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We still haven't put our boat in, the water level is so low (Tennessee River that runs thru Knoxville) don't know what is up with that!  Cannot wait!  For all you idiots coming to the XI fest in Gatlinburg, there are so many lakes around this area, if you have the time, you could rent a boat and putter about fish/speed/sightsee around the lakes/rivers.  Douglass Lake is the closest and would be fun for ya'll.   https://smokymountainh2osports.com/

I think maybe I should post this in the forum about the XI fest 2023, will copy this and repost there too.  :coffee:

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Still too early in western NY,, theres still snow in the forecast!

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Same here in Quebec my lake is still frozen all around!!!!

 

Usually end of april we will be good!!

Ill drop my boat here in mid may, had to reinstall my dock first wait for water get to a decent temperature that i can survive in LOL

 

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@RobMc WARNING SEVERAL FISH WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS POST!
The lake I’m interested in opens May1 st every year! That’s damn cold but can produce some nice Brown trout and Landlocked Atlantic Salmon. 
last years May1 & 2 catch!

 

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2 hours ago, WeednFeed said:

@RobMc WARNING SEVERAL FISH WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS POST!
The lake I’m interested in opens May1 st every year! That’s damn cold but can produce some nice Brown trout and Landlocked Atlantic Salmon. 
last years May1 & 2 catch!

 

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Great catch Wayne, I've just got back, at around the time you posted this I was Perch fishing and landed a 15lb Pike caught on a single worm, size 16 hook and 5lb mono, took me 20 minutes to net it and I had a crowd around me.

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2 hours ago, WeednFeed said:

@RobMc WARNING SEVERAL FISH WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS POST!
The lake I’m interested in opens May1 st every year! That’s damn cold but can produce some nice Brown trout and Landlocked Atlantic Salmon. 
last years May1 & 2 catch!

 

7388A416-37C7-432C-9EC9-5376DD3591A0.jpeg

AF0A9B8D-A7E9-444F-B1C2-81B9992D53F8.jpeg

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Wayne I have always found Rainbow Trout to be very 'fishy' to the taste.  Is it the way it has been prepared?  Or perhaps not so fresh?  

I do love Salmon!

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1 minute ago, SGTSmeg said:

Wayne I have always found Rainbow Trout to be very 'fishy' to the taste.  Is it the way it has been prepared?  Or perhaps not so fresh?  

I do love Salmon!

Try this:- gut and scale them (of course) then deeply score both sides of the fish on the thick part of the backbone. Rub ENGLISH mustard into the scores (yes I know everyone says, but trust me ENGLISH mustard - you won't taste it), cover all over with lemon or lime juice, marinade for 20 minutes. Then panfry in butter on a medium heat for around 2-3 minutes per side. I like mine with a bit of black pepper.

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10 hours ago, SGTSmeg said:

Wayne I have always found Rainbow Trout to be very 'fishy' to the taste.  Is it the way it has been prepared?  Or perhaps not so fresh?  

I do love Salmon!

@SGTSmeg The trout I catch are originally from a Scottish lake. Loch Levin. These fish were stocked as pure stock and also hybrid with Atlantic Salmon. I’ll post a link to some incredible information from the 1930’s on the stocking program here in Canada at that time. The areas to look for are Saint John, New Brunswick, Loch Lohmand lake.

SADLY some A-Holes introduced small mouth bass into this fishery. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy fishing small mouth bass but these lakes have map now been effected by the illegal introduction of the small mouth.

Sorry for getting off track. The best way for me to prepare the fish.

Never let your fish sit. I fillet my fish, get rid of the skin (fishy smell). Pull any remaining small bones you may have missed when you filleted them. I heat about 1/4 inch of cooking oil in a cast iron fry pan. Most times I cook it in the BBQ. I use salt, pepper garlic powder on the fillet then coat with a light dust of flour and fry. I also use Montreal steak spice and flour to change it up. Both are absolutely delicious with NO FISHEY flavour. 
I use both these recipes on all my fish, grouse, pheasants, ducks, geese and woodcock.

Everyone I have fed this to always wants more. Most of the time I would serve all this wild game with home made deep fried fries. Mmm!

@RobMc ‘s recipe sounds great too. When you scale a fish it actually removes the scales AND fish slime removing a lot of that fishy smell. 

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Here is the link to some incredible information on fish stocking in Canada from the 1930’s

https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/40729874.pdf

 

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11 hours ago, RobMc said:

Great catch Wayne, I've just got back, at around the time you posted this I was Perch fishing and landed a 15lb Pike caught on a single worm, size 16 hook and 5lb mono, took me 20 minutes to net it and I had a crowd around me.

That’s a great catch on that small gear. Amazing those teeth didn’t cut the leader. #16 is a small hook but when they take a hold they work. The leader would have been the weak link in my mind.

Rob what rod and reel setup are you using?

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12 hours ago, RobMc said:

Great catch Wayne, I've just got back, at around the time you posted this I was Perch fishing and landed a 15lb Pike caught on a single worm, size 16 hook and 5lb mono, took me 20 minutes to net it and I had a crowd around me.

Was the crowd chasing you cause you were wearing your trench coat?

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1 hour ago, lTplkey336 said:

Was the crowd chasing you cause you were wearing your trench coat?

No, because I WASN'T wearing it lol, just my normal fishing outfit, black fishnet stocking (appropriate), black garters and a pink basque, don't want to look out of place in the park.

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3 hours ago, WeednFeed said:

That’s a great catch on that small gear. Amazing those teeth didn’t cut the leader. #16 is a small hook but when they take a hold they work. The leader would have been the weak link in my mind.

Rob what rod and reel setup are you using?

You're right I was amazed too, like most I normally use wire traces for pike, even perch I use the flexible thin wire (a sod to stop kinking). But the previous session I'd had some great Perch on mono (up to 4lbs) so stuck with it. Like most I have dozens of rods and reels, this time I took a 10' 3 piece float rod and a 9' quiver tip with 1 oz tip for ledgering, caught the Pike on the quiver, both with Shimano 2500 reels, 8lb main line, 5lb traces. I would normally fish size 10 or 12 hook for Perch, but tried the smaller hook as experiment. I only had my small landing net too, everything went against what should be normal.

I took my wife fishing on our honeymoon as a 'surprise' holiday to Inverawe fisheries in Scotland, she's never forgiven me.

 

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Fantastic @SGTSmeg looks like y'all are having a great time!

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1 hour ago, piglo said:

Fantastic @SGTSmeg looks like y'all are having a great time!

We'll have to get you and Colleen out sometime.

Actually headed out at noon today to look at a different boat.  Considering moving up to a larger, older boat.

We'll see.....

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