Do you check fish stomachs when you keep a fish?

[REHJWA]

Always, even planted trout after a couple of weeks are full of snails in the lakes around me.

[Buckewe]

I usually do check I have found lots of snails but one time I found a 4in leg mine from a chicken in a 10in planter trout.

[NRA4LIFE]

Always, especially with salmon.  I want to know what they're eating at that very moment.  This also can give you great intel on what turkeys are eating and when.  I have cut the crop open on every turkey I have ever killed.

[Squidward]

I caught a 14" cutthroat once with 8" of a headless cutthroat in it. tail was sticking out its mouth and the rest down into its stomach. looked like the head and skin were mostly dissolved by stomach acid. Spuidward

[nwwanderer]

For trout, having a jar with clear water and adding stomach contents makes for much better ID.  Lots of interesting finds.

[Skyvalhunter]

Yes when I do my fish surveys on the high lakes. The WDFW wants this info included on part of my reports.

[elkfins]

on Salmon... almost always, especially if i'm fishing in the sound where you really have to match the hatch to be successful.

[Huntin Hounds]

Found this little perch in the belly of a rainbow from Roosevelt last fall.

[Fishstiq]

Absolutely, its one of my favorite parts of filleting!  While spearfishing in Neah Bay I got this guy, he was eating like a king!

[kenzmad]

First salmon on the boat gets gutted. This is gonna tell me not only what they are feeding on but also the size as well. No real point trolling a 4" green label herring when they are feeding on candlefish. Drop down to a coho killer and have fun