Northern Pike fishing around Chapleau Ontario is said to be some of Canada’s best. Even with all that food Ontario Northern Pike still attack your fishing line like a fresh water Barracuda. Big Trophy Northern Ontario Pike patrol the shoreline looking for anything that moves. The Chapleau Northerns will eat anything. Just make sure you keep a couple for lunch because the Northerns up here taste excellent. They are just as sweet as Walleyes. For anyone not knowing how to clean a Northern Pike we will be happy to show you. Two fillets of Northern Pike with no bones. You will love it.
There is great Northern pike fishing at our main base location and at all three of our outpost camps.
Read down to see how to remove the Y bone from a Northern Pike filet.
For fishing and hunting regulation click on the link below
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resource Publications
How to clean Northern Pike
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Turn your knife and cut along the spine all the way to the tail. Be as close to the backbone as possible without going through.
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Repeat for the other side.
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Remove the rib bones. This is the same technique as you would use on a walleye or perch. Cut under the ribs parallel to the fillet trying not to cut away any meat.
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Look and feel for a ridge of white bones running down the fillet. It should be in the thickest part of the fillet.
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Make your first cut above the white dots and cut down until you feel the bones. Cut with the curve of the bones, and don’t cut through them.
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Now concentrate on the center line of the fillet. Cut upwards on a forty five degree angle. Cut at this angle until you feel the Y-bones. Gently work your knife along the bones just past the vent you created while cutting on top of the Y-bones (in step 5).
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Grab hold of the Y-bones. They will be held together with a thin line of flesh.
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Pull on this line of flesh, and the whole line of Y-bones should come out in one clean piece. Use your knife to free them if need be.
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Remove the fillet from the skin.
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