08-18-2023, 05:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2023, 06:02 PM by Piscophilic.)
(08-18-2023, 01:35 PM)Igottabigone Wrote:(08-18-2023, 02:09 AM)Therapist Wrote: Soi!! What happened to the mess of fish you caught?? After a full day on the water, did you stand at the sink and fillet all those fish after you got home ?? I used to see the same thing at Yuba when there were jumbo perch. Folks would take several hundred of them in a day, standing on the ice for 8-10 hours, drive home, and stand at the sink for another 3-4 hours filleting fish, I doubted it then and I doubt it now. These resources are NOT unlimited, nothing wrong with taking a mess of fish, but a 100 !! Get real folks, no one is going to spend 2,3,4 hours processing fish after spending 6-8 hours on the water !! I can't see taking more than 2 dozen of any species, any where. I have filleted 2 dzn strippers at Powell and that is no fun !! 2 dzn jumbo perch after 8 hours on the ice was not fun, I guarantee 100 white bass after 6-8 hours on the water is not going to get done !! Use some judgment folks, take what is reasonable and release the rest !!
Booo!
Therapist, I appreciate your point. Since I use this forum quite a bit I want to set the record straight. You are almost right, few people would clean that many after a long day on the water. There is at least one though.
I have built a cleaning station that I mount on my boat. You are again close to right, I started filleting about 10 P.M. and finished the initial part at 2 A.M. They still had the skin on them. I put the bags in a refrigerator until the next day. It took another hour and a half to skin and trim them. I ended up putting just over 14 pounds of fillets in the freezer.
When I have a fish fry, I get grandkids and nieces and nephews and it often adds up to 15 or more people. The fish will get used.
Here's a short video, I made just for you, of my cleaning station in use that night. Would have been a lot shorter ordeal but my electric knife went missing.
https://youtu.be/qdPs1T_1B-E