Here’s the long story shortened. I have a fishing buddy (he doesn’t visit this site) who was heading to the river to fish. He called me asking for some info and I gave him one of my hotspots to try. That evening he sends me a pic of some eyes laying on his driveway, with several whoppers, including a 7, 6.5, and a 4. I talk to him a few days later and say, “Man, I can’t believe you kept those big ones!!!” I figured they wouldn’t taste good because they were so big. He says nope, they were some of the best fish he’s ever eaten. A bunch of people came over to his house for a fish fry and everyone loved them. I was like, “what?????” and he said the texture of the fillets was great, the flakes were big, and on and on. He said he really preferred them over the smaller fish. I will say this guy is GREAT at filleting fish and cooking them, a lot better than the average joe. It did get me to thinking about the subject of eating larger fish. I’m a bass fisherman, so I let go 98% of the fish I catch. I have kept two large walleyes to eat on separate occasions. One was a 6 3/4 lb. fish I meant to mount but didn’t. It sat in the freezer for 14 months whole, at which time I thawed it out, filleted it, and it was absolutely delicious. Not sure what happened there, but it was good. The other was a 7lb. class fish caught ice fishing last year. That fish was also very tasty. I guess the conclusion is that big walleyes are pretty tasty. I still practice catch and release, and throw back almost all my walleyes. I was just curious about anyone else’s experience in the matter.
October 19, 2012 at 1:46 pm
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