yeah it didn't translate
I havent compared taste, but if you want to get your daily serving of Hg, Devils is your huckleberry!
what are you drinking? I fish right in the oil field pollution you speak of (and work 3 miles from the van hook boat ramp) and sak water is not more or less dirty now than it was when I was a kid and you clearly have not caught walleye in sak this year, average fish is 18-20" and a football... everyone I know that has been fishing in DL say they catch a lot of numbers but the 14" fish is about all they catch and its not as fat as a 14 from sak... IMO deeper, colder water fish always taste better, sak always has a current moving through it also *pssst it's still kind of a river*
what are you drinking? I fish right in the oil field pollution you speak of (and work 3 miles from the van hook boat ramp) and sak water is not more or less dirty now than it was when I was a kid and you clearly have not caught walleye in sak this year, average fish is 18-20" and a football... everyone I know that has been fishing in DL say they catch a lot of numbers but the 14" fish is about all they catch and its not as fat as a 14 from sak... IMO deeper, colder water fish always taste better, sak always has a current moving through it also *pssst it's still kind of a river*
The ND dept of health recommends eating half as many walleye from Devils as it does from Sak/Mo River if that tells ya anything.
The ND dept of health recommends eating half as many walleye from Devils as it does from Sak/Mo River if that tells ya anything.
For some reason the walleyes I catch on the Red in the fall are remarkably tasty. Most others taste about the same... but every fall I'll catch a 2 lb fish and we eat it and think "wow" after eating walleye all spring/summer from lakes.
Can't explain it.
I have also experienced this.
Honestly, walleye are bland from both lakes. I love to fish, but can't really think of more over-rated table fare. Walleye fillets are just the delivery method for batter, breading, butter, spice with VERY little flavor of their own - what I enjoy most about a fish fry, is trying to rehydrate with blue num nums after a hot day of in the boat.
The bigger the red river walleye, the better.
The ND dept of health recommends eating half as many walleye from Devils as it does from Sak/Mo River if that tells ya anything.
It tells me they need to update their guidance. It's the selenium/mercury balance that matters - not mercury alone.
Sloppy Google grade research suggests Devils Lake fish should be loaded with selenium goodness - neutralizing the mercury by binding too it or chelating it somehow and allowing it to flush out of your system rather than cause trouble. Not sure of the details but it's a thing.