We're actually having fresh perch tonight! My friend caught a big Northern pike, and they did get quite a few catch-and-release.
We're actually having fresh perch tonight! My friend caught a big Northern pike, and they did get quite a few catch-and-release.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
www.silententry.wordpress.com
Fresh perch fillets are tops in my book.Originally Posted by catherine
How did you prepare them? I love them deepfried!
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
Lightly breaded with flour, cornmeal/flour mix, or crackers and pan fried with a good amount of oil is what I recall. The flavor and texture is delicate and my take is a heavier batter is best with other fishes. It's been a while. Ice fishing has seemed somewhat masochistic of late (or a drinking event for those so inclined). An old fishing mate and I still reminisce of perch fries.
DH is a fry-er and I'm a bake-r and I'm at the helm tonight so I think it's going to be this recipe because we happen to have heavy cream.
https://sodelicious.recipes/recipe/g...ked-perch/?amp
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
www.silententry.wordpress.com
That's because some of those folks are in shelters like this one: https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/spo/d/waterville-ice-castle-fish-house/7260549976.html
Glamping, indeed...
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
Perch is my favorite fish lightly breaded and deep fried. I always get it in Wisconsin.
I might be able to do that.
Darn, the Craigslist link is down.
I am petrified of falling through the ice, so I'd need lots of evidence of the safety before venturing out.
[EDIT]Here's an even better one for you. They're essentially travel trailers with holes in the floor for fishing. Sky's the limit.
One of the essential tasks of ice fishing is drilling holes through the ice so you'll know how deep it is; if it's not deep enough/weather does not cooperate/the Department of Natural Resources people say no, you don't bring out your grand ice house (or you bring it in).
1289867951_IceThicknessGuidelines01.jpg
Last edited by SteveinMN; 1-19-21 at 10:42am.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote