Northern Pike Caviar or Recipe for Fish Eggs??

[TroutYammer]

Ok...I feel bad that I unfortunately caught and then killed a 28-Inch northern pike. I really wanted to catch/release but it swallowed the hook too deeply and died almost immediately.

So when I cleaned it there was about 3/4Lb of egg in this fish. Has anyone tried Northern Pike Caviar or have a good recipe for fish eggs? I really hate to eat the fish eggs...but once in a while I get stuck with a fish that contains eggs.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Tip Up Rookie]

sprinkle on a little lawrys and eat with a ritz or a nice tollhouse cracker.

[SHAQ]

My old man eats them, Honestly i think its the most foul thing i have ever heard of & man i could have like hundreds of pounds of that stuff every winter. I wouldent apologize for eatin them norbs either, I eat [PoorWordUsage] near every northern i catch unless there way to small or like way big. OR RESTRICTED. Its legal, they taste great, there easy to catch and clean, [PoorWordUsage] no apologize from me.

[Tip Up Rookie]

i agree northerns are good eating. I was just playing around with the cracker comment, didn't think that anyone would eat the eggs. How does your old man prepare them?

Another good way to cook northerns is use 7 up for a fish boil and dip them in butter, once the fish are pure white and floating. good stuff.

[Neighbor_guy]

... I really hate to eat the fish eggs...but once in a while I get stuck with a fish that contains eggs.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

If you dont like to eat 'em, then don't. I wouldn't feel to bad about it either. If you dont want them to go to "waste" feed them to your cat. Or your neighbors dog. You know the one...

[blackdog1101]

I wouldn't eat uncooked northern eggs (or any other freshwater fish). There's too many water-borne diseases. Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Salmonella, Hepatitus, etc.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

neighbor guy where do ya live. Next time I catch one with eggs I'll bring them over for your pup. HAHA Your right I did know the one.

[Urbanflyguy]

i have tryed them once just a tiny bit fresh out of the sack of of curiousity. call me nuts but both my friend and i though they tasted like uncooked pumpkin. we have also tryed to sushi a few fresh water fish. this is a very bad idea with out flash freezing or freezing under zero for at least 24 hours due to the large amounts of worms and other parasites our fresh water fish carry. we lucked out though and got no unwanted pals

[andrew chadwick]

I wonder how they would work tied into spawn sacs?