Remote Ice Fishing Alaska | Catch & Cook Northern Pike
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- čas přidán 27. 11. 2020
- Our ice fishing season kicks off early this year with a 40 mile snowmachine trip in search of Northern Pike. The Alaskan winter landscape and a quick meal out on the ice made for a great day. Back at the cabin we process the day's catch and compare two simple methods for cooking breaded pike.
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You guys are so cute together. Always remenber these are YOUR good old days together. My hubby's been gone 20 yrs today we iced fish together too i sure miss him.
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So true! I recently lost my mother and it is these moments that you think back on fondly. So sorry for your loss ❤
@@kellybroady6378 Thank you
So sorry for the loss of your husband. 20 years I'm sure seems like the blink of an eye especially when you get to reminisce on those days. I hope you are doing well and sending love your way. ❤️
@@micheleforrest4870 your so sweet thank you much for caring. I'm 70 now & times are scary never dreamed I'd live to see such insanity in my life time. I feel so sorry for the children who have been cheated out of knowing how great our country was.
Here's a hint for using tip ups for pike-When a pike takes a bait, it will run with the bait until it stops to turn it around in it's mouth before swallowing the bait. Wait until it stops and then wait until the line moves again before you set the hook. It will improve your hookup success.
You two are living the dream life. Hard work, but truly LIVING!!!!! Really enjoy your channel.
Sometimes burnt food outdoors is pretty fine cuisine, especially when you guys are fishing and cooking together. Nice video. Thanks for taking us along. Envy you guys up there.
Hunger is the best sauce!!
That's sweet how she said sorry to the fish
Rosa Anderson Made me laugh ... saying sorry to the pike ... but worth the taste.
She doesn’t always say sorry every time she catches a fish. She knocks it out.
That's the true way to respect... Love that
I thought this also
@@jujuandwamwams165 maybe not out loud but in her heart for sure
Try scaling the pike after cleaning them. Wrap in tin foil and bake. The meat flakes off the bones. Excellent way to eat pike or any bony fish
I was just thinking the same. That's how we cook it.
that our chowder em. we used to eat a shit ton of chain pickerel and muskie up in Northern Maine. Throwing them in a nice creamy chowder with corn and potatos was a great meal coming in off a day on the ice.
If we didn’t want to take the time with the “y” bones, we’d skin them, fin them and chunk them, pressure cook for ten minutes. After they cooled, we ground them with saltines, eggs, parsley and a bit of onion and made fish cakes out of them...fried of
course..be good with some cocktail sauce made from the rose hip ketchup!!
-could add bell pepper
-chili’s and cilantro
we do it same way in eastern europe. add some salt, sugar, pepper and lemon. wrap in tin foil and bake.
I always heard that pike skin tasted bad, so I haven't tried it. But I love the skin of every other fish I've had... Now I'll have to try it.
I Love It when the chickens talk to you.
Ariel - pop! "I'm sorry!" POP!!! 🤣😂
*whack*
“I’m sorry”
*whack*
“I’m sorry”
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I think the sorry was because the first hit definitely didn't kill it, so she was saying like, "sorry you're definitely going to experience some abuse, and not just die immediately like you would if I had done a flawless hit". Usually you hit a few times, but it's generally dead after one if you get the right spot nice and hard and square, and the next one or two are just in case.
Whoops up side your head.
This would be me fishing! Lol!
If you were watching salmon fishing: “what a pretty color!” Whack!
I know. I couldn't help but laugh too.
I love the way you get along so nice to each other it warms my heart love jim
I’m really enjoying the two of you and your sweet interactions with one another. I hope to continue to watch as your bond grows even stronger than it already is now. ❤️
Why is food so comforting even to see fishing and cooking out doors brings so much comfort to the heart. God bless.
1:38 "Cold hands cold hands" yep! but a warm heart.
Sometimes I forget you are not native Alaskans! You handled the move so well and it all seems so natural for you guys! It really was meant to be
Love how Arielle said “I’m sorry” when she dispatched the fish.
Good to see you finally up-graded your snow suits to high quality gear. Makes a world of difference when traveling. Good job and happy sledding.
Lost Sockeye Ranch yes it has been making our longer rides very enjoyable
Pikecicles! 🤣🤣 ...welcome to the Alaskan frozen foods Channel 😋 😁👍🏻👍🏻 You guys are great, keep up making wonderful content ❤❤
You guys just tickle me pink… I am absolutely loving the icefishing episode… And the fact that you just go out there balls to the wall enjoying every second that you’re together and out there on the ice fishing… You continue to be a joy for me on a daily basis and just for your information those pancakes look totally edible…! I hope you guys have a wonderful holiday season😃
I don't know why but I really like their whole canning and cooking style. I feel like they never have a boring day and have a sense of urgency to have food for the winter that other people don't have. I think it is pretty cool
Thanks for taking us along on your fishing adventure. I really enjoy watching you catch it, but even more enjoy watching how you prepare and eat it. Thanks again. God bless and keep you both safe!
Looked good! Such a blessing to know you grew the potatoes and foraged for the fish. Super satisfaction... Stay warm!
Huge fan. Love this channel.
Thanks for the video folks, it brings back a lot of memories as we ate a fair bit of pike - called them jack fish - in northern Saskatchewan. They're tough to fillet with no bones however. One thing we did was cook it mostly, then run it through a meat grinder, make it into patties and finish cooking it. That works with most bony fish actually. Thanks again and all the best to you folks this winter.
You guys are so down to earth I adore you 2 keep living your lives simply loving one another
I’m so envious, I miss Alaska so much. I’m so glad you guys had fun. The eating is the best part. Yum!
When Eric was taking the pan of fries out of the oven, it looked, at first like he was using his bare hand without a oven mitt. I'm like "Damn those Alaskans are tough!"
ah love when a new video pops up to watch...great timing just enjoying a breeze on the patio after a swim in the Aussie summer. Now i can watch some cold winter vlogs to cool off!
I look forward to your ice fishing videos every year. Thanks for taking us along!
Those chickens are gangster--they'll eat anything.
Hahaha ! all I can picture is the gangster chickens coming out of their coop with guns and knives !
I watched my chicken rip apart a mouse then fight over the remains , I was horrified to see them go this poor mouse like a pair of velociraptors
Gangster chickens must hold their 9m sideways. lol
They descended from dinosaurs, and have not forgotten about it :D
@@Alloriel No, they, re just chickens! No dinosaurs involved! God, created chickens for man, s consumption and Taste buds!
Pike is my most favorite fish, once you get used to removing the bones, for me it's the most delicious, flakiest meat! So excited to see you catching some nice sized ones! Enjoy!
Yay. Sunday morning treat.
Our calendar arrived today in 35080 and the lower 48. 2021 is already looking good thanks to you and your beautiful photos. We will be thinking of you every time we check the calendar.
There are several CZcams videos on filleting pike to get those “Y” bones out. Little tricky at first but once you do a few, then its pretty easy. Great day fishing, can’t wait for the cold weather here so we can get out!
Yeah Jim Baird has a good one. czcams.com/video/43T3HmxrTY0/video.html&ab_channel=JimBaird-Adventurer
Check out a video on how to remove the Y-bones. Pike is one of the best tasting fish.
When your tip up goes off let it run when it stops wait until it runs again, pike spit the bait and swallow head first so when it runs again set the hook, also pike have like 5 different filletes if you don't want bones
I’m German/Russian descent and we make butterballs which contain breadcrumbs, eggs, butter, milk, salt and nutmeg. They’re added to a chicken noodle soup and is served during the holidays.
My calendar came today!!! It is awesome. Love it. Using the photographs for part of our trip planning for Alaska in 2022. Favorite part today: eating your breakfast in courses because of the cold.
Y’all look so cute with the matching ski-do jackets! And the extra crispy pancakes and moose sausage are to die for! 😁 SW La fan. Ayeee!
You two are living an adventure most only dream about all their lives. I would suggest you get an ice fishing collapsible shelter for your next trip. Makes it alot more comfortable.
Waiting gfor your next video. Stay warm...
You guys are living the Alaska dream.
I just love that you take us along with you. Yall are great together.💚
i live on the great barrier reef in Australia, all i can say is you guys must love your fishing, nice job
I used to make "scrambled" pancakes, when I was a kid, and winter camping.
I love this channel - awesome, interesting content, no clickbait... perfect - thanks!
OMG I LOVE pickled Northern Pike on a Triscuit with a cold glass of Chardonnay!!!
it looks like watching some documentary about alaska...
It was a great adventure! I’m so hungry for some good fish!
My favorite cooking show
Great seeing you guys icefishing. Brings back memories!
Enjoyed it all. You’re good in the kitchen sir. Some folks jus got it.
Look up videos on how to remove the Y- bones on a Northern. It saved me when i was living up there and doing a bunch of spearfishing. I was eating tons of pike every summer!
The pan fried looks the best. Thanks for taking us along.
Ice fishing has always fascinated me. Remember growing up in NH seeing the ice fishing huts all over the lakes in winter.
This was exciting to watch. I was afraid the fish would go back in the hole
Those Y bones are a pita lol. Once you figure out how to take them out, you'll get a boneless fillet. Great video as always you two 👍
A truly blessed life you two have.
Empty that 5 gallon bucket, turn it over, and it makes a great seat for ice fishing. And what wonderful adventures you two are having!
I asked my dad (a born and raised Minnesotan and raised in an exceedingly outdoorsy family) if he’d ever had much luck with tip-ups and he just kind of shrugged and gave a perturbed look. He said he typically had more luck with jiggle sticks, but that it really depends on the bait you use. I asked him about the biggest northern he ever caught (they just call them “northerns” there) and he said it was around what you guys were catching that day. He says the ones in Alaska are bigger.
We use tip ups all the time (live in Central Minnesota)....designed to have several lines out at a time otherwise it would pretty boring to fish just a single hole.
I was notified a minute ago.. Let's fish some hardwater
I was thinking the same. We fished ocean near Montauk and fish there is distinctive saltwater flavor. Lake fish is more oily, slimy but there are some that are marvelous, like brown trout. Nice to see recreational fishing like this. Hardwater fishing is not glamorous, its a long day and you're beat tired at the end, can't cook, just enough energy to stop for pizza and then make it home to sleep and start the next day before the Sun rises.
This was my first video of theirs, I fell in love with them! Such great honest people. Sub forever!!!!!
Love this content! I got happy to see Eric get so happy catching the pikes :D
You have to get the Y bone out. Once you do it once or twice its second nature. Pike Taco's!!!
Actually I just like seeing you kids enjoying life. You don't have to be any special place for that, you only have to be with that special someone to enjoy that. God Bless.
God bless you both. You worked harder at day to day tasks than I do in a week.
Have you all ever fished for Burbot? I've heard it also called poor man's lobster, sounds pretty good!
I was just going to suggest Burbot myself.
You mean lingcod? We catch them by accident out of Kodiak when we go for salmon and 'buts. They are good though ~
@@susanapplegate9758 theyre the same thing.
As the sign in your kitchen says: it’s not how you fish, it’s how you wiggle your worm.
Thanks for taking us with you today. Really enjoyed the video.
Totally enjoyed the adventure! Thanks for taking us along!🙂
it looks so cold, here in Australia its 40*"c, 100f, looks like you both where having fun..
I know! Seriously wishing I was in Alaska or somewhere else cold instead of this crazy heat in November! It's not even summer yet!
@@melw3518 alaska shouldn't be where you want to go. It would be a huge adjustment. I'm in ontario Canada. Gets to usually around -30c and alaska can get way worse depending on where you are.
@@sofiamanolakis8214 Us humans need perfect temperatures to be comfortable. I live in a hot country where temperatures are hot year around, except for 3 months of winter. Right now it’s perfect 26C daytime and 12C at night.
ditto im in brisbane hahaha
Both Canada and Alaska are fantastic to me. Love them both. Where I'm from in Australia we don't have snow (or any real cold, I don't even own any heaters!) in winter and I've always loved the cold and hated the heat. While I've seen a lot of CZcams videos on how cold it gets, at the same time I'd like to experience it (living it not just visiting) however it wouldn't happen any time soon due to our boarder closures.
Oh, I thought I could just ice fish remotely, at home, sitting in front a computer, watching viking preparedness....
Another Viking! How awesome! Pastor Joe is great, right?
@@PaulaJoDavis Hi Paula. Yeah, I've followed him for a long time now sicen he had about 30k subscribers. I have obviously seen also.your name around here or on patreon.
I'm so happy for you two. God bless!
Thank you so much for sharing your lives very much appreciate the scenery and the Beautiful Things you guys see up there thank you
The baked one might need some lemon sprinkled on it after baking to get things really going in the flavour department.
it would be super interesting to hear about how ya'll manage to stay warm in such cold temps! i can't imagine living at below zero degrees
Once it gets to a certain temp you stop feeling how cold it is. It’s just cold at that point and you wear layers for warmth. You adapt to the lifestyle.
You dress in layers. Long underwear to wick moisture, wool or polyfleece to insulate, and then a wind blocking layer. But you'll still feel it in your toes.
@@mheermance thats what I generally do when I go skiing, but that's still maybe 17 degrees at the coldest. Just cant imagine how it's possible to not freeze ur butt off at like minus 12😳
@@clairewiley8862 Yes, Alaska is definitely more challenging than the lower 48. I live in New England, but in the mountains we'll occasionally get weather like that.
@@mheermance I'm in california so it never really gets that cold here😂
I JUST LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS FISH I ENJOY WATCHING YOUR WONDERFUL VIDEOS
Lived off the grid in Northern Idaho up in the mountains no electricity I cooked on wood stove we had propane fridge and a cistern we would pump from into a 100 gallon holding tank in our house.We had an out house. A two story log cabin and 5 acres we purchased for 26k. Moose and Mule deer in our yard our kids were little and loved playing in the snow and outside there. Loved all the memories we had..
Grind with the bones in makes the best fish patties.
When I was a kid my parents did just that. They did double grind so no bones were there and then made patties or pelmeni and stored in the freezer.
I love when Ariel said I gota to go I gota a fish . Instead of eating. You guys are my kind of kids to have
What do you put in the Moose sausage how do you make that
czcams.com/video/I697J30ihHE/video.html
Here is the link of the moose sausage. Hope this helps :)
I’m not 100% sure, but on their channel they have a few videos about hunting and processing the moose, I think Ariel showed how they made all of the food products from the moose, including the sausage !
This video made me weep remembering the taste of Northern Pike my father used to bring home from fishing trips to the Great Lakes when I was a kid in Ohio.
Don't remember Pike being bony. Guess my parents knew how to get them all out. I recall the use of tweezers. Tho bone free, we were incuraged to take a bite of bread while eating the fish. Something about bread softening the effect of getting a bone stuck in our throat.
The flavor was nothing like chicken. Use flour in the batter next time with your favorite herbs and spices. A bit of beer or club soda will make the batter light and fluffy.
Beware of corn meal/flour. Most found in the US, the seed, plant, soil has been treated / sprayed with Round-Up. GMO nasty.
Grateful for a care package of Northern Pike to the Bay Area. Willing to pay for shipping.
Bless you!
What a beautiful life! Thank you for sharing!!
PIKE DOSE STINK UP THE HOUSE WHEN YOU COOK IT AND VERY BONEY BUT TASTY..ON THE GREAT LAKES WE USE WORMS AND MINOS
There are tons of video’s on CZcams on how to fillet pike bone free. Check em out. A Lot better with no bones. Good fishing tho.
Thank you so much for sharing with us. I really appreciate and enjoy your videos
The best seasonings are hunger and a loved one.
Love your videos. I've been a silent viewer for a while. How's the second house building going? I would love to see a updated video. Do you guys ever travel to see family? Just curious. Happy day to you and yours.
Things are shut down at the other property for the winter, we have not left Alaska since we moved here:)
Looks like you are leaving a lot of good meat on those tails. Try scaling those fish fish, then when you cook them you get nice crispy skin.
Haha you guys are fun! Thanks for being so adventerous for those of us who have more sedentary lives! I'm right there with you guys.
Love you guys, be safe and keep posting awesome videos like you always do...
Will chickens eat anything? People seem to feed them every kind of scrap.
There are somethings chickens won’t eat but not much. They are like the modern day T-Rex only smaller
Pretty much, yes. I don’t think a lot of dairy is good for them, and I don’t give mine much processed wheat (leftover breads, pasta), but as far as raw foods like garden produce and meat? They are all for it!
Thanks for the replies guys.
You should have added a little coffee to the batter. Don’t know how good it would taste but it might make it a little thinner.
Yes enjoyed this
Fun watching you guys on your trip😁I like how you give us commentary on the two cooking methods
Y’all should think about starting a Tik Tok!!😁
Your reality show is the best!!!
Even a bad day of fishing is better then a good day of work. Makes me want to get out and catch a few.
yes take coffee first always!
i just watched one of your video, but rn i found myself watching all of the videos you uploaded.
I totally enjoy y'all adventures and I love seeing y'all cook and Happy Holidays
One of my favorite eps so far! You guys totally rock! Keep it up and happy holidays!
Love you two. Awesome adventure and delicious looking meal!