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OHIO CLASSICS: FAVORITE WALLEYE RECIPES FROM THE BUCKEYE STATE
Walleye Creole Salad
Lori Buckmaster - Marblehead, Ohio
Course:Salad
Servings:4-6
Ingredients & Instructions:
½ pound of walleye fillet, about ½-inch thick
½ cup thinly sliced celery
¼ cup chopped onion
¼ cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 can (16 ounces) whole tomatoes
½ cup white wine
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 bay leaf
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cayenne
Dash garlic powder
5 to 6 cups torn iceberg lettuce
In 10-inch skillet, cook and stir celery, onion and green pepper in margarine over medium heat until tender. Add tomatoes, wine, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, salt, cayenne and garlic powder. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally and breaking up tomatoes, for 10 minutes. Cut walleye fillet into 1-inch pieces. Stir into tomato mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring gently, until walleye flakes easily, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Serve over lettuce.
| | Where To Get 'Em: Premier Walleye Waterways of Ohio |
Considering that the Ohio waters of Lake Erie yield an average of more than 1 million walleyes every year (to sport anglers alone), it truly is a world class walleye fishery. See the map below for Lake Erie hot spots. The list could go on seemingly forever, but in the Western Basin, you might pay special attention to the following Lake Erie public access: the warm water discharge at Bayshore; the massive reef complex between Cedar Point and Catawba (around West Sister Island); the islands, reefs, and shoals around South Bass Island (Put-In Bay), Middle Bass, and North Bass; and the similar expanse of underwater structure off of Marblehead (toward Kelleys Island). These world-class fishing destinations are all accessible from a myriad of access points from Toledo (Lucas County) to Port Clinton (Ottawa County) to Sandusky (Erie County).
In the Central Basin, public access to the vast open water is provided at boat launches in Huron (Erie County); Vermillion (Lorain & Erie Counties); Lorain (Lorain County); Rocky River and Cleveland (Cuyahoga County); the Chagrin and Grand Rivers (Lake County); Geneva, Ashtabula, and Conneaut (Ashtabula County).
Lake Erie is something to behold. But don't forget that some quality walleye fishing can also be had on inland lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams. Any and all listed below can produce consistent catches of table worthy glassy 'eyes.
Berlin Lake (Portage, Mahoning & Stark Counties), Lake Milton (Mahoning County), Mosquito Creek Reservoir (Trumbell County), Pymatuning Lake (Ashatabula County), Grand Lake (Mercer & Auglaize Counties), Killdeer Reservoir (Wyandot County) C.J. Brown Reservoir (Clark County), Salt Fork Lake (Guernsey County), Rocky Fork Lake (Highland County), New London Reservoir (Huron County), Lake Hodgson (Portage County), and the LaDue Reservoir (Geauga County) are all worth a look.
For moving water, try the famed Maumee River (Lucas & Wood Counties) or the Sandusky River (Sandusky County) during the spring walleye runs. The mighty Ohio River is also not to be overlooked either (try Meldahl Pool, Greenup Pool, R.C. Byrd Pool, Willow Island Pool, or Hannibal Pool, to name a few).
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