Eelpout

[OldSailor]

Back when I lived in Minnesota, we caught alot of them.Great eating!! On several lakes, you had to keep an eye on them or they would "grow legs" and wander off!! People used to volunteer to take them off your hands all of the time. NO WAY!! Too yummy!!

[nodakoutdoors.com]

How do you cook your eelpout?

[kingfisher]

They're Awesome! You can cook them like any other fish. Roll the meat with the skin on in eggs, and then flour, and throw it in a pan with Cabot butter and fry it up golden brown. The skin is not tough like a cat fish- They are a cod fish. Many people also use the meat to make chowder.

Oh, and if you know whats good for you, make sure you keep the cod liver. Its a cream or pink yellow color. Its usually the biggest organ in the fish besides it's gut. You can fry that cod liver. You wont need any oil in the pan because its already full of it. Make sure you cut off the lime green sack on the liver, I think its the gall bladder, and throw that away. You don't want to eat gall bladder juice. Put a little salt on that liver and it tastes really good, it may smell a little funny, but it tastes good, and is really REALLY good for you.

[surflizard]

Of all the fresh water species, Burbot/Eelpout/Cusk/Ling/Lawyers are the top eating fish for me ! One other benefit to targeting Burbot is that in early March here in the Northeast, they gather together in rocky shoals to spawn and they are Super Aggresive !! I jig with a Custom Jigs and spins Chrome Slender spoon with a dropper chain and a smelt headhooked thru the eye sockets. It is not uncommon to hook 3 or 4 fish before rebaiting, it doesn't get much better then that if ya ask me !

[guinea]

My favorite fish ever! Not only are they delicious, but they intrigue me.

You know how when you put a fish in the sink and it slides around? Look at how these guys move...I would love to be in the water watching them swim!

Excellent for chowder, or fried, or baked. Gahhhd, I can't wait! My mouth is watering and my toes are too warm!