Herring prep

Hey everyone just curious as to what technique you have found best for preparing and cooking herring. I don't normally keep them but want to try something new

Thanks

They’re best if you fillet and coat them in corn flour and then deep fried.

Herring are like smelts when cooked but bigger.

A friend gave me one he caught.

I gutted it and cut the head off. Threw it in the oven and it was excellent. Don't need to do anything fancy to enjoy them.

Can't remember if I had to scale it or not.

Good luck.

Gut it. Cut the head off. Cut the tail off.
Then cut into .5” steaks. Put them in a mason jar and pickle them. They are great in 5 days or so. The bones dissolve when pickled.

Being Dutch I like this thought Disco....thank you.

Arnie

X3 on the pickled herring...add a splash of white wine and some Vidalia sweet onions is key....I also do this for pickled Pike .....takes a good week or so depending how much vinegar and sugar in the brine to dissolve the bones....lots of on line recipe's to look at.

Ha---Amsterdam is the only place I saw pickled herring on a bun being sold from a sidewalk cart instead of selling burgers etc. Prob not a great way to make money in downtown TO though!

Being Dutch I like this thought Disco....thank you.

Arnie

My pleasure. I did it a few years ago. I would like to find a lake with a good population to make more. The time I did it it was a friend and I that went in on both our catches to try it. We had three and it made one big mason jar.

I'm intrigued as I love pickled herring, but all my limited experiences with lake herring is that I don't really like that strong taste.


Am I missing something here

Lake bernard in Sunridge have lots of them

I used to fish it a lot, years ago. Never caught or heard of a herring being caught there.

I have also fished it here and there. Tons of smelt. Never saw or heard of a herring there but doesn’t mean there aren’t as I haven’t targeted them there.

Anyone one else that can confirm or deny?

only ever got whitefish , lake trout and lots of burbot there


we used to go up for annual 'ling fling"

I got one there a few years back but don't think they're around in any great #'s anymore.

Most recent netting by the MNR didn't turn up any. Couple of brookies though:
https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca/F...6257-50660.html

As for herring prep, I prefer a simple approach, one treble hook near the dorsal and a second just behind the head, salt to taste.

…As for herring prep, I prefer a simple approach, one treble hook near the dorsal and a second just behind the head, salt to taste.

I agree, although hook placement has some room for discussion