primitives discuss fishing on the cheap

[franksolich]

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Kaleva (13,202 posts)    Thu Jul 10, 2014, 11:20 AM

Frugal fishing ideas

A couple of days ago, I was talking with my father-in-law about fishing and we discussed fishing for suckers. A fish many people overlook. In Michigan where I live, suckers can be taken year round on many rivers and from the end of April to Sept. 30th on certain designated trout streams. There is no size or quantity limit for the fish.
 
Last year, some friends who had gone fishing gave me the suckers they had caught but didn't want. I made Kalamojakka, a Finnish fish stew, with it and it was very good. One can also use suckers to pan fry, can, pickle, smoke or grind up into fish patties. Being bottom feeders, suckers are easy to catch using the most basic of fishing gear with worms as bait.
 
Now you may be like me and not have any fishing gear at all. A basic fishing rod adequate to take suckers is pretty inexpensive or one may make their own "Hobo" fishing kit out of 1" pvc pipe and fittings or use a protein drink tube as shown in this youtube video:
 
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A resident fishing license in Michigan costs $26.00 and maybe it would cost another $10 or so dollars to make my own fishing kit but there's still plenty of time to recoup that this year in money saved.

Curmudgeoness (14,234 posts)    Thu Jul 10, 2014, 06:51 PM

1. That's an interesting place to be frugal

and I never would have thought of it. With the price of fish these days, it would take no time at all to recoup the license fee and price of equipment. Dig your own worms, or raise them if you intend to do a lot of fishing.
 
Or, like you did, find fishermen who will give you their catches that they don't want.

^^^Omaha Steve's pal, the primitive with a sensitive bottom, who's looking for a charity for the homeless operated by atheists.

Kaleva (13,202 posts)    Thu Jul 10, 2014, 09:13 PM

2. I was thinking more about the price of meat.

And possibly replacing meat with fish and then expanding on that train of thought by researching how frugal one can be in acquiring fish.
 
Only two people I know of who fish keep the suckers they catch. Everyone else considers them to be a junk fish not worth keeping. I could ask them to save a few for me.
 
I'd also like to go back to fishing myself as I enjoyed it when I was younger.

[JohnnyReb]

First of March until early may around here, illegal gill nets strung out across the local creeks at night when the game warden can't see you. I've only been on one of those about 35 years ago. The white suckers spawn like salmon.

They are boney as all get out, full of hair fine bones plus the usual large ones. Best way to fix them is to fillet out the big bones, then dice that fillet about every 1/4" apart and fry. ....or clean and pressure cook until all the bones are soft then fry and eat bones and all.

[Delmar]

Frugal DUmmies should consider trapping turtles for their meat along with the carp.  If any of you lurking DUmmies are reluctant to eat turtle meat, maybe you'd change your mind if you knew that the French eat turtles and even have fancy french names for the recipes like Potage a la Tortue verte--green turtle soup. 

Here is an idea for a cheap turtle trap.  Dig a hole deep enough to hold a good sized turtle and line the bottom with ashes--you can use any kind of ashes, clean out a fireplace and use those ashes to save money. Then you take a bag of frozen peas and shake them out in a ring around the edge of the hole.  Find a nearby hiding spot and when a turtle stops to take a pea, you jump out and kick him in the ash hole.

[marv]

Hmmmm, catfish nuggets at the grocery store, box of beer batter mix, 64oz veg oil.

Voila, no boat, no pole, no line, no bobber, no lure. There ya go; as cheap as it gets!

[Dori]

I'm a halibut lover, not fond of fresh water fish, but I like catching them.

Can't imagine these suckers are worth the effort.



 

[Carl]

You can count on one finger the number of DUmp parasites that would trade in their EBT card to try to catch a fish that tastes like the bottom of a mud puddle.

[USA4ME]

Kaleva

Frugal fishing ideas

A couple of days ago, I was talking with my father-in-law about fishing and we discussed fishing for suckers. A fish many people overlook.

I strongly suggest they ask for ideas from Dem party leaders. If there's anyone who's proven they know how to catch suckers, it's them.

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[GOBUCKS]

Can't imagine these suckers are worth the effort.

At the DUmp, the queer mafia would get you tombstoned for that.

[sharkhawk]

Eh sucker fish are like Bullheads.  take them, yank the lure out, throw them into the weeds.

[Big Dog]

Frugal DUmmies should consider trapping turtles for their meat along with the carp.  If any of you lurking DUmmies are reluctant to eat turtle meat, maybe you'd change your mind if you knew that the French eat turtles and even have fancy french names for the recipes like Potage a la Tortue verte--green turtle soup. 

Here is an idea for a cheap turtle trap.  Dig a hole deep enough to hold a good sized turtle and line the bottom with ashes--you can use any kind of ashes, clean out a fireplace and use those ashes to save money. Then you take a bag of frozen peas and shake them out in a ring around the edge of the hole.  Find a nearby hiding spot and when a turtle stops to take a pea, you jump out and kick him in the ash hole.

 

[Ogre]

As a boat owner and avid fisherman, there is no such thing as "cheap" fishing.

If the primitive wants cheap fish he should buy it at the store.

Mrs. Ogre reminds me that my boat is a hole in the water that I throw money in to.

[catsmtrods]

Suckers? I guess I can see the DUmmy attraction!

[obumazombie]

Frugal DUmmies should consider trapping turtles for their meat along with the carp.  If any of you lurking DUmmies are reluctant to eat turtle meat, maybe you'd change your mind if you knew that the French eat turtles and even have fancy french names for the recipes like Potage a la Tortue verte--green turtle soup. 

Here is an idea for a cheap turtle trap.  Dig a hole deep enough to hold a good sized turtle and line the bottom with ashes--you can use any kind of ashes, clean out a fireplace and use those ashes to save money. Then you take a bag of frozen peas and shake them out in a ring around the edge of the hole.  Find a nearby hiding spot and when a turtle stops to take a pea, you jump out and kick him in the ash hole.

I modified your recipe a bit to catch polar bears...
I cut a hole in the ice the size of a polar bear,
lined it with peas
When he stopped to take one,
I kicked him in the icehole !

[VelvetElvis]

Suckers? I guess I can see the DUmmy attraction!

If a DUmmy eats a sucker, is it cannibalism?

[FiddyBeowulf]

If a DUmmy eats a sucker, is it cannibalism?

About as close as you can get if not. One bottom feeder eating another.

[Chris_]

DUmmies don't eat suckers out of professional courtesy.

[Gina]

I'm not biting that they buy fishing licenses.

[GOBUCKS]

In a lifetime of fishing, I've yet to see anyone fishing with a piece of PVC pipe.

I've seen guys grabbing catfish by hand, or even using that stupid Popeil Pocket Fisherman.

I've fished with cane poles, jugs, trotlines, and seines.

But I never thought of using a PVC pipe.

We don't call 'em DUmmies for nothing.

[Gina]

The pvc pipe easily converts to a bong

[BlueStateSaint]

The pvc pipe easily converts to a bong

Written from experience . . . ?

[GOBUCKS]

The best use of PVC pipe I've ever seen was by the Blue Man Group.

[ChuckJ]

In a lifetime of fishing, I've yet to see anyone fishing with a piece of PVC pipe.

I've seen guys grabbing catfish by hand, or even using that stupid Popeil Pocket Fisherman.

I've fished with cane poles, jugs, trotlines, and seines.

But I never thought of using a PVC pipe.

We don't call 'em DUmmies for nothing.

You've fished with jugs? How did you get her to hush about men long enough to fish?

[Crazy Horse]

Frugal DUmmies should consider trapping turtles for their meat along with the carp.  If any of you lurking DUmmies are reluctant to eat turtle meat, maybe you'd change your mind if you knew that the French eat turtles and even have fancy french names for the recipes like Potage a la Tortue verte--green turtle soup. 

Here is an idea for a cheap turtle trap.  Dig a hole deep enough to hold a good sized turtle and line the bottom with ashes--you can use any kind of ashes, clean out a fireplace and use those ashes to save money. Then you take a bag of frozen peas and shake them out in a ring around the edge of the hole.  Find a nearby hiding spot and when a turtle stops to take a pea, you jump out and kick him in the ash hole.

That's just cruel.  I love watching turtles swim in potatoes, bacon and onions.

Back in the late 80s I used to get $2.48 per pound for snappers.

[landofconfusion80]

That's just cruel.  I love watching turtles swim in potatoes, bacon and onions.

Back in the late 80s I used to get $2.48 per pound for snappers.

Around here, it's by the hour

[obumazombie]

Around here, it's by the hour

I guess I'm not from around here.