Catch in lake oroville

I have a squawfish recipe handed down for generations:

Clean fish
Set oven to 350
Place on cedar plank
Add olive oil , slices of carrots and onions, fresh dill on top
Cook for about 30 minutes
Remove from oven, let stand
Go to garbage can, scrape everything off into garbage
Eat the cedar plank.

 

I have a squawfish recipe handed down for generations:

Clean fish
Set oven to 350
Place on cedar plank
Add olive oil , slices of carrots and onions, fresh dill on top
Cook for about 30 minutes
Remove from oven, let stand
Go to garbage can, scrape everything off into garbage
Eat the cedar plank.

I don't recall anyone saying anything bad about how it tasted, just surprise to learn its identity.

Kiel BBQ'd the one up at the Berryessa Slam last year and the fish itself wasn't bad but texture wise it was more along the lines of being just ok.

Frankie Likes 

http://frankiemakes.blogspot.com/2012/09/considered-trash-fish-northern.html

I don't think I'm up to trying it if we get one again.

Frankie Likes 

http://frankiemakes.blogspot.com/2012/09/considered-trash-fish-northern.html

Hmm, very interesting!  It seems the abundant bones are the primary deterrent to eating these guys.  I imagine another obstacle is that nobody really knows how to cook pikeminnow because, well, almost nobody cooks them.  Akin to frying an oily fish like sablefish: it'll turn into an oily mess when you fry it in oil, but broil or smoke it and it's amazing.

I probably won't try a pikeminnow anytime soon, but it could make for some entertainment around a campfire  .

Here's a scanned photo of the 1st pikeminnow I ever ate LOL...caught at Berryessa when I was like 10. At the time, we had no idea what it was. The guy in Spanish Flat Marina said it was called a "Sacramento pike" and said they were good.
Then I ate some of the pikeminnow that Keil BBQ'd at last year's Berryessa Salmon Slam. So I guess you can say that I've been eating pikeminnows for over 25yrs!!! 

Sin coast do you plan to continue eating pike minnow, or is it like a right of passage you know check that of the list been there done that.

Haha it's definitely a right of passage.

Might be like some eastern catfish, you have to soak in milk or something overnight