Happy Fathers Day

[Windy City Walleye Hunter]

Just a quick note to wish all you FM crazies out there a happy fathers day. We had a pretty good one here in the windy city. We had 15 out of the 24 family members here who go up to Cass Lake each year and we cooked up a mess of fish from last year's bounty. We started off with some walleye fillets that I soaked in some stout beer and did a stout beer batter, very tasty. Also did some walleye by soaking them in buttermilk with a little cayane pepper for a little kick and did them in a dry cajun breading (Shore Lunch) those were the hit of the day. They went down real easy but a few minutes later, the cayanne pepper had everybody reaching for another ice cold Blue Moon beer. The third walleye offering was done for my youngest son who does not like breaded and deep fried fish. I kept 5 walleye from last year with the skin on and marinated the fillets in olive oil with a little garlic and lemon pepper then onto the grill for a little while, just until the skin started to curl up and we served those tasty little boats, very nice. That recipie came from our trusty guide, Mr. Brian Jones who helped boat a good majority of those walleyes. We also got rid of about 4 of our nothern pike with a fish boil in lemons and old bay and served the nothern with melted garlic butter for a little "poor man's lobster". Top that off with a few games of bean bags and a few games of Texas Hold Em' as well as a White Sox victory and the day was complete. It was truly a Happy Fathers Day here on the south side of Chicago (in the baddest part of town, pardon my Jim Croce-ism there)!

Let the countdown begin, it is T-Minus 33 days and counting till our tribe invades Cass Lake. I will have my trusty Shimano in one hand and my vacumn sealer in the other. Don't ask me how I hold my beer!

Here's to hoping that everybody had a great Fathers Day.

Windy

[New Yankee]

Sounds like a heck of a feast Windy. Ours was T-Bone medium rare, fresh corn on the cob, salad and morels - then the couch We had great weather and the kids behaved!

[nitefisher]

little late but happy fathers day. sounds like a good meal, ours was fresh caught catfish, fried potatoes, fresh picked asspargus steamed. all shore lunch, then the rain came and did'nt stop, 6"ches in most places. then the tent till we left saturday night. have a good day, and may we all catch the fish of a life time.