Taylor and Lindsey catching walleyes and bass

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This thread called this to my mind for some odd reason.

"Fan mail from some flounder?"

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Nice fish. Too bad they will likely die if they were released.

Somebody needs to teach them how to handle a fish. Never hold a fish vertically. Once the hook has been removed,, hold them horizontally and get them back into the water ASAP.
 



FinnGopher said:
Only two lures I ever use are a Rapala and a Mepps spinner. All other lures are a waste of money. 😏
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When I was a kid I would catch a ton of Northerns on red/white Daredevils.
 

Bayfield Gopher said:
Nice fish. Too bad they will likely die if they were released.

Somebody needs to teach them how to handle a fish. Never hold a fish vertically. Once the hook has been removed,, hold them horizontally and get them back into the water ASAP.
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Time out of the water when the water temps are warm is the biggest factor (especially for the walleye). The fish on the photo aren't super-huge so less danger than if they were big. If they released them relatively quickly, they'll be fine.

That being said, holding horizontally is certainly the best option.
 

Word said:
When I was a kid I would catch a ton of Northerns on red/white Daredevils.
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I hated catching northerns. Slimy snakes, full of bones, and generally good for nothing. 🤔😅 Give me bass, walleye, and crappies. But, I did have a daredevil in the box.
 

FinnGopher said:
I hated catching northerns. Slimy snakes, full of bones, and generally good for nothing. 🤔😅 Give me bass, walleye, and crappies. But, I did have a daredevil in the box.
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Filleted correctly, northerns are quite good.
I don't know one person that eats bass...except my late grandfather-in-law. But he was from Iowa...where things like bullheads are a delicacy.
 

Ewert86PC said:
This thread called this to my mind for some odd reason.

"Fan mail from some flounder?"

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You don't mean this guy do you?

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FredCoxRocks said:
Filleted correctly, northerns are quite good.
I don't know one person that eats bass...except my late grandfather-in-law. But he was from Iowa...where things like bullheads are a delicacy.
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Northerns are not that bad, especially if eaten fresh from the lake and if the Y bones are filleted out of them, or if they are pickled like herring. But, they aren't worth it as far as I am concerned. The stinky slime in my boat isn't worth it, that is. I can smell them in the dip net already and I do all that I can to get them unhooked and let go without bringing them into the boat. They are also a nuisance biting off line, causing me to re-rig and/or messing up treble hooks on crank baits.

Agreed on the bass. No interest in eating them although supposedly they are passable from cool clear waters. I used to fish an annual walleye tournament on the Missouri River and we'd stay at a camp ground that had a large fish cleaning station. I was always amazed at the number of small mouth bass I'd see in the waste disposal sink there.
 
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Schnauzer said:
Northerns are not that bad, especially if eaten fresh from the lake and if the Y bones are filleted out of them, or if they are pickled like herring. But, they aren't worth it as far as I am concerned. The stinky slime in my boat isn't worth it, that is. I can smell them in the dip net already and I do all that I can to get them unhooked and let go without bringing them into the book. They are also a nuisance biting off line, causing me to re-rig and/or messing up treble hooks on crank baits.

Agreed on the bass. No interest in eating them although supposedly they are passable from cool clear waters. I used to fish an annual walleye tournament on the Missouri River and we'd stay at a camp ground that had a large fish cleaning station. I was always amazed at the number of small mouth bass I'd see in the waste disposal sink there.
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After he retired, Bobby Knight used to come up to northeast Minnesota and fish for largemouth bass. It's a not so big secret that the lakes north of the Range are great bass fishing lakes. Floating the flats with a mepps spinner and catching 2-4 lb bass while they jump on being reeled in, there is nothing better.

If I am going to eat fish, it's going to be walleye, crappie, or even bluegill, but not northern. For me, northern even taste slimy.
 

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