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Location: Hayward, WI | On our last trip to Canada, it seemed like making food and eating cut into our fishing & sleeping time more than necessary.
When putting in a full day on the water, it does seem like a good idea to have a good breakfast, and a pretty hearty meal at the end is something to look forward to. Bring lunch and snacks too, but they pack up pretty quickly before heading out.
With that said, what do you guys plan for meals when the plan for a week is to literally, eat, sleep, and fish, and a frozen pizza 7 nights in a row leaves something to be desired?
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| Two words: American Plan.
Otherwise, cook in bulk on the first day and bring a ton of tupperware with you (assuming your lodging has a microwave) |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | I like to eat good on a trip and don't mind taking an hour out of the day to take a rest and eat a good dinner. If you have a grill, steaks, burgers, hot dogs, and don't forget Johnsonville brats all cook up fast. You can also bring prepared stuff like soup, chili and spaghetti sauce in Tupperware and just heat it up and cook up the pasta. Save the frozen pizza for a late night snack with a few beers. |
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| I go on a fishing trip to fish, not eat. Don't get me wrong, food is good but is not my primary reason to select a destination location. |
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Location: New Hope MN | crockpot meals work great. Turn it on low, go fishing, come back to a hot meal.
Smoked chicken is hard to beat. Throw it in the oven to reheat and done. |
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| When make a trip with several guys and multiple days we typically eat one good meal a day with each boat on its own for lunch and breakfast. Everyone is reaponsible for one hearty meal for trip maybe 2 if number of guys doesnt match days but then that guy/boat is responible for prep too. Keeps other boats out that extra hour or 2 till meal tome for some extra hours on water over the week less your meal days you are responsible. Keeps everyone fed good more time on water and makes the shopping for the group PITA thing a non issue |
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| My wife and I like to freeze meals before we go. We made a lasagna before we left and froze it. Took it out the morning before we wanted to eat it, and then baked it after our day on the water. We also made taco meat and froze that too. Thaw the bag out, and reheat what you need in the microwave or on the stove top. |
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| I eat walleyes in Canada for supper - yummy! |
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| On our week at LOTW this year we pre-cooked a lasagna and froze it along with a couple egg bakes. Had that for breakfast most mornings and made pancakes and eggs one morning. We fished super early a few days and a few days didn't hit the water till 7:30. Fished till 10 every night so that is usually early enough.
We also grilled a bunch of burgers, brats, and pork chops and froze them all. I would have done chicken as well but wasn't dealing with poultry. I have a very small and light coleman grill that we used to make a shore lunch/supper whatever time the fishing sucked or we got super hungry. The little grill is terrible at cooking raw meat but was a champ at heating up the pre-grilled stuff. Throw in a mix of crackers, broccoli, carrots, apples or whatever for sides and you are good to go.
Next year I think I will pre-cook more casseroles or stews to put in aluminum pans and reheat those on the grill. Grilled stuff is great but by day 6 a bit of extra variety would be nice. I really don't care to eat much late at night but some people do.
I don't think there is a much better dinner table than chilling on a LOTWs beach and eating a shorelunch.
My other week was at the Winnipeg River and there we eat a big lunch at the cabin. The timing for that is completely dependent on what the fish/weather are doing. I would prefer to always do the shore lunch thing but the river has very few good shorelunch spots compared to LOTW. Plus pops likes to chill in the cabin for a while. We keep sandwiches out in the boat for the morning before lunch if the bite pushes back dinner or for the evening if we eat early in the day.
The thought of american plan on any big body of water is very unappealing to me. I couldn't imagine going in at 5:30 right after catching fish to eat or skipping out on very expensive meals. AP isn't cheap anywhere. Plus then how far are you really willing to run when you are leaving the cabin at 7PM? On a small lake maybe. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | for our week up there, one guy made us pancakes and sausages a few mornings..otherwise we just grabbed a banana and protein shake and off we went.
Lunches we just did sandwiches on the boat...boat snacks like jerky, trail mix, etc kept us going
Dinners we did a variety of things: Steaks on the grill, pork chops, Costco pulled pork sandwiches, fried fish a few nights.... fairly simple and easy plan and it worked out well
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| American Plan.
Barring that option, there are a few things that have saved the day for us on various trips:
1. Canned soups
2. Microwaveable breakfast sandwiches
3. Beef jerky and nuts
4. Breakfast bars
5. Packets of tuna (they keep for a year or more)
I will typically pack a big cooler of meals for supper after a day on the water. If you're into packing light, you can cook just about anything on a fire provided you have something to cook it in or on. Another thing that we've done to save space and hassle is instead of bringing a grill, bring a bag of charcoal and the top only. Dig a hole. Make a fire. When you have a decent amount of coals, dump the charcoal right on top. It's a challenge cooking over a hole in the ground, but it can be done, and it's way better than dragging a grill around. Don't forget to bring a foldable shovel, or that idea will not work. If you have room, a cast iron skillet is great for cooking over a fire. Indestructible. But don't forget to bring a small bottle of cooking oil, or you'll be eating your fish with a spoon. Trust me.
Another lifesaver: These heavy duty ziplock bags you can boil stuff in. Bring a dozen eggs, some veggies and mushrooms and a pot. Mix it all in a bag and boil it for 10 minutes. Instant omlette, no mess, and you can eat it right out of the bag.
More and more though, I find it's better to just plan ahead. Marinate a slab of ribs and freeze them. Freeze a couple steaks and some pre-made burgers. There is usually a microwave somewhere in camp, so i'll bring those single serving boil in bag vegetables. I also travel with a cast iron skillet and a cast iron pot in case we wind up having fire as our only option.
When all else fails, into the bug-out bag I go. I keep tuna packets, instant soup, breakfast bars, bottled water, a water purifier and a couple MRE's in my truck so I'm never without a meal as long as we can get back to camp. My advice to anyone would be keep a fire starter, bottled water, and a couple MRE's in the boat, too, in case you wind up on an island for the night.
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | "American Plan"
One word. Its bad. And a moderator would delete it. |
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Location: Nebraska | The last couple of years we moved our "big supper meal" to 4:00. No more missing out on prime time fishing. Come in at 3:00, have a couple of beers, have the big meal, back on the water at 5:00. Still a couple hours off the water but generally off-peak hours.
We also do "each guy brings one meal for all" for each day then fill the remainder of days with fish meals. Guy that brings the fryer and oil doesn't bring a meal. Last day is free-for-all to clean out the fridge. |
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| Just returned from our trip up to the Winnipeg River system and I go with my dad and some guys so it's a multi-species trip. The first night we get up there we grill out some burgers and then every night except Friday night before we leave is fish, fried potatoes and beans. We also have a good breakfast in the morning early and then we are out all day and have the typical snacks in the boat. We come in late afternoon and have supper and then depending on the day and weather I will go out casting for the evening. Part of the fun of going to Canada are those fresh walleye dinners and the comradery at the table with the guys. A lot of memories! |
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| Don't sign up for the meals at a resort a lot of time supper time is also when the major feeding window is and you will miss it,,,I like to eat late and have a meal that's good regardless of how long it takes to make it if I fished all day and didn't have much action at least I know I have a feast waiting for me,,pork chops, steak.chicken breasts- grill food. The grill outside doesn't heat up the cabin. |
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Location: The desert | It's Canada. You eat fish every day. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yep. |
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Location: Aurora | Agreed, mixin up recipes fer variety - broiled, fried, blackened, ceviche, grilled, etc.
Oh, and Kris Winkelman's (Babe's wife) dishwasher walleye recipe.
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| MRE's (Meal Ready to Eat)... LOL. I am in the Army and have the advantage to stock up on MRE's. Not so sure I would ever buy one. With that said, I camp a lot and between fishing, camping, drinking and cooking sometimes it can be a lot of work. I save up a lot of the MRE's the Army gives me and take them on my week long camping trips. They make a very quick and easy meal and depending on what type of MRE you get some of them are actually fairly good. |
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| Prior too the financial realm, I have about 20 years in the food realm. Nice wine, scotch, great meals. All part of the trips. It is all about memories and enjoying time with family and friends for me. Catch plenty of fish along the way. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | make a big breakfast hash browns, sausage/bacon, eggs and toast and then boat snacks for lunch
dinner meals no different than eating at home share cooking responsibilities, eat well
American Plan - no way, for all the reasons stated above |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Unless you have a camp cook better get on a meal plan. On a couple of the 1st outings on Cass the truck was stuff full of breakfast, lunch and dinner provisions. Then around the end of the day everyone would get together and talk about the action on the lake with a full belly. An if you were like Steve and Jason you just would shy around at dinner time. It sure beat eating the 10 boxes of MAC&CHEESE with hotdogs or 20 gallons of potatoes soup.
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| Like a lot of these guys I go to fish. Great food is nice but not if I don't have the energy to make it or it costs a fortune. Most the places I have stayed wanted to serve dinner at a time that was before we would be off the water. I am not giving up prime Muskie time for a cooked meal.
When I plan meals for myself I pack light and easy.
Breakfast- 3 packs of instant oatmeal for each day.
Lunch- trail mix, clif bars, or anything that can be eaten on the boat (I still usually skip lunch).
Dinner- Velveeta Shells and Cheese each night. Liquid gold, baby!
do that for 7-8 nights and I have no complaints. Doesn't interfere with all my fishing activities and quick/easy.
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Location: Smith Creek | Nothing better in the late fall than eating a massive breakfast of bacon, eggs, corned beef hash, bacon, pancakes, good coffee, and biscuits and gravy and bacon before heading out into the cold. Boat sammich for lunch and local bar and grill for dinner. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Flambeauski - 8/14/2015 8:31 AM
Nothing better in the late fall than eating a massive breakfast of bacon, eggs, corned beef hash, bacon, pancakes, good coffee, and biscuits and gravy and bacon before heading out into the cold. Boat sammich for lunch and local bar and grill for dinner.
This is what I'm talking about: Eggs bentrdick, some good sandy's for lunch then meat and pots for dinner. Salmon or a turkey are ok too, plus the left over turkey makes a great soup. |
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Location: Lincoln, NE | Gatorade Protein Bars and Carl Buddig packets of meat. You'll survive. People who get stranded in the jungle live for a week off less. |
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| Netman - 8/14/2015 8:35 AM
Flambeauski - 8/14/2015 8:31 AM
This is what I'm talking about: Eggs bentrdick, some good sandy's for lunch then meat and pots for dinner. Salmon or a turkey are ok too, plus the left over turkey makes a great soup. .
The eggs thingy sounds painful.."Eggs bentrdick". Perhaps "Sandy" likes it that way at lunch.
Really...most of you guys sound like youre pathetic in a kitchen...has mommy and wifey cooked all your meals throughout your life. It doesnt take much to prepare good meals. In fact I eat better on my trips .....after all its a vacation not a prison sentence. Edited by wall i 8/14/2015 9:14 AM
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Hey Wall I; I never passed on a walleye fillet for any of the meals, yum. I guess I'm just not into the breakfast bar, nut snack, popcorn box dinner. Always looking for a good cooking challenge...... |
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Location: MN | Walleye and eggs for breakfast.... |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | This begs the big question, if you are musky fishing, where do the walleye come in? |
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Location: Minnetonka | 15 minute break, jigging edges of muskie structure  |
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| MuskyMatt71 - 8/14/2015 10:54 AM
15 minute break, jigging edges of muskie structure :)
This... Stop and smell the roses on LOTW fellas..I too would pound 14 hrs a day... usually caught 4-5 muskies every day.. now I pound 8-10 hrs a day often do shore lunch or come back to the cabin for lunch... still catch 4-5 muskies a day on average
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Location: Contrarian Island | watch your locator..many musky spots you pull up on you will see walleyes...last week we were pulling up on a rock hump, I saw walleyes.. Brett casted for skis, I pounded a couple eyes...then we both fished eyes and got our eaters for the day and it is fun to catch some walleyes and smallies ... it's not hard to catch eyes up there ... 
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| We used to live on junk food for a week so we had more time to fish. "We can eat at home, let's FISH!"
These days, I'd rather have a big breakfast, light lunch, and a nice hearty meal at the end of the day. The fish aren't going anywhere, and it's much more enjoyable when you have a good meal in your belly and a good meal to look forward to after a day on the water. |
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| I can't wait for the "What to do when you're on the water and really gotta go after a big meal" thread. |
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| ARmuskyaddict - 8/14/2015 11:23 AM
I can't wait for the "What to do when you're on the water and really gotta go after a big meal" thread.
HA! That's part of the Canadian experience- Always take TP !!!... Greasy potatoes, beans and walleyes...lead to the exploration of small islands with sand cups to park the boat
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Location: Alex or Alek? | ARmuskyaddict - 8/14/2015 11:23 AM
I can't wait for the "What to do when you're on the water and really gotta go after a big meal" thread.
Always bring a shovel and TP! |
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| IAJustin - 8/14/2015 11:28 AM
ARmuskyaddict - 8/14/2015 11:23 AM
I can't wait for the "What to do when you're on the water and really gotta go after a big meal" thread.
HA! That's part of the Canadian experience- Always take TP !!!... Greasy potatoes, beans and walleyes...lead to the exploration of small islands with sand cups to park the boat : )
Don't leave home without it...
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Location: Aurora | Massive breakfasts, junk food & full bellies.
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Location: The desert | KenK - 8/14/2015 10:25 AM
This begs the big question, if you are musky fishing, where do the walleye come in?
It's Canada, walleyes are pretty easy to come by. Pike are usually everywhere as well.
Last trip up to Canada i brought all the food. I spent $40 for two people to eat for the week. We were stuffed all week and never missed prime time fishing. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | learned quite a few years ago from a friend that having diaper wipes in the boat vs. toilet paper is the way to go ... never been so empty and so clean in all my life. it's a staple in my boat ever since. |
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Location: varies | jonnysled - 8/14/2015 1:01 PM. never been so empty and so clean in all my life. .
I need a diaper wipe for my mouth after painting that picture. |
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| Imodium AD don't leave the dock without it |
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Location: Aurora | jonnysled - 8/14/2015 1:01 PM
learned quite a few years ago from a friend that having diaper wipes in the boat vs. toilet paper is the way to go ... never been so empty and so clean in all my life. it's a staple in my boat ever since.
I concur.
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| Sidejack - 8/14/2015 12:24 PM
Massive breakfasts, junk food & full bellies.
The next thread should be about what to look for when picking out the best "poop island"
lol!! I would shy away from islands that appear to have doubled in size over the previous year. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | IAJustin - 8/14/2015 11:28 AM
ARmuskyaddict - 8/14/2015 11:23 AM
I can't wait for the "What to do when you're on the water and really gotta go after a big meal" thread.
HA! That's part of the Canadian experience- Always take TP !!!... Greasy potatoes, beans and walleyes...lead to the exploration of small islands with sand cups to park the boat : )
Unless you're alone, no need to park and listen. Partner Erik seems to like the canadien shore experience. Wife does too. I drop him/or her off on a nice rock shelf island(we have several where we fish), and pull away for awhile while they enjoy the Canadien experience. Erik usually comes back with a couple handfuls of rasberries. At least i think that's what they are.
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| We do big breakfasts around 830, sandwiches in the boat, and dinners that are quickly prepared after dark. Pulled pork sandwiches, sloppy joes, burgers, brats, spaghetti, chili, steak, etc. pre-cook the components that take longer. We don't get out before 9 as half the fun is BSing til midnight over a few cocktails. |
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Location: Aurora | In Canada they don't start biting till after 9 anyway.
What's that all a-boot? |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | An interesting youtube channel I came across is all about outdoor cooking using Dutch Ovens. Here is their version of a Mountain Man Breakfast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARKTRxaDc64
What strikes me about a lot of their cooking is the similarity to a crockpot. Throw everything in the dutch oven and go fish. Come back and food is ready. This would really work for those group outings where 1 boat does the cooking each night. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | fishpoop - 8/16/2015 4:20 AM
An interesting youtube channel I came across is all about outdoor cooking using Dutch Ovens. Here is their version of a Mountain Man Breakfast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARKTRxaDc64
What strikes me about a lot of their cooking is the similarity to a crockpot. Throw everything in the dutch oven and go fish. Come back and food is ready. This would really work for those group outings where 1 boat does the cooking each night.
Dutch ovens do a great job. Keep the cast iron seasoned and they are every bit as good if not better than a crockpot.
One question though, you aren't seriously cooking on an unattended fire so who gets to stay behind and mind the fire/charcoal while everybody else is out fishing ? |
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Location: north central wisconsin | dfkiii - 8/16/2015 9:35 AM
Dutch ovens do a great job. Keep the cast iron seasoned and they are every bit as good if not better than a crockpot.
One question though, you aren't seriously cooking on an unattended fire so who gets to stay behind and mind the fire/charcoal while everybody else is out fishing ?
I thought a dutch oven was when farting silently in bed, followed by quickly pulling the covers up over the head of the Mrs.
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| Sidejack - 8/14/2015 12:24 PM
Massive breakfasts, junk food & full bellies.
The next thread should be about what to look for when picking out the best "poop island"
Oddly enough we have an island named exactly that for that exact reason!
FYI there are rasberries there too, but much better for blueberries |
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| Dude... We just caught three fish. You really wanna go up there NOW and take a crap so it's known as "#*#* Island" for the rest of our lives?!
"Nah. You're right. I guess I can hold it. You ever caught a fish off that island over there?" (pointing to adjacent island)
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Location: MPLS, MN | jonnysled - 8/14/2015 1:01 PM
learned quite a few years ago from a friend that having diaper wipes in the boat vs. toilet paper is the way to go ... never been so empty and so clean in all my life. it's a staple in my boat ever since.
Mind blown, I have to try this. |
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| When we go to Canada, we primarily eat fish. But, we usually have one non-fish meal. Sometimes it is as simple as spaghetti.
This year I brought mild italians. I put them in a large pot and added a can of tomato sauce and a small jar of Prego spaghetti sauce. Cut up green peppers, red peppers and onions. Let that all simmer for about 40 minutes. Boiled up some spaghetti and served. Delicious. And a nice change of pace from fish. We had plenty of leftovers, too. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | This was the intended menu for this years trip. Unfortunately someone's helper's didn't load the big giant tote with all the dry goods and seasonings...we adapted! Nobody went hungry.. yes, some also did shore lunch. Its all good in fish camp. I'm like BenR...I ate enough C-Rat's in the Army, still have a P38 on my key chain though!
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Location: Hayward, WI | Thanks for the suggestions guys. A few things we had were burgers and frozen oven fries, steak & corn on the cob, spaghetti & garlic bread, tacos, fajitas, a frozen pizza night.
Breakfasts were pancakes a couple days, our version of Egg McMuffins, toast and eggs, and always bacon or sausage.
Most of what we made went together pretty fast, but I like some of the ideas that have been listed. Nice to have some ideas for variety.
We've been lucky so far - no S&^% islands have been named yet in the two years we've gone up there. Have a couple hunting areas given similar names though...
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Location: Metro | 2 pieces of bread, mayo, turkey, cheese.
Cut in half.
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| Fried Chicken...fry it, buy it or what ever....it's perfect on the boat. Cold, protein, carbs and fats to fill you up and keep you going. Maybe a Protein bar or two with Jerky and good to go. Nothing better that good cold fried chicken on the water! |
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| I understand the arguments against American Plan.....and......I go that way most of the time. If we don't, it's not much of a vacation for my wife. Plus, if we want to go early and miss breakfast, the Lodge will throw in a couple PB&Js for our breakfast, along with our meat sandwich for lunch. It's ready to pick up in the Lodge after 9 the night before. And if the fishing is good at 5-7pm, as it was last fall, just stay out.....they deliver the dinner to your cabin and you just have to warm it up in the microwave. You selected your meal the night before anyway. I know it would be less expensive otherwise. But it works our great for us. And the food is fabulous. |
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| I still like the American Plan. It kills some of the best fishing time, but without it I'd probably put off eating until bedtime, put off bedtime until way too late, put off getting up until 10:00, and be wrecked by the third day.
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| BNelson - 8/31/2015 1:14 PM
off the water 5 to 7pm? crazy talk! I go on fishing trips to CATCH fish, not eat dinner like an old person! we eat dinner at 10pm ish... we sleep til 6:30 or 7am and fish all day til dark...
Yep...that's exactly how we do it. Except we try (often unsuccessfully) to be up before 6:00am. |
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Location: Lake County Illinois | One of my favorite meals or breakfast was always on the last day of the trip.We would make a frittata I think you call it with all the leftovers.we would use a large oven proof pan put in leftover brats, bacon,steak,onions,cheese,peppers,potatoes pretty much anything that sounded good and was leftover.Fry everything in the pan a few minutes then whip and pour some eggs over the top and bake in the oven until it firms up and slice it like a pie.It was great with toast and some hot sauce and an easy way to get rid of almost all the leftovers from the trip. |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | Makes all the meals ahead of time and freeze them if you can. Take dinner out of the freezer in the morning and it should be thawed by the time you get back in the evening. Either microwave or bake depending on cooking options available to you. We've done this for our deer hunting & fishing trips for as long as I can remember. Always works out great. You always get a good meal at the end of the day and very little prep and clean up work. For Lunch its always sandwiches and breakfast depends on what you need. Some of us get by on very small breakfasts and some need a full eggs toast and sausage meal. I prefer a small breakfast and bring a couple extra sandwiches during the day. |
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Location: MN | The crockpot is your friend. Dump the stuff in set on low or High and its ready to go when you get back. Geez the new ones switch to warm when the time is up. Soup roasts, chickens, you name it. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Ray Fuller - 9/2/2015 1:22 AM
One of my favorite meals or breakfast was always on the last day of the trip.We would make a frittata I think you call it with all the leftovers.we would use a large oven proof pan put in leftover brats, bacon,steak,onions,cheese,peppers,potatoes pretty much anything that sounded good and was leftover.Fry everything in the pan a few minutes then whip and pour some eggs over the top and bake in the oven until it firms up and slice it like a pie.It was great with toast and some hot sauce and an easy way to get rid of almost all the leftovers from the trip.
We've done this with great success, and also epic failures.
We call it Whatchagot Stew.
It's amazing how something as simple as applesauce or baked beans can ruin the entire thing, or make it amazingly delicious.
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Location: Already Gone | ToddM - 9/2/2015 6:09 AM
I built a kitchen in my boat. The pots and pans on my hanging rack clang around when it is wavy, I sometimes have to pick them all up after a boat run still working on that. The spice rack stays put though and I had a chefs hat made special with a visor.
I remember that time I was needing some olive oil and Penzey's spices for that pot roast I was making, and was able to flag you down.
You have an awesome setup. The Keurig coffee maker really tips it in... |
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Location: oswego, il | The hibachi grill ain't bad either nor did I cut corners with the pasta maker. Have a crockpot too I can make a wicked pizza in it! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Olive Oil = Duct Tape for the Kitchen |
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Location: Central IA | The hot new urban thing is food trucks. ToddM, sounds like you have a food boat. I see a reality show in your future. |
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Location: MPLS, MN | BNelson - 8/31/2015 1:14 PM
off the water 5 to 7pm? crazy talk! I go on fishing trips to CATCH fish, not eat dinner like an old person! we eat dinner at 10pm ish... we sleep til 6:30 or 7am and fish all day til dark...
I'd rather be fishing 5-7AM and take a 2 hour break in the late afternoon for a quick rest and diner then back out. Same hours on the water but those AM hours better in my experience than late afternoon. Plus the recharge gets me all pumped up again for the Eve bite. Maybe your too old to get up early
Edited by Obfuscate Musky 9/2/2015 5:00 PM
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Location: S.W. WI | Ya, me too. ^^ I do the all morning 6am to noon. Then a 2 hour break for a gut stuffing grill out. Then back pounding till dark:30.
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| dtaijo174 - 8/13/2015 2:41 PM
crockpot meals work great. Turn it on low, go fishing, come back to a hot meal.
Smoked chicken is hard to beat. Throw it in the oven to reheat and done.
This guy will be good to go with 1lb bologna and 1lb jerky for 6 days any thing else cost too much |
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| Ribs,steak,pork loin brats,sketti and burger lots of tatoes and big portions followed by a big nap about 1:30 pm, oh ya and a couple Labattes |
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| We used to live on beer and beef jerky all week. Then when I was pushing 40 I got to the point where I was half dead by Wednesday. Had a few trips where I nodded off behind the wheel on the way home, almost whacked a deer, found myself on the wrong wide of the road one morning at 2:30 am with no idea how I got there...
We still pound the water hard for a good 10 hours a day, but 3 solid meals and 8 hours sleep does wonders for your ability to actually stick a fish when the opportunity presents itself instead of being a zombie out there. The young guys can get away with pee poor nutrition and 5 hours sleep for a week.
If I had my choice, I'd rather be 20 years younger. But "smart fishing" puts an equal number of fish in the boat compared to going all in beating the water to a froth for 14 hours for 6 days straight. And on day 7 when we're loading up our gear and the young kids look like death warmed over, I'm ready for another week instead of falling asleep in the truck on the way home. |
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Location: oswego, il | Adding a brick oven to my boat kitchen this weekend. |
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| DMJones - 9/2/2015 5:55 PM The hot new urban thing is food trucks. ToddM, sounds like you have a food boat. I see a reality show in your future. Agree! Todd – When will you be at my lake? I've got my order ready... |
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Location: Contrarian Island |
as far as not fishing the 5a to 7am stretch and sleeping a bit longer to stay out...some days I'm sure we miss a good bite in that window and I'm sure some days when our boat is out on the water and others are taking a break we put a few in the boat...never know when the window is going to be each day / week but the number of fish we put in the boat I'd put up against anyone else the same week we are on the water
and we do take breaks on the water to recharge, fish walleyes and pike here and there when muskies aren't moving... even a nap once in a while in the boat...
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