Keeping pike alive and dispatching with a “billy” just before cleaning results in a better end product.

Cleaning a northern pike. Check out the way to get a pike. Step one, cut fillets into finger size portions. Preheat the grill to 375°f, and don’t forget.

Place the fillet knife against the back of the head, just behind the gills, and cut. Pike is quite boney, therefore pay close care during the filleting process. People would ask how i would get northern pike boneless,so i created this video showing how i clean a fish and make it.

Easier to catch than my all time favourite, the walleye, many people are reluctant to keep. Learn a new twist to the five piece method and a simple trick to avoid the slime. How to clean a northern pike.

Begin by making a downward cut behind the head until you feel your knife touch the spine, then turn the knife and follow the spine until you reach the dorsal fin. Northern pike are one of my favourite fish to catch, and believe it or not, great to eat. Pat dry the fillets, roll in flour, dip in egg wash,.

With the pike still on its. How to clean a pike step 1. In general, younger and usually smaller fish tend to taste better than older, larger fish.

If a pike is badly, deeply hooked, and you want to release it, leave the hook in and do so. Begin cleaning by laying the pike on its belly. Mix equal parts panko bread crumbs and crushed corn flakes.