Big Fish Fridays: Dewey’s big blue

CORN, DO YOU PUT ON A TUX TO GO FISHING? DEWEY IS RETIRED AFTER 36 YEARS AT THE SAME COMPANY! IT IS HIS FISH AND HE DIDNT WANT HIS PICTURE TAKEN,HE IS A TRUE GENTLEMAN,GO FISH WITH HIM 1 DAY AND YOU MIGHT LEARN SOME MANNERS.

Nice fish Dewey and good eating but if you keep catching big fish you need to bring the wagon to pull behind.

who cares he caught it and can do whatever he wants with it….if you dont like looking at the pictures then dont look….simple as that…way to go Dewey you will be able to have many a fish fry of that one

I see no need to treat fish in a metrosexual manner.  Maybe he should have plucked it’s eyebrows too.  LOL.

Nice fish! Congrats to Dewey!

“so if your gonna keep a fish like that treat it with some care is all im trying to say.”

For that being all you’re trying to say….you sure made a lot of posts to say it.

Who cares!!! Look at the smile on that guys face! I know, I know…..the “antis” might see that picture and use it as ammo in their fight against our hunting and fishing heritage.

It’s time to realize that the antis will use pictures that were well thought out and posed with a beautiful sunset in the background and everything done “just right” as well!

They are ANTI hunting and fishing, they are not photography critics!

Again, congrats on a great fish to the lucky fisherman.

Sounds like you are anti amateur photography to me:-)

I’ll make sure that if I ever decide to post a picture of a catch or harvest on here, that I take it over to the JC Penney Studios first…I’ll send you the proofs first so you can pick out an appropriate picture.

Standing Cornhole,

Who are you to tell anybody how and what to do with this fish? Sounds like a case of jealousy . Maybe you would catch some fish if you wasnt on here all day criticizing people.

nice fish dewey keep it up

Great catch Dewey!  He reminds me of my dad and father in law…you eat what you catch, no matter what.  To those of you criticizing him not releasing it or not cleaning it up for a picture;  why don’t you give the rest of us a break!  Good luck fishin in the future Dewey

I’m pretty sure Dewey did’nt set out to catch a fish that big but then again he may be that great of a fisherman and he got it back to his truck any means he could. How many of you could have carried it with one hand and rode the bike with the other? Besides that I’ve seen big flatheads look worse than that during spawing. Nice fish Dewey and congrats!

nice fish! bet that was fun to reel in!?

Great fish Dewey!  Keep ‘em coming.
 
StandingCorn, you need to mind your own business when it comes to someone else’s fish, Dewey can do what he wants with his catch!  You’ve caused a big distraction with your whining about how people should photograph their fish, next time just keep it to yourself. 
Remember the old saying: “If you’ve got nothing good to say, say nothing.”

Nice Fish. who cares what it looks like!!! its gunna look worse when its filleted.

Some of the steaks a person gets these days should be drug on the ground to tenderrize the d—- things! I can seee corn you’ve never been in a slaughter house.

Corn- Okay, we get it. You’re better than everyone else….Let it be.

To everyone jumping all over Corn…Can’t wait to see how many of you complain about a muddy & bloody deer photos this fall.

T Bones and Hot Dogs and dirty fish… Anyone want to come over for a barbeque later.  Standing corn, you can bring the mai tais with the little umbrellas. Douche! 

Nice fish Dewey!

Well said Andy…

Where in the story does it say he dragged the fish?  It says he strapped it onto the bike and walked it out.  The dirt came from it laying on the ground and the red is blood, not bruises.  I don’t see anything in the story in regards to waste either.  It clearly say she’s going to eat it.  HE’S going to eat it…not you.

Bigger than any catfish I ever caught. My question/worry is “can you eat a fish that big from Powerton without glowing in the dark after words”?

Just checked the DNR web, no advisory for Powerton. Plus it would be like most other rivers or lakes. So many lb’s per week or meal. But the advisory usually states if you read them closely, you have to consume so many lb’s for so many weeks, for so many year’s to have a chance to get cancer. So you get to a point, like the show say’s if it looks good eat it. And no insult Dewey, because I’me no spring chicken, eat what ya like, we ain’t gonna live forever. Congrats on a great fish!!!!!

Does anyone know of any good fish smoke houses around the Peoria area?  I used to go to one in Chicago called Hagan’s that did a great job smoking fish.  I miss that place and would love to find one around here.

I don’t know of any treehugger, I do have a small electric smoker 25lb., and I brined some catfish and trout and they both turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.

I’ve got a wood smoker but it’s more of a pain than anything else.

Smokers are cool to look at in the store but i’ve found whoever buys one only uses it once every 5 years. they do more collecting dust than anything else.

I use mine all the time, make pork & beef bacon getting ready to make the deer, brine deer roast’s to make deer ham, do beef tounges and hearts, make deer and beef pastrami, summer sausage. One day treehugger I will have a wood smoker for when I do retire, I just want to get a cooler off of a box truck to have one big enough to hold enough to brine to make it worth my time.

Some t-bones and hotdogs are drug around on the ground before they are t-bones and hotdogs.

I’m to the point that I just like bringing my stuff to a smokehouse.  Easier, better, and EASIER.  It seemed to be an all-day effent and a pain, but damn good.

I will agree it is time consuming, but at the least I know it is what we have shot and how it is taken care of. The beef I buy from a good friend and I try to raise a couple of hogs a year. Also when you have it done, you can only eat so much of anything at one time, so you put it in a freezer, and though it will stay good, freezing does take the seasoning out of anything. Just like making Brats or Itialin or whatever. I make about 25lb’s at a time. My buddy and split it, and we always have fresh sausage. Plus doing this and drinking my home made wine, It’s a thing I can live with and really enjoy doing.