Steelhead posetion limit

[redbeard1]

I am good w/ the possetion limit, but my grandpa told me to post this to get other thoughts. We go up to the Salmon River every fall and spring, and my grandpa stays alot longer than any of us can, and they don't allow you to fellet a fish until it's home, even w/ high risk of ruining it, which is also ellegal, when all you'de have to do is leave evedence of a hatchery fish on the fillet. What do you think.
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[jigs]

I think its just one of those things we will have to deal with. I would guesse that this saves alot of wild fish from being taken.
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[redbeard1]

But why is it you can leave the nuts atatched to a buck deer for evedence but not an adipose fin to a steelhead fillet. We all love a good fresh steelie, but we aren't going to eat rottin ones right. I was up there for 5 days and my fish on ice was pretty well rottin, it might survive in the smoker, I don't know, but do you actually think thats right.
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[maghunter]

I wish there was some way around this problem as well. I find its alot easier to fillet a fish before its gutted. But that is the only way I can see to do it is gut the fish at the river and then fillet it at home [unimpressed]. I was at Sam's club today and they had some really good looking steelhead fillets for only 5 bucks a pound, that is alot cheaper than fishing for them. I am going steelheading next weekend, and if I don't have much luck I am stopping there on my way home and picking up a couple of fillets so my wife can't give me a hard time for not providing any meat for all my time and money spent fishing. She won't even know the difference.
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[prvrt]

You may want to try some dry ice to keep things a little colder.
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[X2FSH]

[quote maghunter]I wish there was some way around this problem as well. I find its alot easier to fillet a fish before its gutted. But that is the only way I can see to do it is gut the fish at the river and then fillet it at home [unimpressed]. I was at Sam's club today and they had some really good looking steelhead fillets for only 5 bucks a pound, that is alot cheaper than fishing for them. I am going steelheading next weekend, and if I don't have much luck I am stopping there on my way home and picking up a couple of fillets so my wife can't give me a hard time for not providing any meat for all my time and money spent fishing. She won't even know the difference.[/quote] If she finds out, you might big sleeping in that "big limo" that you drive.[]
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[poky-mon]

Which fillet would you leave the clipped fin on. how many fillets were actually hatchery fish and how many wild. I don't think the F&G wants to match up the sides of the fish. You'll also get people that would try to cheat the system. I was told a few times to not gut them, just bleed them out pack them in alot of ice and they should hold and gut them when you get home. I did that on the clearwater and gutted it when I got home 3 days later and it turned out fine.
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[redbeard1]

the ones that would cheat it already do, but i'll try you're idea.
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[jigs]

very true red but if it keeps a couple ppl honest i dont think they will change it
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[gstott]

Yeah it's unfortunate that there are always some jerks who ruin it for everyone else. I imagine it will stay as it is since it's just too difficult to prove they're hatchery fish. I'm going to have to try some of those Sam's Club fish. Also, do they have any places up there that offer flash freezing? If they don't that would be a pretty good money making idea to start one.
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[SteelieNut]

Last time I put a fish on dry ice it was like eating a fishing tasting sprite! It carbonated the meat.
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[prvrt]

Did you wrap the fish? or the dry ice?

I put the dry ice in a big Ziploc and place in the bottom of the cooler. Then I place a few bags of regular block ice in. I wrap the fish in an unscented garabge bag and place it on the ice. Then I place a bag of cruched ice on top of the fish. Never had a fish taste like "Sprite".
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[iliketofish]

[laugh]That's hilarious! I bet if you came up with a fancy foreign sounding name for it you could sell carbonated fish meat for a bunch of money![sly]
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[SteelieNut]

No, I left the dry ice in paper. But I did cover it with block ice and wrap the fish in a plastic bag. It's also done it to my other food as well, made it all fizzy. I'll have to try wrapping the dry ice in a bag as well.
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[Belasko]

hmmm, I have to say I like sprite. Maybe I should give it a try some time[]
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