Accidental Catch

[Gone Forever]

My mean ole husband made me go fishing today, saying we needed white bass for bait.  

After catching a few White Bass, something larger than normal grabbed my hook, and headed for the other side of the lake.

We did what good conservationists do and gave it the ax.

They are excellent Table Fare.  Bit of a learning curve to remove the Y bone.

Great catch, Yes, a Northern Pike, Esox family, like the Tiger Musky but not Hybrid so it can populate.  Unfortunately they are invasive to Ut  lake and we don't think they will do good things to the lake.
Yes, they are not bad to eat.  My mom steamed them first to make the bones easy to take out, then made fish cakes with them.