Looking back in the archives for today's photos, I was surprised to see that Bob Gilreath was out fishing two years in a row on this date. Well, not surprised that he was out fishing, actually, but I found it interesting that his photos were featured back to back in years.

Bob's photo from 2011 is a dandy Northern Pike that weighed in at 14 pounds and 37 inches long. On that same fishing excursion out on Torch Lake, his son Paul caught one just a bit bigger than Dad's, at 40 inches long and 20 pounds. I'd say these two had quite the successful day!

The following year, 2012, Bob, Paul and a friend were once again out fishing and were rewarded with some good catches. The one they're netting in the bottom photo is a 32 inch Northern Pike. Nice catch there guys!

The thrill of fishing is when you feel that hit of the fish taking your bait, then you set your hook and begin reeling it in. Quite exciting if the fish gives you a fight along the way, too. In today's video we see and hear about a nice Pike caught by a young man named Alex. Exiting times to be out fishing and bring in the biggest catch of the day!

That's a lot of fish ~ are pike good eating?

I've eaten Pike and I think it's good. But I don't
like most fish...esp trout. I'll do whitefish and
salmon...that's about it....but Pike really wasn't
bad. I've had Catfish too...if you got someone
that knows how to cook that...omg!!!

jbuck,

Northern is very bony, more so than most other
fish. The trick is in filleting them properly. I
can't do it well but there are websites and Youtube
videos showing how. Uninformed people sometimes
just fillet them and you end up spitting out all
sorts of tiny bones. Except for that they are
pretty good, not Walleye good, but OK.

The back-to-back pics isn't that odd because it's
Memorial Day weekend. My dad and his fishing
buddies went out every year for about a zillion
years to their "secret" brook trout fishing creek
somewhere in Marquette County.

Ah! trout! If they don't serve it in heaven, i'll
be highly disappointed! With fresh corn. And wild
raspberry pie.

Jbuck...lots of bones, but very tasty. I remember my first pike catch over fifty years ago on Sand Lake, UP...unerasable memories.

Pike is actually pretty good, but bony as others have said. I like them smoked the best, but boy.... are they hard to light!!

I hope to be catching a few in a couple months.

I like Northern, but we rarely keep them because
of the bones. Not fun to clean but taste
delicious if you don't run into any bones.

Deb:

This method of cleaning Northern completely
removes all the bones. It's a little more wasteful
than other methods but have a look.

Cleaning
Northern Pike

Capt..."Don't bogart that fish my friend, pass it over to me." :-)

Thanks, D.A.