Top 10 Walleye Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is the best oil to fry walleye in? ›

The best oil for frying walleye or other fish is one with a high smoke point, so canola, grapeseed, peanut, rice bran, safflower or avocado. These oils can go to 400°F without burning. Keep your oil as close to 350°F as you can. The single most common problem when frying fish is oil that's too cool.

Ideally, the set up should be a 6' medium light, fast action spinning rod with a medium-sized 30 reel. Having this setup allows the user to feel subtle strikes, as walleye will typically slurp the bait and can be easily missed.

The perfect spot is where a sandbar or sandy shoal drops off into deep water. Trolling very slowly in about 2 or 3 feet along the shore or casting in the river current with a blue and silver jointed Rapala with produce some amazing size Walleyes.

It may sound bizarre, but, according to Epicurious, an effective way to combat fishiness is by soaking the protein in milk prior to cooking.

Before cooking, soak the fish in milk for 20 minutes

What's left behind is sweet-smelling, brighter flesh with clean flavor. (Just make sure you pour that milk down the drain.

Walleye is good for us!

It is also a source of healthy fats, called omega-3 fatty acids. These fats help to keep the heart healthy and are good for brain development. Walleye is also rich in vitamin D, which works with calcium to keep bones healthy and strong.

Thanks to its neutral flavor, affordable price, and high smoke point, canola oil is the most popular oil for frying fish. Peanut, cottonseed, and coconut oil are also great fish frying oils.

Summary: Frying can increase the amount of fat in your fish and negatively affect its ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids. If you're frying, pan-fry rather than deep-fry your fish, and use a healthy oil like olive oil.

Trolling bites use bigger baits on rig bites use bigger minnows and then for spinners quite simply use those erie blades those large sized erie blades. Just upsize your baits and it will help your target and catch big walleyes.

18 to 23 or 24 are good eating size. Smaller and larger release. A 24 inch fish is pushing 5 lbs. Larger fish have a allot of fat in them this time of year.

What season is best for walleye? ›

Fishing success tends to be highest in May and June. That's when walleye are most frequently in shallow or semi-shallow locations near shore, thereby making them easier to catch. Walleye move to deeper locations as water temperatures rise throughout summer.

Rapala Shad Rap is probably the best-selling lure in history and can be trolled or thrown. When you fish for walleye, use natural colors in clear water or chartreuse in stained water. A newer shad-style crankbait Nelson often uses is the Northland Rumble Shad.

If you're new to Walleye fishing or just want to put fish in the boat, live bait is always your best bet. Lures are fun, but they can't compete with the real thing without a lot of practice. Walleye feed on a lot of different things, but three go-to live baits are minnows, leeches, and worms.

Part of the reason walleye are the most sought-after fish in the country is they're so adaptable, and their palate is anything but discriminating. That's why so many pros say the best way to catch them is by tipping a jig with a natural or soft-plastic minnow, leech or nightcrawler.

I soak mine in salt overnight. The salt will drain the blood.

Soaking fish in brine or water before cooking to remove any muddy taste is not necessary. We prefer never to wash or soak whole or filleted fish in water or any other solution (except a marinade) before cooking as it affects the texture, and ultimately, the flavour of the fish.

Don't let your fish soak in water for long, even if it's ice-cold water. This will soften the flesh and eventually you'll have a mushy fillet.