Lake Erie Walleye

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by jamesbalog

Beaver park which is right between lorain and vermilion.

weve been trolling and fishing has been on fire. 4 trips last week 3 man limit twice 4 man limit once and 21 for 4 of us the other day

Are you just launching at Beaver, or are you docked there? When I had a dock, I was at Romp's, now I just hit the public launches.

[spoggy]

I see you're frying them. Have you ever just done them skin-side down on the grill?

[jamesbalog]

Originally Posted by spoggy

I see you're frying them. Have you ever just done them skin-side down on the grill?

those were pan fried with a lot of seasoning and a little bread crumbs... pan frying is my favorite, i rarely deep fry. my dad always talks about cooking them on the grill the way you mentioned but i have yet to try it

ive also been told to try boiling them, i guess they almost taste like lobster when boiled. havent tried that yet, ever hear of boiling them?

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by jamesbalog

those were pan fried with a lot of seasoning and a little bread crumbs... pan frying is my favorite, i rarely deep fry. my dad always talks about cooking them on the grill the way you mentioned but i have yet to try it

ive also been told to try boiling them, i guess they almost taste like lobster when boiled. havent tried that yet, ever hear of boiling them?

No, not walleye, but sheepshead, yes. Poor man's shrimp. If you take smaller ones and just take the back meat, roll them and toothpick them, boil them in salted water with lemon, chill and serve with cocktail sauce. Not too bad for a little beer party back at the dock.

[jamesbalog]

Originally Posted by spoggy

No, not walleye, but sheepshead, yes. Poor man's shrimp. If you take smaller ones and just take the back meat, roll them and toothpick them, boil them in salted water with lemon, chill and serve with cocktail sauce. Not too bad for a little beer party back at the dock.

Guy who docks next to me claims he does it with walleye... ive heard of the sheepshead being cooked that way but this was the first time ive heard it done with walleye

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by jamesbalog

Guy who docks next to me claims he does it with walleye... ive heard of the sheepshead being cooked that way but this was the first time ive heard it done with walleye

OK now I need a lesson in freshwater fish because I'm sure you're not talking about the same Sheepshead we catch in the Atlantic.

[Redneck]

One of my favorate ways to cook walleye is like scallops. I fellet an de-bone them then make 1" cubes and wrap in bacon marinate for an hour and BBQ. They go real good with a 6 pack

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

OK now I need a lesson in freshwater fish because I'm sure you're not talking about the same Sheepshead we catch in the Atlantic.

Sheepshead are freshwater drum. They have about a million names. Silver Drum, Silver Bass, Gaspergou. Sheepshead is what I've always heard them called. On Lake Erie you can catch them regularly up to 20-25 lbs, I think the record is 45ish. They bite on almost anything, both live and hardware.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum
Most folks I know consider them trash fish and will have nothing to do with them.

[jamesbalog]

Originally Posted by spoggy

Are you just launching at Beaver, or are you docked there? When I had a dock, I was at Romp's, now I just hit the public launches.

im docked there. i was going to just hit public launches this year but the first trip to hotwaters resulted in me coming back to my trailer to find all my wires cut and my winch tied in a knot.

so i put it back in a slip and im happy i did, ive only had to run a few miles to be into the eyes all year... hopefully it stays that way.... the fewer trips to the buoy or the sand bar the better

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by jamesbalog

im docked there. i was going to just hit public launches this year but the first trip to hotwaters resulted in me coming back to my trailer to find all my wires cut and my winch tied in a knot.

so i put it back in a slip and im happy i did, ive only had to run a few miles to be into the eyes all year... hopefully it stays that way.... the fewer trips to the buoy or the sand bar the better

And that sucks about your trailer. It only takes one a**hole to screw up a great day of fishing. I am surprised though, hot waters is usually pretty safe.