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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: sirfunkeybut on December 03, 2009, 09:13:58 PM

Title: whitefish
Post by: sirfunkeybut on December 03, 2009, 09:13:58 PM: Anybody know if they are running in the Yakima river yet? or maybe the naches?
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Post by: jdb on December 09, 2009, 06:40:57 PM: oh yea theyre running but so is the ice :bash:
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Post by: Alchase on December 10, 2009, 12:34:30 PM: Do you eat white fish?
I always thought they were garbage fish?
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Post by: Woodchuck on December 10, 2009, 12:42:26 PM: we ate em all the time, they are VERY bony
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Post by: TeacherMan on December 14, 2009, 07:37:55 PM: About the first week of February they will be on fire at the Midway bridge outside Curlew on the Kettle River, thousands of them. They ball up under the bridge. You can tell when its good because the bridge is covered with people. The secret is the bait ;)
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Post by: huntergreg on December 15, 2009, 12:43:22 AM: They were in there like crazy on the 2nd through the 6th. I limited out 3 of the 5 days I went but now the ice is in there. They are good to eat smoked!!! There are some nice sized one this year to...
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on December 15, 2009, 01:14:44 AM: Nice bunch of White fish!
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Post by: tony04 on December 16, 2009, 07:56:19 AM: i caught one when i was a kid and cooked it over the camp fire. i thought it was great
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Post by: C-Money on December 16, 2009, 08:12:09 AM: I remember whitefiosh tasting good. Caught some out of Soda lake ice fishing back in the 90's We cut the bones out and battered up the pieces up and it was good eating!
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Post by: GoldTip on December 16, 2009, 08:17:11 AM: Very bony fish, but can be very good when smoked. Never tried them any other way.