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<blockquote data-quote="sweeney" data-source="post: 28145" data-attributes="member: 453">Back in the early 90's when we started paddlefishing we cleaned our own all the time, but getting the caviar was kind of a PITA and we never got it to taste decent, so we started taking them to Northstar. Personally i think it was just an excuse to go to the buford bar but whatever. With an electric knife it wasn't to bad to clean a 20-40 lber for the fillets but gutting one of the 80+ lb fish was just a big mess, and since we didn't know how to process the caviar the correct way it made more sense to take it to northstar. Personally i don't see how they only manage a 150k profit out of the deal when at least 100 fish produce 2-4k $ in eggs each. But since we as fishermen can't legally sell them and a guy doesn't catch just females i am ok with trading off the cleaning duties for the roe, but i to would like an 1oz jar or something if i bring in a prime female. We tend to smoke ours all lately but i do remember gutting down paddlefish gumbo and stew on more than one occasion. We also deep fried it and had paddlefish fries usually about the same time we would cook a bunch of rocky mt. oysters</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sweeney, post: 28145, member: 453"] Back in the early 90's when we started paddlefishing we cleaned our own all the time, but getting the caviar was kind of a PITA and we never got it to taste decent, so we started taking them to Northstar. Personally i think it was just an excuse to go to the buford bar but whatever. With an electric knife it wasn't to bad to clean a 20-40 lber for the fillets but gutting one of the 80+ lb fish was just a big mess, and since we didn't know how to process the caviar the correct way it made more sense to take it to northstar. Personally i don't see how they only manage a 150k profit out of the deal when at least 100 fish produce 2-4k $ in eggs each. But since we as fishermen can't legally sell them and a guy doesn't catch just females i am ok with trading off the cleaning duties for the roe, but i to would like an 1oz jar or something if i bring in a prime female. We tend to smoke ours all lately but i do remember gutting down paddlefish gumbo and stew on more than one occasion. We also deep fried it and had paddlefish fries usually about the same time we would cook a bunch of rocky mt. oysters [/QUOTE]

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