What's your personal best...

[greylundman]

How about mud puppies? I've caught some dandies out there. Never had the nuts to eat one though. Mr. eelpout on the other hand, he gets skinned and goes straight to the grease. Best eating fish in The Flowage.

How do you clean and prepare an eelpout?

[the other andy]

Skin them like you would a bullhead, drive a nail through their lip into your cutting board, cut around the head and pull the skin off with pliers. Then I lop their head off so I can see the loins and remove them like you would backstraps on a deer till you get past the ribcage, then filet down to the tail like you would a walleye. You can filet them like a walleye but there's so little belly meat you just end up cutting all that off anyway. Then prepare like you would cod (that's what they are) poached, broiled or fried. I prefer broiled with a little Lawry's and drawn butter.