When you use steel utensils on teflon, the communists win.

How TF do you not have 200k+ subs!? This is the best multi species channel on KZfaq. I love Wiebe but want more than 4 videos a year! Jay, I never miss a show and really appreciate what you do!

“The best way to do it, is to start doing it!” Words I’ll die by

You nailed it. COLD WATER pike are good eating. Once the water gets warm in the summer, kinda nasty. They were my mom's favourite fish to eat, and she was a wizard at cleaning them. Winter/early spring pike ... almost impossible to tell the difference from walleye. In fact, she fooled many people who said they hate pike but loved her "walleye". But like walleye, the smaller ones are the ones you want.

For the first time I truly understand cleaning pike! As usual, you (and Sam!) do a great job teaching us about the finer points of fishing, cleaning and cooking! Thanks for all you do.

A little tip for those clean pike. Do not, I repeat, do not let the skin touch the meat. If you fillet it, make sure your fresh meat never touches the outside skin, otherwise it will not taste as good. Before you flop your meat back on the cutting board, make sure to wash it if the fillet has been skin down. I've been catching and cooking pike for almost 30 years, for anyone wondering where this is coming from.

100% agree - Pike are awesome eats! Thanks for highlighting it for the masses. I’m 42 and didn’t learn to clean pike until I was 38. Never kept one before that and can’t even believe it! Two pro pike eating tips that I learned the hard way so all of you don’t have to. #1 clean water lake pike and river pike out of the upper Mississippi River in Minnesota are a bit different eating fish. Pike from lakes on the whole taste better. For some reason the lateral line in the pike from our river system gives the meat an off putting almost metallic flavor when left in the fillets. For that reason I remove the visible lateral line section of flesh and discard. It makes all the difference and your right back in line with lake pike level table fare. #2 is something I came across when scouring KZfaq in an attempt to learn how to properly clean pike. This video like 99% of the pike cleaning videos I’ve watched has left 3 to 4 bones in each side of the fillets. They are full size bones that will ruin some diner’s experience (my wife and many of my aunts stop eating when they get a bone). They are located directly in line (up and down) with the anal vent. The next time you clean a pike just as he has shown (I use this exact same method) make a vertical cut a 1/2” on each side of the vent. The bones are in this narrow cut out section located exactly from the lateral line extending an inch or so towards the vent. There is literally only one video on all of KZfaq that uses this fillet method and points out these bones and their removal. It was so frustrating when I was first learning to clean pike because I would continuously find these bones in the fillets after chunking them up to cook and at first I couldn’t figure out where I missed them in the process. I thought I was doing something different than the videos that was causing the bones to be missed, but it turned out this wasn’t the case at all. I was doing it correctly just as in this video. The five cut method most people show does cut around these additional bones if you pay attention to the videos you’ll see it. I don’t prefer that method as for my personal skills I feel I get the most meat and least waste by filleting as he has here with this method. If I had great camera gear I would attempt to display these additional bones and their removal myself. Please if someone that has good recording gear sees this comment, do a video that educates the fishing world on this. Tight lines to you all!

Pike by far is the most delicious fish to eat in my opinion. It's like people don't like them because when they were little their dad said they taste like crap when the truth is people just don't like to fillet them and they don't like how slimly they are.

I watched this video in May of 2022 prior to taking a bush trip to Piche Lake in Ontario. Because of this video I went to headbanger and bought a few of the 7" Fire Tails to take on my trip. It was 100% worth it as I landed 5 pike over 30" with them and caught my largest fish of all time: a 42" northern on the red tiger. Thank you for sharing your experiences with the world and allowing us a chance to broaden our knowledge base.

Pike are excellent in the frying pan. In tea-stained waters of northern Ontario the meat is usually orange. If you know where the y-bones are you can pull out a few at a time while you are eating, it's not a big deal. One between 24 and 30 inches is a perfect eating size.

Jay makes fishing look fun, exciting, and easy. I’m out there for 2-4 hours and don’t get a bite!

Love it Jay! Always teaching me and putting a smile on my face! Keep doing what you do!👊🏼

Wow me and my dad caught a good pike and cooked it using this method now pike is my favourite freshwater fish

im glad to see Jay using these lures, finally someone knows about European lures in Canada. other than myself and everyone else who is ahead of the curve.

What a lovely family, truly enjoyed watching them!

Really good info on cleaning Pike..watching this I finally decided to try cleaning one today. This is by far the easiest way I've seen to get the bones out. I won't be throwing all those Pike back anymore! Made the same sweet chilli bites too.. delicious!

By far the best northern pike filleting vid I’ve seen. Thanks bud, will definitely be trying this!

Excellent video quality, explanation, and demo!

Comment coming from an ACF certified executive chef, ya done good, Jay. And so did your adorable wife. And that you were preparing to say Grace and give proper thanks to the One who made everything possible, there is really nothing left to say. You are truly blessed, young man!

We'll done Jay!..great video and great job showing how to clean pike boneless. And always love seeing You and Sam interact...so much fun!

Love the video,dynamic duo !!

Very helpful video. Thanks.

Grace... a must, thanks for the content

Everything about your channel is about good people, education, and quality. Glad to see your subscriptions growing and you deserve more recognition. 👊

Great presentation!

Wow this looks amazing

I was never worried about catching pike as a kid...actually was quite excited to, just getting my lure out with all of my fingers.

Awsome video jay. Keep them coming.

Fantastic video mate!

My father-in-law is the absolute boss of processing pike. Second best time fishing in my entire life. Father's Day weekend 2018. No license needed. We were catching big ones right by the bridge going into Noxon, Montana. Best time fishing was 25 years ago in the Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway south of Orange, Texas. We caught some massive bull reds. Man, they put up a fight!

Awesome video again Jay!!

I just caught my first mess of pike...(chain pickerel down where i am)...had no idea how to clean them properly but we managed...then this video pops up the week before we are going back...so thank you for this.

Super helpful video, keep em coming 🔥

Awesome vid! We totally agree on the Pike too!

Thank you. This is the best pike filleting and cooking video I’ve ever seen.

At the lake growing up we caught and ate almost exclusively pike. Usually kept 3-5lb eaters. Simple spiced dry batter, fried in butter, on bread. Add your favorite salad, fantastic supper. I still really love it.

Just when I really really needed a video from jay! Thanks bro 😎

Cold water pike tastes plenty good. Nice to see Sam also.

Ahhh what an awesome and educational video! and that Pike was looking delicious. God bless

Great video sir!!

Tasty isn’t the word for pike. DELICIOUS!!! My favorite fish for stew and pickling. Thanks for sharing. Peace

I just came across your video and thank you so much for good fishing/fish preparation and cooking the fish, this is awesome content!

A1 production quality on the vids bro, subbed!

I just caught my first two Northern Pike today! So I found this video and am glad I did!

Litterly grew up eating pike and walleye were a more rare dinner. It's definitely my prefered fish to eat cause of the memories

Looking amazing Jay and Sam tasty dish! Awesome bait too!

The colors on Pike's skin is amazing!

Thank you Jay and Sam! I grew up eating pike just we had never tried to take the bones out. Once I get a 26” or bigger pike I will be trying to remove the bones

The production of this video is insane. The drone footage is awesome

I have been thinking about fishing for days since spring hit,and this post is just making me want to all the more.Great Pikes on that Fire Tail,I’m getting a few of them ASAP!

I’m Learning so much from this channel I love it 😂 appreciate you bro ❤

Amazing video jay!

Always enjoy your content Jay. Pike are my personal favorite fish for eating.

EXCELLENT video you guys, Blessing the food is the most important ingredient, your fish will taste so much better. GUARANTEED!

Great video Jay!

I ordered myself some Catch and Cook and can not wait to try it out this spring / summer! I Can't wait for the release of the Spicy version... I'll be all over that too!

Best pike clean and cook vid out there...period! 👍

Just made me have to go cook some fish you guys made that meal look so bomb. Tight lines and keep it up with the great videos

I don't know why I have never thought about preparing fish this way. That looks delicious! Thanks Jay and Sam for the recipe.

Cold water pike is so under rated! another great vid Jay and Sam!

Couldn't have done it better myself, perfect technique

new subscriber, i like " style point " when watching videos and Sam's plate have the style point.

This is the most high quality fishing video i have ever seen, my favorite fishing account now

You have become one of my favorite KZfaq channels to watch. Great quality videos, good fishing information and always entertaining to watch. Can appreciate a good click bait free channel as well these days. Lol Tight lines!

Pike ranks highly in my kitchen! My favorite method...chunked and boiled...pour on melted butter and sprinkle some pepper...YUMMO!!!!

thanks ,so jealous .Im hooked.!!

Sam's plate looks sooooooooooooo delicious. Great work.

Great Job Jay!!!!! 👏👏👏

Love your videos!! Just got a kayak... Looking to slay some Pike & Bass this summer... Appreciate the tutorial on cutting Pike

Just gave it a thumbs up 1 minute in! It’s going to be good. My order of catch and cook shipped today. Can’t wait to try it out 👍

Dude, I love pike. Their invasive here and regularly we pull 30lbs pike out of our watershed, so we encourage harvesting as much as one can catch to save out Bull Trout. Makes for great eating.

Great content keep it up!!!

Well done...thank you Jay...and Sam.

I fished Canada when I was a kid. My dad went up there in the 50’s and 60’s with my grandfather on fishing trips and told stories of how mean that fish is. Once he was about to pull a pike out of the water up into the boat and another one came along and took a bite out of the side of the fish! Those things are crazy! LOL!

Looks amazing!

I find filleting in 5 separate cuts on a pike is my favourite for pike I know you miss a bit of meat but cutting above the y bones make it really good

Always lookn forward to the next video,good job as always buddy.Oh and Sam too lol

thanks for a great video.

Thois is they BEST clensing pike vif iv have ever seen!?!?!??! Even my grandpa didnt teach me this much, and he and his family survived on pike in Sweden in the start of the 1900s

That looked so tasty. I’ll definitely need to try it.

I love the PICK UP YOUR TRASH!... So many people don't do it! Pack it in, pack it out.

Wow that was a fantastic fish

This video was awesome, I was so frustrated that I couldn’t get any pike. after this video I was literally pulling them up left and right, thanks so much for the vid👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Love your videos, and as a Retired Coast Guardsmen I appreciate you telling people to wear their life jackets.

Northerners love their Wallies but in Missouri we love our pike more than any other fish and we always have the discussion as to how much we would love to have northern pike. Most people up north think of pike as a nasty fish with too many bones and not worth keeping but we live them so much

I am inspired to keep some pike this year!! Great video JaY!

first video I've watch of yours and I'm gonna subscribe

Fabulous!

Never skip a ad of jay video always a banger video 👍🏼

thanks jay!

dude you got me back into fishing man good job love the vids let me know if ever come to northern ontario / timmins area

Rehardless of those 'technical difficulties' (cuz i didn't even notice!) it was a great video brother

Hello from near Sudbury ON Just came over from the Gridlessness gang Catch Cleaned Cooking Ling 👍❤️ What an Awesome Award they made for yous Congratulations 😉👍❤️... Had to check out your videos and happened on this one first.. Subscribed ...That Fire Tail WOW 😊👍 ... Now I'll go watch the rest as you are about to show Sam cooking 😋😋 👍 Looking forward to backtracking your videos 👍 God's Continual Blessings to you and yours 🙏😇💝

At 21:00 nice Plate of food ! Hope both of you success ! Who knows I'll charter in Canada next year. I did Wrangell Alaska last year..

Smart catching..!

Style points!! followed by the airhorn, Classic.

Awesome stuff again Jay! Notification squad! Click the button folks! 😎

The sweet chili sauce is something I'll have to try. For those that like pickled fish that is also a great option for northerns since the vinegar dissolves the y-bones.

Great presentation on Sam's dish

Awesome!