Northern Pike Bounty Lake Roosevelt

[buckcanyonlodge]

I find the meat quite delicate to the palate with an undertone of the finest halibut Alaska has to offer. OK  enough BS. I do like it     pretty similar to walleye. I went on Youtube University and found out how to get the Y-bones out. They can be a little slimy and have a smell you have to get used to.   Good eating.

[Skyvalhunter]

So these fish probably originated from Canada. Obviously haven't just been showing up recently.

[ne kid]

I dont believe they were illegally introduced in washington the ones I caught said made in Montana on them. I believe they came via Clark Fork,Pend Oreille, Columbia.

[Ridgeratt]

I dont believe they were illegally introduced in washington the ones I caught said made in Montana on them. I believe they came via Clark Fork,Pend Oreille, Columbia.

I think you will also find that they came from the Saint Joe drainage thru Couer D'Alene lake down the Spokane River and into Roosevelt also. Long lake is chocked full of them.

I saw the Colville tribe this fall running seine nets around the mouth of the Kettle River.

[buckcanyonlodge]

I dont believe they were illegally introduced in washington the ones I caught said made in Montana on them. I believe they came via Clark Fork,Pend Oreille, Columbia.

I think you will also find that they came from the Saint Joe drainage thru Couer D'Alene lake down the Spokane River and into Roosevelt also. Long lake is chocked full of them.

I saw the Colville tribe this fall running seine nets around the mouth of the Kettle River.

In front of my place last summer They had 10 nets out..I watched them check one. For every pike they had 10 dead walleye approx..

[Colville]

They don't care about walleye by-catch.  I don't know if it changed but they went no limit or size restriction on walleye because they want fewer salmon eaters.  If they could target walleye efficiently, they would. Essentially, they could give a fig about;  squahfish, walleye, bass etc in the Columbia system.  This isn't an agreement with management, just a statement that they only care about salmon/steelhed fry.

[jbeaumont21]

I'd rather eat walleye and pike over salmon any day.

[NRA4LIFE]

BuckCanyon, looks like you and I shop at the same store for our outdoor carpeting mats.  I agree too.  I have eaten hundreds upon hundreds of northerns where I come from. They were everywhere and not hard to catch.  If you know what you're doing, you can filet them completely boneless.  They are delicious.  There was hardly a time when there was not a jug of pickled northern in the fridge at our house.

[grundy53]

I'd rather eat walleye and pike over salmon any day.

Same

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[Platensek-po]

I'd rather eat walleye and pike over salmon any day.

Cool but that’s not the issue. Salmon are indigenous only to this part of the country and are struggling. Bass, walleye and pike are not. I would rather have salmon and catch and eat them over walleye or pike any day. Not only that but I can catch walleye and pike in almost any state in the continental US. Pacific salmon is hardly the same story.

[Chesterdog]

Am I the only one who thinks eating northern pikeminnow is gross?  Aren't they loaded with contaminants and mercury and it's advised not to do that?  Someone help me here.

[buckcanyonlodge]

As usual it only matters what certain groups think. If you ask me it's to late to keep them out of the lower Columbia...they are already there. They netted the shat out of the Pend Oreille for years and that didn't keep them from coming over Boundary Dam and populating Lake Roosevelt. If salmon are the only thing that matters why not take out ALL the dams and close all Columbia River salmon fishing. And as usual let's pit the salmon fishermen against the spiny-ray fishermen.. the division goes on and on... getting pretty old  ..over and out

[Russ McDonald]

Am I the only one who thinks eating northern pikeminnow is gross?  Aren't they loaded with contaminants and mercury and it's advised not to do that?  Someone help me here.

Pikeminnow and northern pike are 2 different fish

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[Platensek-po]

As usual it only matters what certain groups think. If you ask me it's to late to keep them out of the lower Columbia...they are already there. They netted the shat out of the Pend Oreille for years and that didn't keep them from coming over Boundary Dam and populating Lake Roosevelt. If salmon are the only thing that matters why not take out ALL the dams and close all Columbia River salmon fishing. And as usual let's pit the salmon fishermen against the spiny-ray fishermen.. the division goes on and on... getting pretty old  ..over and out

I wish they would take out all the dams and shut down fishing. Not just on the Columbia either. Spiny-ray fish can be found just about everywhere in this country. Pacific salmon are not.

[Russ McDonald]

As usual it only matters what certain groups think. If you ask me it's to late to keep them out of the lower Columbia...they are already there. They netted the shat out of the Pend Oreille for years and that didn't keep them from coming over Boundary Dam and populating Lake Roosevelt. If salmon are the only thing that matters why not take out ALL the dams and close all Columbia River salmon fishing. And as usual let's pit the salmon fishermen against the spiny-ray fishermen.. the division goes on and on... getting pretty old  ..over and out

I agree and I will tell you they will never get rid of them.  I seen a lake poisened 3 time and the northern still came back.  I grew up where we had land locked salmon, trout, northern, and walleye all in the same waters.

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