Walleye Chowder - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    8 slices thick sliced bacon
    1 large onion, chopped
    1 stalk celery, chopped
    1/4 cup flour
    2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced large
    1/2 cup white wine
    2 cups fish stock or 2 cups chicken stock
    2 cups milk
    1/2 green pepper, chopped
    1/2 red pepper, chopped
    1 cup frozen corn
    1 bay leaf
    salt
    pepper
    2 lbs deboned walleyed pike fillet, diced large,same size as potatoes
Preparation
    In a large saucepan, saute bacon until crisp.
    Remove, drain, crumble bacon.
    Set aside.
    Remove bacon fat from pan, leaving one tablespoon in pan.
    Add celery and onion to pan.
    Saute until tender.
    Sprinkle with flour, stirring constantly.
    Cook 3 minutes.
    Add potatoes, stock, wine and bay leaf.
    Simmer until potatoes are barely soft.
    Add all remaining ingredients.
    Cook until the walleye is just tender.
    Do not overcook.
    Sprinkle crumbled bacon over the top and serve.

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