Live ID request Lake Berryessa

There is a perfectly good use as fertilizer. Use about 1/3 of the fish under each corn or squash plant in the garden. No suggestions on storing until planting season. Fight like hell for the first 10-15 seconds, don’t they?

The flesh of northern pikeminnows is quite tasty, but it's so bony you go crazy picking the bones out of your mouth.  So most people only try eating northern pikeminnows once. However, pickling is a great way to use pikeminnows.  All the bones disappear, and pickled pikeminnow is quite tasty.

Another option is to use them for bait.  Whole pikeminnow are excellent bait when ice fishing for pike and lake trout, and when chopped up into cut bait they are great for jigging for lake trout.

There is a perfectly good use as fertilizer. Use about 1/3 of the fish under each corn or squash plant in the garden. No suggestions on storing until planting season. Fight like hell for the first 10-15 seconds, don’t they?

Yes. They hit hard.