All About Pocket Knives

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Great photos Dave! That looks like it was a fine father and son trip on Lake Michigan. Beautiful salmon!

All this talk of eat'n fish is making me hungry! We have some bass fillets in the 'frige watin' to be fried and eaten.
My grandson, granddaughter & I went fishing 2 days ago and caught 4 decent bass. It is too hot now for the big ones up here, but some of the smaller ones still bite.


All this fishin' talk and I know you guys will appreciate these goodies I got from an estate sale.
I bought a wooden cigar full of fishing gear for $1. I was money ahead with the box alone, but the stuff inside was a big bonus; nothing I will get rich on, but cool old lures, plugs, flies and just stuff!

Here are some pics: This is a picture of the back of the packages. It appears they printed both sides with two different graphics and they could attach the frog to which ever side they wanted. A Daredele in the box- A couple Eddy Pope Hot Shots: There was a bunch of flies, floats, weights and general "stuff."
What I was most excited was this old bag of Mepps: Here is what was inside-
I am curious to see if anyone knows how old the Mepps or Hot Shots are?
I know Luhr Jensen in Hood River Oregon makes them last I heard.

Dale,
As far as functionality, all of that stuff will still work. The Daredevle is unchanged... you can go buy one today and it is the same as the one you show. I've got a few myself. For a buck, you did well!

Very cool Score Dale!
Besides knives I have a small collection of vintage hunting accessories, fishing lures, etc.
Personally, I wouldn't care if they function or not because they wouldn't be touching the water. I just love the old-school packing. I would definitely dIsplay all that stuff. The Mepps are definitely cool for sure. I really like the packages of hooks too. I'm a big fan of vintage gear.

Here is some bass lures that my dad got many fish off of. They're about 50 years old or more aS I recall. I took a few out and got some bass and put them back on the shelf. Preferred not to lose one and I just enjoy looking at them now.
Jerry

I recognize some good uns in that pike you've got there Jerry.

Dale, any of those spinners like the Mepps and the Daredevl will do the job. Those are timeless tried and true fish catchers. Just because they're old doesn't mean their ability to catch fish is diminished. Fish haven't changed. If they worked before they'll still work and the fact that they're still being made just proves they're viable.

Don't know anything about the Hot Shot though, never tried one. You're in charge of that research. Expecting your report back!

Ken

I did some checking around the 'bay and there was nothing there worth a fortune, so I will just keep them and use them.
I took the Mepps to a fellow who makes fishing lures here in Salem, mostly for salmon & steelhead. He looked at the Mepps and said, "They are old and definitely hand made." He said he could tell the wire bending was all hand done and not mass produced like they are today.

The Mepps will accompany me on my next trip to the Umpqua River where I know the Smallies love them!
Around here the Hot Shots are generally used for salmon or steelhead, which I rarely fish, the rheumatoid arthritis in my bones don't like cold and damp, and salmon & steelies seem to mostly run in the fall, winter & spring. Not many good summer runs around here.
I may end up giving the Hot Shots to my brother-in-law in exchange for some salmon. My wife loves salmon, but I would rather have a hamburger.

orvet wrote: I may end up giving the Hot Shots to my brother-in-law in exchange for some salmon. My wife loves salmon, but I would rather have a hamburger.

Dale, get a nice salmon filet, grill it like you would a hamburger, put it on a bun and dress it the way you like your burgers. One of my favorites (I like it blackened and grilled). Mmm-mmm. IMHO tastes a lot like a burger but a healthier option.

You can do the same with any fish filet. First time I ever had a "fish burger"' was in Hawaii years ago. It was Mahi-Mahi and there it was cheaper than hamburger. If you haven't tried it, give it a try.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote:

orvet wrote: I may end up giving the Hot Shots to my brother-in-law in exchange for some salmon. My wife loves salmon, but I would rather have a hamburger.

Dale, get a nice salmon filet, grill it like you would a hamburger, put it on a bun and dress it the way you like your burgers. One of my favorites (I like it blackened and grilled). Mmm-mmm. IMHO tastes a lot like a burger but a healthier option.

You can do the same with any fish filet. First time I ever had a "fish burger"' was in Hawaii years ago. It was Mahi-Mahi and there it was cheaper than hamburger. If you haven't tried it, give it a try.

Ken

Ken that Mahi-Mahi is outstanding blackened and grilled. One of my favorites.

Magi Mahi is good, but I'm with Dale on the grilled salmon. I'd rather have a burger too.

The way I like salmon is like momma and grandma made it. Salmon patties, croquetts I think they're called, served with biscuits and gravy. Now that's good salmon.

Colonel26 wrote:Magi Mahi is good, but I'm with Dale on the grilled salmon. I'd rather have a burger too.

The way I like salmon is like momma and grandma made it. Salmon patties, croquetts I think they're called, served with biscuits and gravy. Now that's good salmon.

Wade that was one of my mamas staples. Delicious! I always got some funny looks though when I would sock that croquett between two slices of bread and slather it down with mustard.

I was from South Florida, we called it Dolphin. Not Mahi-Mahi. When asked what we'd caught, I'd say Dolphin.... we'd get the quizzical look from non-fisher-people... I'd say, "Ya, the meat around the blow-hole is particularly good!" They'd then go from quizzical, to aghast!

If you've never had Great Lakes Salmon, you're missing the best one! Mild and delicious. Much better than ocean Salmon.

That looks really good Dave (the new guy). What time do we eat ?

I don't deliver. You'll have to drive to my place. I've got some fresh cedar planks and can fire up the Big Green Egg.

This version of grilled Salmon is with a Beurre Blanc sauce I made to top it with... The photo on the BGE with planks, is Sea Bass... which turned out really well.

Y'all can have my share. I'm not much on fish. Fried catfish once a year but I can skip a year. Fried cod at a local Friday night fish fry two or three times a year and Walleye now and then. Mostly then. If I get hold of a bone, I'm done. That "fishy taste" just gags me. And yeah, I know the fish needs to be fresh.

jerryd6818 wrote:Y'all can have my share. I'm not much on fish. Fried catfish once a year but I can skip a year. Fried cod at a local Friday night fish fry two or three times a year and Walleye now and then. Mostly then. If I get hold of a bone, I'm done. That "fishy taste" just gags me. And yeah, I know the fish needs to be fresh.

So, now I know exactly what to feed you on your birthday dinner.

CheckSix wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:Y'all can have my share. I'm not much on fish. Fried catfish once a year but I can skip a year. Fried cod at a local Friday night fish fry two or three times a year and Walleye now and then. Mostly then. If I get hold of a bone, I'm done. That "fishy taste" just gags me. And yeah, I know the fish needs to be fresh.

So, now I know exactly what to feed you on your birthday dinner.

You left out a word there.

Don’t get me wrong, I really like fish, I’m just not much on salmon. I can eat a bit of good smoked salmon, but there is really a lot of bad smoked salmon around! For the most part salmon is my least favorite fish!

As far as smoked fish goes my #1 choice is smoked sturgeon and good smoked trout is always a treat.

It is difficult to beat fresh halibut, even fresh rockfish is good eatin’ and I love poached cod (real cod)!
My wife, Alyson, is a master of fish, purchasing, preparing and cooking it. She can look at fish in a seafood counter and tell you which ones are fresh and which ones are frozen, which ones were just put in the counter and which ones are a couple days old. She can also tell you which of the fish are incorrectly labeled. I did not know that a lot of the fish sold in the market are not really what they are labeled. Take for example cod; not everything sold as cod is really cod but is often a cheaper more abundant species.

For several years, when she was younger, Alyson worked at the seafood plants in Newport Oregon and she worked on the line filleting and cutting fish. To this day there are several species of fish that she will not eat (because of quality issues). But boy howdy, can she cook fish!

On our honeymoon we rented a cabin on the beach in Bandon Oregon. The cabin had a kitchen so she wanted to cook me seafood dinner. She shook 2 Dungeness craps in under 5 minutes and got more meat from those two crabs than I thought possible. Shaking crab is a method of quickly and efficiently removing the maximum amount of meat from a crab. It takes me half an hour to get half the meat from one crab! We had crab Louie for dinner as well as crab in butter and she also cooked ocean scallops and large shrimp in garlic butter. I am not sure, there may have been another dish or two, but I was on seafood overload and don’t recall everything clearly! But I knew right then, she was a keeper!

Oh yes, she also cans fish. Every year we drive from the valley over to the coast where we buy whole tuna off the boats, take them home and can the tuna. Today is the day we are going to the coast to get tuna. We will leave in an hour or so and tomorrow we will be caning tuna!
If you have never had home canned tuna…. I can’t explain the difference other than to say, I now consider factory canned chunk Albacore tuna to be on the same level as cat food.
My wife’s home canned tuna is so much better than the store bought stuff that I have not bought a can of tuna since she started canning our own tuna!

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Dave, these attractive fish entrees you are showing us, are you the chef as well as the fish catcher ?
kj

I'm getting things out together for dove season Thursday and was thinking of the last hunt I went on. Pheasant not dove. But good memories just the same.

kootenay joe wrote:Dave, these attractive fish entrees you are showing us, are you the chef as well as the fish catcher ?
kj

Not a chef... but try to step it up just a little bit. Life's too short for boring food.

Dale,
I've never had home canned Tuna. But would love to try it. I can imagine it is in another league all by itself. Agree with your other choices, I love fresh Halibut. Years ago, I spent almost 2 weeks in Alaska and it was a favorite... I remember having fresh Halibut Stew. I've also had smoked Sturgeon, really great stuff! My only problem is, there isn't much I don't like...

espn77 wrote:I'm getting things out together for dove season Thursday and was thinking of the last hunt I went on. Pheasant not dove. But good memories just the same.

That is one GIANT mess of birds!!!!!!