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Took the kids to Lost Creek on the 12th. It was a cold day and the fishing was just as frigid. Only two bites and no fish caught. Saw a few that were caught by the boaters as they pulled out their boats, but we scored a big fat goose egg. We didn't arrive until later in the day, so that probably had a lot to do with it. So we picked up and went to East Canyon. Within the first 5 minutes my kids had each caught a nice rainbow, one 15" and one 16". It took another 1/2 hour before the next bite, another nice 16" bow. The wind was blowing and there were occasional snowflakes in the air. Needless to say it didn't take long for the kids to get cold. So we called it a day. The fish had anchor worm scars but were all very fat, fiesty, and tasty.
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That's too bad about Lost Creek as it has been quite good this fall. At least you scored some nice fish up at East.
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The fish had anchor worm scars but were all very fat, fiesty, and tasty. [/reply]
You are braver than me.
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When you cleaned the trout was the anchor worms in the meat of the fish, I have heard that the anchor worms winter that way.
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The ones I have cleaned(fillied and skined)did not have any worms,just some scars,and I dug down into the meat the first time to make sure.
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The anchor worms don't penetrate any further than the skin. I've filleted quite a few and found nothing in the meat. I've also pulled them off of the fish late in winter caught through the ice just to see what they are. You can see a little part dangling out of the scar. They have little feelers that spread out under the scales to the edge of the scar. I know they aren't pretty, but it doesn't affect the meat at all. Now, I would cringe a bit if I were served some of those panfish out of Pelican.
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