I would love to go to Pelican anytime. I ice fish as well.That is one of my favorite lakes, I can't get enough of the largemouth. Just let me know, I'm always game.FishGlyph said:It was the biggest cat I've seen up close. Noodle?
We have caught some nice bucketmouths before. Caught a couple nice ones through the ice this last ice-on season there. You'll have to come out with us some time Nibble Nuts, if you ice fishy.
I didn't know they had catfish in Pelican either. I heard someone played bucket biologist and dumped some carp in there. The water is so low that it's below where the reeds stand. So the only thing that's shelter for most of the fish are the floating and standing weeds in the water. We walked over a lot of dried out lake bed and saw tons of beds.
Thanks fellas!![]()
.45 said:Good for you FishGlyph!!!!! Nice day to get out and have the lake to yourself !! I'd like to know how you cook up those gills ?? Do you ?
I learned an interesting way to cook them from J-bass while we were there. When you don't have a lighter, because it no longer works, because your boat almost got swamped, just cut open a shotgun shell and dump the powder into some tinder. Strike a spark and watch the fire begin, then take the gill halves and grill em. Not bad even without seasoning. They taste alot like walleye. They'd make great fish tacos too.
[/quote:6ozyer43]Nibble Nuts said:[quote=".45":6ozyer43]Good for you FishGlyph!!!!! Nice day to get out and have the lake to yourself !! I'd like to know how you cook up those gills ?? Do you ?
I learned an interesting way to cook them from J-bass while we were there. When you don't have a lighter, because it no longer works, because your boat almost got swamped, just cut open a shotgun shell and dump the powder into some tinder. Strike a spark and watch the fire begin, then take the gill halves and grill em. Not bad even without seasoning. They taste alot like walleye. They'd make great fish tacos too.
Thanks for the information FishGlyph. Where exactly is Fish Tech? I've never been there. And when does Pelican tend to freeze over? I can't imagine it's before January. Thanks again.FishGlyph said:Thanks J-bass. Definately are good eating. We used an assortment of jigs. They hit on everything from chartreuse, black, orange, pink. Slimrats, ants, Gizits... we have a lot. You'll want to use waxworms. They tend to like those over mealworms. Sportmans usually has a good ice fishing selection more toward the end of November into March. For local support, I usually hit Fish Tech. They've got their ice fishing jigs out all year round. :wink: