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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 06:22:56 PM

Title: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 06:22:56 PM: I have read a few posts in the past it sounds like pikeminnow were table fare? In Washington, we kill them and throw them back for sturgeon food or turn them in for money. There are people who have made upwards of $40,000 in a year for pikeminnow bounties.

If they are eaten, how do they taste? How do you prepare them?
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: Fish Assassin on December 10, 2006, 06:33:41 PM: If you like eating bones you'll like pikeminnows.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 06:59:38 PM: That's what I was thinking. I'm not one for bones, and I've always been told that they were aweful, so I don't think I'd eat one.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: CAPTAIN BONK on December 10, 2006, 07:11:54 PM: THERE SHOULD B A PIKE MINNOW PROGRAM HERE IN BC ! I HATE THOSE THINGS,WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I USE TO THROW THEM ON THE TRAIN TRACKS!
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 07:14:00 PM: They are a voracious eater and consume tons of gamefish every year. That's why we have a program in Washington. I think it's part of the power company's task for mitigating fish passage through the dams.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: keithr on December 10, 2006, 07:20:14 PM: I asked about this some time ago and the the recipe that sounded best (I haven't tried it) was to grind them up and make fish cakes. They eat them here in Mexico, but I don't. There may be something in the coarse fish part of this site, or in the one devoted to cooking.
It turns out that a fairly large percentage of the squawfish I catch get dammaged while being released.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 07:33:43 PM: Is there a limit on pikeminnow in BC? If not, a good fundraiser would be to have a pikeminnow derby. $5.00 to sign up, top 3 total fish or total weight wins the pot. Funds raised could go toward river clean up or charity of choice.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: Spudcote on December 10, 2006, 08:16:26 PM: They do that at CUltus lake each Summer. Gets a pretty big turnout each time and they destroy a decent amount of fish and some whicked prizes for the derby.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: chris gadsden on December 10, 2006, 10:56:42 PM: Quote from: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 07:14:00 PM
They are a voracious eater and consume tons of gamefish every year. That's why we have a program in Washington. I think it's part of the power company's task for mitigating fish passage through the dams.
Tried to get this going here but FOC not buying in but will keep trying. ::)
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: funfisher on December 11, 2006, 09:24:52 AM: Quote from: bentrod on December 10, 2006, 06:22:56 PM
I have read a few posts in the past it sounds like pikeminnow were table fare? In Washington, we kill them and throw them back for sturgeon food or turn them in for money. There are people who have made upwards of $40,000 in a year for pikeminnow bounties.

If they are eaten, how do they taste? How do you prepare them?

What do you think the Fillet 'o' fish you get at mc d's' is made of. ;D
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: BwiBwi on December 11, 2006, 02:00:29 PM: Yes there is a limit. 20 a day. the small ones you can pickle them like herring.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: troutbreath on December 11, 2006, 05:12:12 PM: Their good smoked or curried. The bones can be used like tooth picks as well. Get used to them as they may be the only game in town soon.
Title: Re: Do you eat pikeminnow?
Post by: Mike D. on December 11, 2006, 09:54:59 PM: 20 a day, oops better report me to DFO for poaching.....