Truth or Dare?

[Creek Kid]

About a month ago I heard a DANDY of a recipe! "If you ever catch an eelpout (or similar type "junk" fish) you can boil it in Mountain Dew, dip it in butter and it will taste EXACTLY like lobster"?!?!!?!? Has anyone EVER heard of this? I blew it off when I heard it but I'm just way to curious to let it go. If the guy that told me this reads this - you are more than welcome to defend yourself. It seemed too outlandish to be fabricated. But who in their right mind would've discovered it!!!!

[Guest]

Eelpout are known also as "freshwater cod," hardly a junk fish. The Poor Man's Lobster variations are legion. I see no reason why Mountain Dew could not substitute for salted water, altho I would not want the high sugar content. Try diet Mountain Dew to get rid of the sugar.

[nunzio]

I have found eelpout to be a very good eating fish. We just boil in salt water and dip in melted butter.
The hard part is the cleaning. The slime from these fish sticks to everything and smells terrible.
Does anyone have a slime removal method???? -nunzio

[TNT4ME]

I would agree with nuzio, they are good eating fish. We just skin them out, cut in smaller peices, and batter them and deep fry, mighty tasty. Have had others stop by and try them and they didn't know what they were eating but said it was good. As far as the slime, I've only caught them in the winter, and if you leave them on the ice till they are slightly froze, cut down the spine,them in above the rib cage and skin them and only take the back portion and the tail but leave the belly, the slime problem is minute. If they seem to have much blood in the flesh we soak them in a salt, water and milk solution for awhile, this seems to pull the blood out of the flesh. We have tried them boiled a few times and dunk them in butter or cream sauce, and they do taste similar to cod,(not much flavor,just what they are dunked in). As far as tasting EXACTLY like lobster, any one who thinks this hasn't had good fresh lobster. munch away.

[Guest]

Creek Kid,

It works good. Try it with about a 5 lb Northern. Cut it into chunks, Boil it in Mt. Dew, dip it in melted butter. Poor mans lobster at its finest. The Mt. Dew gives it the rich flavor.

Good luck

Ukes

[Bodyman]

nunzio, for slime removel I use dry news paper . Just wipe the fish dry with it. works great.

[nunzio]

Thanks Bodyman, I'll try it this winter. -nunzio

[Creek Kid]

All right. I'm starting to beleive it. Since my curiousity has peaked - does anyone know how to fish for them specifically? Can you fish for them in the summer?

[Guest]

Yes, I've caught them in the summer while fishing for walleyes on Leech Lake. The only ones I've caught, however, have been on Lindy rigs with minnows.

[Marmot]

When fishing Mille Lacs hard water, we always make sure to keep our lines at least 12" from bottom. If we drop our lines any closer than 12" from the bottom, the pout take our bait. I have unfortunately landed a fair number of pout at night while having a Northland glow stick attached to a jighead tipped with a shiner on a rattle reel.

Man, I hate it when pout take the rattle reels inside the fish house in the middle of the night (or any time for that matter). I swear they can walk up the walls with there tails once out of the hole...

Has there ever been a documented case of a pout constricting itself around one's arm, which lead to amputation?

I cannot believe you guys eat pout. To each his own…

[Guest]

Ever consider where an egg comes from?

Don't ever watch sausage being made if you eat it.

[Dano2]

I have some nice sized bass fillets,
i know alot of people turn there noses up at bass, but if you soak them in some salt water(I like to add a little garlic salt as well)
and milk, then use whatever you want , flour , shorelunch whatever, they are very good, but I also cut the fillets in smaller pieces,
back to the original topic about the mountain dew, I have never tried it, so Like i said, i have some nice bass fillets and think I may try this,
Question is, do I use straight Mt. Dew? or use some water as well? and how long do I boil it for?

thanks

[Guest]

No reason why bass shouldn't work, but I'd use steaked fish rather than fillets. The bones drop out easily after the fish is boiled.

For timing, you might try this -- put scrubbed, unpeeled potatoes in the pot with some salt and the Mountain Dew. Bring to a boil. Then add the fish (and I'd add onions)and bring it to a second boil. Once it reaches the second boil the potatoes will be done, and so will the fish and onions.

[Guest]

Folks from the south swear up and down that Rock Bass are better then Bluegills for eating.

Anyone have any comments on this?

PCG

[Banger]

I used to fish leach Lake every year and stay at a resort on the north end of Sucker Bay, they had a fish fry every thursday night for the poeple at the resort. We would put walleyes and a few northers in a basket for the fry. Most everyone else at the resort would put in rock bass. Every year the same people from Illinios would be there. They came up specifically to rock bass. And to answer your question, they don't taste too bad. But I would rather eat fresh bluegills, nothing gets better then that.