Report 2-7-20

[mmirg]

Found small schools of fish in 35-38' of water.  I caught all crappie and 1 yellow perch, no white bass this time.  The water was moving so I drifted through the schools with the current at about .4 mph with minnows.  Ended up with a limit and left them biting. It was one of those awesome days that I don't get very often.  They wanted the bait about 5' off of the bottom.  I didn't try jigs this time but I did last Saturday and they weren't having it.  The pics are some of the highlights.

[lonkm]

great mess of fish. great supper coming

[mmirg]

I kept 4 of them to make smoked fish dip and gave the rest of them to a friend.  The fish dip was tasty.

[Fish24/7]

Please share your recipe! I've never had fish dip!

7 hours ago, mmirg said:

I kept 4 of them to make smoked fish dip and gave the rest of them to a friend.  The fish dip was tasty.

 

[mmirg]

11 hours ago, Fish24/7 said:

Please share your recipe! I've never had fish dip!

 

Brine 8 crappie fillets in 1C water 1tbs brown sugar and 1 tbs salt for about an hour. Rinse and drain the fish, dry on a rack overnight in the fridge if you have the time.  (If you just wanna get on with it smoke it when you can)  Smoke at 175° for about 2 hours or until the thickest part of the fish is 150°.  Throw the fish, 2 blocks of cream cheese, black pepper to taste, juice from 1/2 a lemon, and a cup of ranch dressing in the food processor and blend till it's creamy.  Adjust the ingredients to your liking. Green onions would be good in it.  Serve with Ritz crackers or the cracker or chip of your choice and enjoy. 

You could probably bake or grill the fish instead of smoking it.  But the smoked fish is really tasty.

[Fish24/7]

Right on!  if I can just catch some crappie 😃 now I'll have to try that drop shot with some gulp minners might work