1st 2023 Winter Striper trip

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Mountainman said:
Any burbot?
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No, I rarely fish for them. I have had one good night in my life. I think I fished from afternoon until 7:00 and caught 30 or so.

Today I just went out and froze. Should’ve brought the hut. Didn’t think it would be too bad based on the forecast of 18 degree low. Well it was 7 degrees lakeside with a stiff wind and fog. Brutal.

anyway, back to this post! A cooler full of winter striper is hard to beat!
 
KYKevin said:
How are the Burbot for eating? Are they better then Striper?
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Personally, I think they are better than striper, but not as good as walleye or perch (my favorite freshwater fish).
I think Burbot doesn’t hold up super good to freezing, but fresh or recently frozen is pretty darned good!
Their weird fish, you skin them and filet them like catfish…don’t gut em’
 
I personally think the whole poor man lobster stuff sucks. 😂 . They are good fried but you clean them similar to a catfish by peeling them back, so they’re a little bit of a pain without the right tools.

Back to the thread, this site needs all the fishing pictures you guys can shell out, especially this time of year!
 
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I just had fried Striper sandwich's, and dang they were better then any fish sandwich that I have ever bought in a restaurant. Pickles, lettuce, tomato, and tarter sauce with a salad and french fries. I love my fish😜.
 
POk3s said:
I personally thing the whole poor man lobster stuff sucks. 😂 . They are good fried but you clean them similar to a catfish by peeling them back, so they’re a little bit of a pain without the right tools.

Back to the thread, this site needs all the fishing pictures you guys can shell out, especially this time of year!
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I love boiled Bluegill in a butter sauce with a little tabasco, I have heard people call it poor mans lobster. But I never thought it taste like lobster at all.
 
KYKevin said:
I love boiled Bluegill in a butter sauce with a little tabasco, I have heard people call it poor mans lobster. But I never thought it taste like lobster at all.
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I am with Trent, Burbot are just a flaky white meat fish, cook them just like any other! They are a very firm texture, so I guess that is where the poor man's lobster thing comes from.

And yes back to the thread... Catching 69 striper is some pretty darned good fishing, especially considering its January!
 
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Dorado said:
I am with Trent, Burbot are just a flaky white meat fish, cook them just like any other! They are a very firm texture, so I guess that is where the poor man's lobster thing comes from!

And yes back to the thread! Catching 69 striper is some pretty darned good fishing, especially considering its January!
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It was way fun, wish I were there now. Its only going to get better, I caught several cats at night to. I had cabin fever so bad I was pacing and driving my better half crazy. When I get to thinking Powell, I do that pacing thing 🤣
I never mind talking fishing away from the original thread, but it may bother some people, not me. I get on here to talk fishing, and it don't matter where or what species.
There were for sure a pattern there, it just did not last as long as a guy wanted,. Get there early and when they stopped, they made it hard to catch another one. I only caught one skinny Striper out of 70, and threw him back alive because there are so much Shad for them he wasn't a razor back, but just not a pig like most were.
 
Kevin
You said the slips were slow at Halls? Did you try BF?
I can’t go this weekend but maybe next?
 
Todd said:
Kevin
You said the slips were slow at Halls? Did you try BF?
I can’t go this weekend but maybe next?
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I never Todd, I was camped over by Halls, If I go back I will use very little fuel, I will fish BF only. It was 100 ft where I fished at Halls, and I never went into the BF slips, but out side of them at the deep end where there building the new dock, it was only 45 ft.
 
Cwatterson said:
Sounds like you better get hooked up to your boat and head down this coming weekend Trent. We will see ya there! Haha
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I’d love too! I’ve checked the weather a couple times this winter JUST to see if I could pull it off and it hasn’t really been possible. I have a fishing derby on the gorge this weekend. I’m open next weekend but some perch and crappie are calling my name ;)
 
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