Lowland Lake "Catchable" Rainbow Trout

[Sutherland]

Great when smoked and fun to catch.

[Hillbilly Zen]

Don't even bother fishing in the summer Drilling holes in solid water is the only way I go good firm flesh and not muddy tasting

That’s probably wise but i’ve never tried it.  Rainbows have admittedly been replaced in my cupboards by a surplus of west slope cutts in Summer from “secret lake”. 

[Dhoey07]

There are a few lakes that I will keep and eat them. None of those lakes are “put and take”.

[Blacklab]

There fun, eat some and give away most.

[Stein]

The kids love to catch them, my son eats one fresh and the rest get transformed into Dungeness.

[Hillbilly Zen]

interesting some people use it as crab bait!  That, to me, seems like using fried chicken to catch a hot dog.  But to each their own 😜

[chiwawadan]

It always amazes me how many people on this board dislike eating these trout. To the point of calling it dog food.

It might not be halibut or sockeye, but it's still good eats.

[Jake Dogfish]

Unless you get a holdover they are for entertainment purposes only.  There are better baits, but they work for crab craws lings Halibut etc.  Most of the westside lakes are over-planted.  They do better on the eastside but so does just planting fry.

[Stein]

It always amazes me how many people on this board dislike eating these trout. To the point of calling it dog food.

It might not be halibut or sockeye, but it's still good eats.

Yeah, it isn't the worst thing for sure, I would just rather eat salmon or crab.  I would eat 100 trout before I ate some of the overseas farmed fish out there, particularly the super nasty bottom stuff like tilapia.

[WSU]

It always amazes me how many people on this board dislike eating these trout. To the point of calling it dog food.

It might not be halibut or sockeye, but it's still good eats.

I'm one of them I suppose.  I do like wild trout or trout that have been living in the wild (eating a non-pellet diet) for a while.  It's the mushy, pale-meat planters I don't care for.

[CP]

It always amazes me how many people on this board dislike eating these trout. To the point of calling it dog food.

It might not be halibut or sockeye, but it's still good eats.

Yeah, it isn't the worst thing for sure, I would just rather eat salmon or crab.  I would eat 100 trout before I ate some of the overseas farmed fish out there, particularly the super nasty bottom stuff like tilapia.

Yum, Tilapia ...

[OutHouse]

I really like catching the triploids with a small black lure with red tinsel from the shore or in a pontoon with a trolling motor. Have a caught many from the shore in the evening with my little five foot ugly stick. Sometime the fight is tremendous, sometime they don't really fight at all.

I eat them too. I'll fry the smaller ones in oil and will even eat that tail if it crisps up nice.

[CP]

I really like catching the triploids with a small black lure with red tinsel from the shore or in a pontoon with a trolling motor. Have a caught many from the shore in the evening with my little five foot ugly stick. Sometime the fight is tremendous, sometime they don't really fight at all.

I eat them too. I'll fry the smaller ones in oil and will even eat that tail if it crisps up nice.

How about a pic of that small black lure?

[wadu1]

Great when smoked and fun to catch.

[BigGoonTuna]

Good for breaking up the late winter monotony, but I throw everything but the holdovers back. They usually taste pretty good after they’ve spent a year in the lake.