Pike in WA ?

[rosscrazyelk]

   

Pike and Musky are awesome to eat, nice beer batter on them and I would put them up againsst walleye any day!!!

No way..

[Ghost1941]

   

Pike and Musky are awesome to eat, nice beer batter on them and I would put them up againsst walleye any day!!!

No way..

To each his own I suppose, just depends on how you prepare it I suppose.  I like Pike, and nobody had ever left our table saying they disliked it when I was growing up as a boy. 

[rosscrazyelk]

I am not saying pike is not good but I find it hard for anything to beat walleye.( in freshwater) but everyone has their own taste.

[bowhunterforever]

  Walleye is the best eating fish in fresh water

[WaltHenry]

love the walleye

[rover747]

When i spearfish ,i freedive ,no scuba ,trust me it is not easy go 30 - 40 feet down ,using only your lungs . When lingcod season open for spearfishing in may ,it is not when they sit on egg's .And lingcod is not easy to find fish .I have around 40 seconds to find a fish ,and shoot it .Trust me so far i killed only one ling ,and few cabezon's ,over last 4 years .You probably use scuba ,when you spearfish ,so it is different game then.

I did not mean that to sound condescending if it did. We use to snorkel for the lings. they were common in less the 15 ft of water, back then. It was not uncommon to see up to twenty fish a day. After making the mistake of shooting a 25+ pounder and loosing my gear, we only shot at the moderate sized fish, lol.

If you snorkel ,then you know what i am talking about    Too bad is not like this anymore ,i think then been hit hard by commercial fishing (( If i see couple descent ling's per day ,then i feel lucky  

[coonhound]

Walleye is the best eating fish in fresh water

I would dispute that, although high on the list I think it's hard to beat the tiny fillets you get off a Blue Gill.  They are a pain in the but to fillet enough for a good meal but well worth the effort.

As far as the Northerns, I don't think they're too bad.

Coon

[Curly]

What about Crappie........they are really good eating too.

[NRA4LIFE]

Man, it is amazing the difference in tastes of people.  I have to disagree with some here.  I too grew up in Wisconsin catching and eating hundreds of Northerns (pike in WI speak) and muskies.  My grandad taught me how to fillet them, completely boneless.  Excellent battered, IMO.  Can't beat them pickled either.  Way better than herring.  Crappie are OK if caught in the spring when the water is still cold.  Nasty and mushy when caught in the summer.  Of course, NO freshwater fish beats perch or walleye for me.  And I will catch hell for this, I won't even touch a catfish or bullhead.  YUK

[FISHBOY]

I'll even go this far, I would rather eat fresh walleye over halibut and I love halibut. 

[Ridgeratt]

This was in the Spokane paper this morning!! the Fishing tab

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/12/word-is-out-on-northern-pike-fishery/

[walt]

Pike fishing on the PO isn't worth it.  The few fish up there are small and fight like dishrags, Newport and Ione are no fun, the weather always sucks, there are definately no turkeys or bears up in that country, the deer population got hit hard this winter and the wolves have moved in.  I would stay away.  Don't waste your time. 

[walt]

I also heard this evening from a buddy up there turkey hunting (why he's there I don't know, no birds) and apparently one of the guys in the next camp got his leg bitten off below the knee by a tick-a-saurous.  They have really taken over the woods up there.  Stay away, far far away.