Northwest Fishing Reports

Anyone have any tips on cooking walley'z?:-"

Ritz crackers.

I make a ccokie sheet out of foil and put that on the bbq. Then take pieces of your walleye run them through some egg and milk. (ooops first take some ritz crackers and through them in a freezer and break them all up). Then put your walleye in the bag, then on the grill.

Sounds very nice,I'm drooling. Any seasoning?

one of my favorites is to make a pan using aluminum foil just the length of your fillets. rub sea salt, melt some butter and pour over fillets. Squeeze a lemon over the fillets and season with pepper and as much cayenne pepper as you can handle,or less. Slice a medium sized onion into rings and put over the top of fillets, covering them. Slice some mushrooms and border the fish. cover top with another sheet of foil and place on bbq. Cook until fillets flace and then poke a couple of holes in foil to let juices drain out. cook uncovered for a few minutes to firm fish and serve with white rice, vegetables and your favorite beverage. Real easy to prepare and very delicious.

gpc wrote:Ritz crackers.

I make a ccokie sheet out of foil and put that on the bbq. Then take pieces of your walleye run them through some egg and milk. (ooops first take some ritz crackers and through them in a freezer and break them all up). Then put your walleye in the bag, then on the grill.

this is how i perfer to eat walleye:thumright :chef: :thumright

panfisher wrote:

gpc wrote:Ritz crackers.

I make a ccokie sheet out of foil and put that on the bbq. Then take pieces of your walleye run them through some egg and milk. (ooops first take some ritz crackers and through them in a freezer and break them all up). Then put your walleye in the bag, then on the grill.

this is how i perfer to eat walleye:thumright :chef: :thumright

Oh yeah, you know what I am talkin about panfisher. I dont think I have had walleye any other way, and crappie is good this way too.

Oh yeah, the flour, milk, egg and crackers are definetly a favorite. I like using corn meal, and try crushing corn flakes and dipping your fish in that too. We cook a lot of fish with those kind of breading. An old timer told me one time to use a 1/4 teaspoon of corn starch and that really keeps the breading on and the oil clean. The recipe I posted earlier was a different way of enjoying a tender delicious fish.

Along with the Ritz, try crushing up some cashews. Thats pretty good as well

Sounds like I need to bring you guys on my next campout. You guys cook up the walleyes and I'll bring the coldies. Thanks for the help.

kevinb wrote:Sounds like I need to bring you guys on my next campout. You guys cook up the walleyes and I'll bring the coldies. Thanks for the help.

As much as I love walleye. I love beer 10x more. Well go camping soon my friend

gpc wrote:

kevinb wrote:Sounds like I need to bring you guys on my next campout. You guys cook up the walleyes and I'll bring the coldies. Thanks for the help.

As much as I love walleye. I love beer 10x more. Well go camping soon my friend

SWEET...
maybe change my WL name to drinknislife.

Ritz crackers?? can't say i've ever heard of that!! I suppose the buttery flavor...i'll have to give it a try.

my personal favorite: oil fried with a Shore Lunch and straight egg batter. The key...make sure the fillets are dry, dip in whipped eggs, coat with Shore Lunch original flavor, then DOUBLE DIP back in the whipped eggs, and DOUBLE COAT with Shore Lunch. Make sure that oil is almost smoking, but not quite. if it is, it's to hot. Make sure oil is half as deep as the fillets are thick. throw them babies in for 3-4 minutes, flip, couple more minutes. When golden brown...enjoy them moist fluffy walleye fillets. This is a great way to cook walleye, crappie, perch for people who "don't like fish", it really eliminates a lot of the fishy taste some people don't like. give it a try..

Join us on our camping trip.

Hey Rolland you definately have to try the ritz! I use ritz and seasoning on bass, crappie and catfish... haven't cooked walleye... yet, oh but I will!

kevinb wrote:Join us on our camping trip.

let's make sure i got this right,.....fishing.......beer......camping....I'm gonna have to think about this...

Rollin with Rolland wrote:

kevinb wrote:Join us on our camping trip.

let's make sure i got this right,.....fishing.......beer......camping....I'm gonna have to think about this...

OK,we will wait patiently....... haha

One trick that I like to use (and learned from watching cooking shows) is to marinate the fillets in whole milk over night. What that does is actually fluff up the flesh and it helps to leech out any silt from between the flakes. For breading I just use Jiffy corn meal muffin mix. I'll have to try the Ritz crackers though.
Good Eats!

I have heard that freezing your fillets in a ziplock bag with milk makes them taste fresh later. Does anyone do this? I usually just use water if I freeze them.

Gone Fishin wrote:Hey Rolland you definitely have to try the ritz! I use ritz and seasoning on bass, crappie and catfish... haven't cooked walleye... yet, oh but I will!

hey Gone Fishin, i sure will. Oh by the way, that sure is a nice smallie i saw of yours from last june (the 19"er), nice work on that and a great photo. Also have not heard of the milk thing, but i am intrigued. I will do more research, and yeah, i usually just use water to freeze fillets also, unless i have a vacuum sealer. If you need people to fill up that trip kevinb, let me know.....have boat.....will travel. (although it's not fancy)

Looks like Lotech Joe is in to. He just doesn't know it yet. HHHMMNN,a fishing trip started by a thread for walleye cooking.
Alright,sounds good to me. Who else is going?:-"