Whitefish and Lakers, April 2, 2022

Out for a few hours today with a bud, got a nice sunburn! Great ice on the main lake, watch for crusted over drain holes! Buddy stepped in one about 24” in diameter we had been fishing right next to it unknowingly all morning. Still a good 14-16” black ice where we were. Shore was good enough for a few quads that came out to fish in the afternoon, though those days are numbered and on our way out it looks like one may have broken the access up a bit, didn’t cause any issues but the lake ice is lifting and cracking and making all sorts of noise.

Setup in 48fow, marked fish most of the morning, I managed 3 whitefish topside and one laker, lost another laker in the hole. All on an orange Neptune ice bug or simcoe bug… my number one producer this hardwater season. My buddy managed one laker as well. Pub style whities for dinner tonight!! Action dropped off around 12:45, marked the odd one, decided to pack up and was back on the road by 2pm.

Tight lines and sharp knives

Nice catch and a great report.

Boneless, skin on, it’s been scaled… destined for the cast iron.

Nice job 👍

Good report, interesting to read, enjoy your meal !

Thanks for the report! Nice haul as always!🙂

Thanks for sharing ....a nice supper to top off a great day of fishing....living well.

Arnie

It’s a messy process, but someone has to do it!

Nice catch!

what did you do to the fillets before frying? Looks like a dusting of some flour mix.

Plain old fish crisp.

Nice catch I smoked a bunch of whitefish and lake trout I need to try scaling some whitefish and trying frying looks good skin always has nice flavor.

In general I like to leave the skin on even though I don't eat it. It helps keep it moist.

Doing the same for smaller fish and walleyes