I say the majority of people here that hobby fish release far more than they keep.Stuart wrote:
That's cool. I know a lot of people here in the UK throw most of their catches back, but I was wondering if it was the same in the States.
I'm not a fish man myself. but I've heard good stuff about Pike. It was very popular in the middle ages apparently.
Pike are quite boney...but if they're big enough, you can cut the filet along those "extra" bones and not lose too much meat.
Legal size here is 24"...I usually don't keep em unless they're closer to 30"+.
I'll cut out that extra row of bones then chop the filet into bite size pieces, boil it, pour on some melted garlic butter (LIGHT on that garlic!)...a little pepper...YUMMO!!!