Canned Pike?

[pikestabber]

I think northern pike out of cold water is the best tasting fish in MN waters (walleye and crappie fisherman, cover your ears). That said, after I take the y-bones out there is a fair amount of meat that you can't eat without choking to death on bones. Generally, I save these bony strips and pickle them, but as I have 2 gallons of pickled fish right now, I want to do something else. Anyone ever canned pike? I smoke and can suckers in the spring, and that dissolves all bones, so I wanted to take a similar approach with the pike, sans smoking. Any recipes or ideas out there? What I want to try is...

--Cubing the pike into 1" squares

--Adding to pint jars with a teaspoon of olive oil, sliced garlic, sliced jalapenos, and a teaspoon of salt

--Canning at 10lbs of pressure for 90 minutes

Any thoughts on how successful this might be? Anyone tried something similar? Something else? Thanks for any feedback.

[delcecchi]

I hate to be picky, and I don't know how many people are in your family, but aren't you getting pretty close to several limits of pike when you have two gallons pickled, and maybe some in the freezer. Maybe all the pickled fish isn't pike.

I guess I don't know how the rules work when you have bits and pieces that you save.

[pikestabber]

Two northerns, two whitefish, several tulibees, and four people, but thanks for not helping answer my question while throwing out baseless accusations

[reinhard1]

hopefully there's someone out here that has canned pike. i have never done so, so sorry i cant help you. i would google "canning northern pike" and there is a recipe for it right on top as i saw it. i would think what you posted in the original post would work for you. i pickle pike all the time and use them for my fish patties. good way to harvest the hammerhandles in my opinion. good luck.

[delcecchi]

Two northerns, two whitefish, several tulibees, and four people, but thanks for not helping answer my question while throwing out baseless accusations

If you read my post again I made no accusations. I asked if you were getting close.

There are people who apparently not aware that stored fish counts against their limit.

Nice to hear you are well within the law.

[Walleyehooker]

Never tried Pike but Im sure you can. I would probably add a touch of liquid smoke to a jar.If you search University of MN extension there is some info on canning fish.I would probably cut the chunks bigger to but you can experiment with that.

[Gordie]

Two northerns, two whitefish, several tulibees, and four people, but thanks for not helping answer my question while throwing out baseless accusations

I met a guy on the lake the otHer day he was a fellow spear fishermen and his mother has a great canned pike recipe and as soon as I get it I will post it for you.

[walleyehunter80]

If you read my post again I made no accusations. I asked if you were getting close.

There are people who apparently not aware that stored fish counts against their limit.

Nice to hear you are well within the law.

[harvey lee]

I would not want to see if once cooked it does not count against your possesion limit.

If you have them in your possession and they have not been eaten, I would bet that yes they do.

Not looking to argue but we do not want others to think otherwise and get caught with over possession and be fined.