Comments on: Northern pike; how do i clean and cook? http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:06:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bbal http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-424 bbal Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:06:41 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-424 THE EASY WAY: 1. Cut down belly and gut fish...remove head/tail or not it does not matter. 2. Place on hot grill. 3. Turn over and cook other side. 4. Open fish, grab skeleton at the tail and slowly pull it out. It will come out in one piece. Pull meat off of skin. 5. Look at faces of jaw-dropped friends who have struggled mightily to filet this fish raw. THE EASY WAY:
1. Cut down belly and gut fish…remove head/tail or not it does not matter.
2. Place on hot grill.
3. Turn over and cook other side.
4. Open fish, grab skeleton at the tail and slowly pull it out. It will come out in one piece. Pull meat off of skin.
5. Look at faces of jaw-dropped friends who have struggled mightily to filet this fish raw.

]]> By: tkept http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-361 tkept Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:19:18 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-361 I have learned a couple tricks that work well for me. When you catch a pike, take your knife while it is still alive and make a cut just above the tail through the bone. This will bleed the fish well. Makes it much nicer to fillet without the blood. Then gut it, then instead of trying to wash the slim off it when you go to fillet it, give it a wipe down with paper towel, hang it in a cool place for 15 minutes or so till the slim dries. It is allot easier to handle. I fillet my pike, and use the rib meat ( after it is boned out ) for frying or anything you want to do with it like any other fish. The part with the Y bone, I pickle. The Y bones completely dissolve and it pickles great. Hope this helps you, it works for me. I have learned a couple tricks that work well for me. When you catch a pike, take your knife while it is still alive and make a cut just above the tail through the bone. This will bleed the fish well. Makes it much nicer to fillet without the blood. Then gut it, then instead of trying to wash the slim off it when you go to fillet it, give it a wipe down with paper towel, hang it in a cool place for 15 minutes or so till the slim dries. It is allot easier to handle.
I fillet my pike, and use the rib meat ( after it is boned out ) for frying or anything you want to do with it like any other fish. The part with the Y bone, I pickle. The Y bones completely dissolve and it pickles great. Hope this helps you, it works for me.

]]> By: buffalopgp http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-360 buffalopgp Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:07:18 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-360 very well thank you very well thank you

]]> By: stop_makin_cents http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-359 stop_makin_cents Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:35:04 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-359 The problem with a Northern is their "Y-bone". Do a Google search for "how to fillet a Northern Pike". They ARE "bony"! If you don't want to fillet them, cut them up into 2" "chunks" and fry them in peanut oil. (use your fav batter- Corn meal, Beer, Tempura, Etc). They will be bony, but good "finger food". And yes, you have to gut them, and skin them. The problem with a Northern is their “Y-bone”.

Do a Google search for “how to fillet a Northern Pike”.

They ARE “bony”! If you don’t want to fillet them, cut them up into 2″ “chunks” and fry them in peanut oil. (use your fav batter- Corn meal, Beer, Tempura, Etc). They will be bony, but good “finger food”.

And yes, you have to gut them, and skin them.

]]> By: bran http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-358 bran Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:34:55 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-358 fillet it and beer batter or zatarans fish fry mmmmmmmmmmmmm lets think about this if you take off the skin do you heave to scale it the scales are on the skin fillet it and beer batter or zatarans fish fry mmmmmmmmmmmmm

lets think about this if you take off the skin do you heave to scale it the scales are on the skin

]]> By: Swamprat http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Swamprat Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:42:21 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-357 It depends on how you are going to cook it.If you are going to fry it fillet it and take skin off, if you are going to bake it or cook it on the grill leave skin on. You do know that they ar pretty boney but do make goooooood table fare. It depends on how you are going to cook it.If you are going to fry it fillet it and take skin off, if you are going to bake it or cook it on the grill leave skin on. You do know that they ar pretty boney but do make goooooood table fare.

]]> By: lou http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-356 lou Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:24:08 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-356 scale or skin it and pan fry like any other fish. If you haven't gutted it. throw it away. you do that first. scale or skin it and pan fry like any other fish. If you haven’t gutted it. throw it away. you do that first.

]]> By: baby-rae http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-355 baby-rae Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:44:43 +0000 http://blog.northernpikebook.com/2009/08/13/northern-pike-how-do-i-clean-and-cook/#comment-355 umm... well my dad and my brother fish and they have caught them many times. So what they do is they skin it just lke a regular bass and they deep fri it in they pan but there a TONS of bones so don't chock have fun umm… well my dad and my brother fish and they have caught them many times. So what they do is they skin it just lke a regular bass and they deep fri it in they pan but there a TONS of bones so don’t chock have fun

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