Canyon Ferry Res and does pretty good for them. Are you using just the head of suckers or whole? How do you rig for them? I've been told that they usually approach from the front just very very slow and then- wammo...
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Post by slugger on Mar 7, 2014 15:08:01 GMT -5
My experience is this.
You may get BIG ling with a fish head but I find I get WAY more ling with a smaller peace. I never use the head. I think the most important part of the bait and presentation is, you HAVE to have the skin on the meat. I like to get a sucker around 8" long then cut down from the back and cut off a "stake" about 1/2" thick about the size of a quarter around. Then thread on a circle hook and 6" of leader. I put a swivel on the end of that and clip it right to the sinker. I fish with the bail glued to the bottom of the lake or river. I fish this way through the ice too but will raise it off the bottom and experiment as for the best depth. Some time 6" off some times 6" under the ice. It helps some time if you very lightly jig the bait ice fishing. They seam to be able to feel any line tension and will spit the bait.If I don't use circle hook I use a #2 or #4 hook set the same way, but you will gut hook them all and won't be able to release them. Mountain/white sucker are the best for bait, Red tail and carp don't work for me at all.
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Post by slugger on Mar 11, 2014 7:41:43 GMT -5
All that said and look what I got jigging for walleye in the daylight ...
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Post by tenfrozentoesMT on Mar 18, 2014 23:26:57 GMT -5
Well look at that! Nice ling for sure. But I've got to ask, were you saying you catch them through the ice 6" from the ice? Never heard of that. But I have never fished for them through the ice though. Koocanusa res will be open soon and the spawn is over and season is back open. Oh how I'd love to come over and catch some eyes. Miss them- best I get now is perch right where I'm at.
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Post by slugger on Mar 19, 2014 14:12:58 GMT -5
You are right NORMALY we fish for them with the bait glued to the bottom. When there spawning and very active through the ice, we move the bait up some times, yes JUST under the ice. Koocanusa Is a beautiful lake and it is about the only place you can keep a bull. 
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