Rufus Woods photo

[Bearhunter]

Trip to Rufus woods this summer.  The other guys werent in the piture, we were holding there limits to.

[hogsniper]

Nice catch...gosh did u guys catch enough or wat?? Love all the pics...

[Palmer]

Every time I go there, I catch 3 or 4 bluebacks to every bow.  They usually run around 3#'s - pretty darn big.  I hear the bows, however, are monsters - 10#ers.  I didn't know the fishing was so good in the summer.  In early spring we usually spend several hours in the morning to catch our limit of 2 each between my partner and I.  I hear the big ones are caught in the winter.

[Skyvalhunter]

Yea you have to wonder what those Indians are feeding those fish in the pens.. Some look like a football with a head that are caught down there.

[jackelope]

they're triploids. they don't spawn, so they don't lose weight..alls they do is grow.
they are typically fed pellet food, like cat food. i am curious as to what they taste like. trip's typically have a reputation of tasting like boot leather.

[sisu]

We smoke them and they are very tasty. Just ask Pacyew and Huntwa they were eating some this past week.

[WAcoyotehunter]

They're better than the wild fish!  We eat them all the time off the grill.  My wife landed this 18lb this January. 

[addicted]

now thats a fish. we almost made a trip out there. dang

[Bearhunter]

They eat awesome, better than any trout youll ever catch.  Compareable to steelhead only really oilly.  You dont need much butter when barbequeing them.  The are so delicious, thats why I go, fill the freezer.  Fishing this summer was so good because they had 40,000 escape the best I did with lures was 7 in a row.  Awesome time, you got to try it.

[hogsniper]

So they raise those in the pens right? any idea what they do with em? Do they raise em for some market or just for restocking lakes?

[WAcoyotehunter]

They go to the market.  They grow them to 5 lb in 18 months!  Fast growers and good eating.

[quacker whacker]

good eatin fish, just had some fresh ones a few nights ago!

[Intruder]

What's the main technique/presentation for catchin em.  I assume trolling??? How deep, etc?

[Buckshot Bill]

Good god!  Looks like you would need salmon gear for those things
Probably need a punch card for those too
Very nice fish

[quacker whacker]

no card, nothin special. people catch 'em from the bank.