What happened to all the stocked trout???

[Skyvalhunter]

Are you holding your pole correctly?

[CP]

They're around. 

[WSU]

I wish they were edible.  My kids love catching them!

[Stein]

I wish they were edible.  My kids love catching them!

They taste amazing, you just have to turn them into a Dungeness first.


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[WSU]

I've tried that recipe.  It works great!

[Moe the Sleaze]

Gut 'em, scale 'em, salt and pepper the cavity, stuff it with chopped onion and lemon, then wrap with a piece of bacon.  Lay another slice or two of lemon on top then bake in a 400 degree oven for 30-35 mins.  Seems to minimize the muddy dog-food hatchery taste.

[CP]

I just had them for dinner.  They are pretty much tasteless.  Not good or bad; more like, ... why bother?

 

[pd]

That’s funny.

I wish they were edible.  My kids love catching them!

They taste amazing, you just have to turn them into a Dungeness first.


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[BigGoonTuna]

i used to really enjoy catching and eating the larger holdovers.  once they spend a year or so in the lake eating a natural diet, they taste pretty good. don't seem to get many of them these days, like i said earlier, i think bird predation is huge.  hard to get big when there's 100 cormorants picking the lake clean.

the other thing is, what ever happened to brown trout stocking?  the state used to plant fry and larger fish in several lakes here in thurston county, i think they stopped.  now those were fun to catch!  kind of cool reeling in a 6" perch and having a big brownie latch on like a lingcod.

[CP]

Anyone try smoking them?  I wonder if it's worth the effort.

[CP]

i used to really enjoy catching and eating the larger holdovers.  once they spend a year or so in the lake eating a natural diet, they taste pretty good. don't seem to get many of them these days, like i said earlier, i think bird predation is huge.  hard to get big when there's 100 cormorants picking the lake clean.

the other thing is, what ever happened to brown trout stocking?  the state used to plant fry and larger fish in several lakes here in thurston county, i think they stopped.  now those were fun to catch!  kind of cool reeling in a 6" perch and having a big brownie latch on like a lingcod.

The stocking plan:  https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01975/wdfw01975.pdf

shows they plan to stock brown trout in a couple of lakes in Thurston

[h20hunter]

Anyone try smoking them?  I wonder if it's worth the effort.

Yes......and nope!

[The Marquis]

Anyone try smoking them?  I wonder if it's worth the effort.

Yes......and nope!

I disagree, I love me some smoked trout, but I have to have a lot of them to make it worthwhile and the bigger the better.  The recipe I have is a big winner though.

[Ghost Hunter]

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I disagree, I love me some smoked trout, but I have to have a lot of them to make it worthwhile and the bigger the better.  The recipe I have is a big winner though.
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Care to share?

[Alchase]

I disagree, I love me some smoked trout, but I have to have a lot of them to make it worthwhile and the bigger the better.  The recipe I have is a big winner though.
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Big nates smoke up great, smaller stockers have to be brined or they will dry out quickly but they are not to bad.