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Dinner is served.
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03-20-2014, 01:52 AM
Caught the 12 biggest rainbows of my life in one fishing trip. Too bad they're brainless breeding stock. Still, impressive to have a trout on my line strong enough to bend the trebles on a KVD square bill straight...
We'll see just how tough this old meat is. Probably taste like state-approved fish feed, haha. [signature]
03-20-2014, 02:02 AM
You're brave to try them. I always get grossed out remembering seeing the dog food like pellets they feed them. I can't even get myself to smoke a planter trout let alone cook a brood stock finless freddy.
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03-20-2014, 02:12 AM
They're pretty good at bending up trebles, especially when they do their death roll. In any case, it beats anything I've caught so far this year.
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03-20-2014, 02:42 AM
I didn't know football season started already? Nice bows!!! I'm sure they'll be good table fare. I think trout - planters vs fish that are maybe native fish taste pretty much the same with the exception of the lake they come from. For an example I've had trout from the berry that almost had a salmon flavor. And then I've had browns that taste like your average planter hatchery type. They taste awsome on the grill no matter if there planters or been in the eco system. Just my thoughts
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03-20-2014, 02:45 AM
They stocked rainbows like that in my community pond years ago. They had big hooked jaws and so beat up you couldn't even recognize them.
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03-20-2014, 02:59 AM
I remember brood lake trout being planted in one my comunity ponds and it was
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03-20-2014, 03:12 AM
Sounds like a fun trip, I love a good tug and bows are one of the best. Nice job. Later J
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03-20-2014, 03:52 AM
[quote gstott]They're pretty good at bending up trebles, especially when they do their death roll. In any case, it beats anything I've caught so far this year.[/quote]
These guys all fought awesome, which was a surprise. I actually had to loosen my drag - which I never do. They'd pull and pull, and then flop like crazy as I tried to unhook them. Much, much better than the twirly-bird routine the 11" planters do. (BTW, Greg, 36 trout and 0 bass so far this year.)[quote sharksugar101]They stocked rainbows like that in my community pond years ago. They had big hooked jaws and so beat up you couldn't even recognize them.[/quote] Some of the ones I caught were hideous. Bleached out skin, hooked jaws with the bright red flat spot on the front of the lower jaw, the size of a nickel! Nasty. Didn't hardly wanna touch 'em, they looked so alien... One of 'em even has a free piercing dangling from its lips, courtesy of a rapala whose bill snapped free. [signature]
03-20-2014, 04:29 AM
You've got me beat. I've only made it out once so far this year for a quick trip up the Blacksmith. A few cutts, some dinky browns and a handful of whitefish is all I have for my grand total of 18 fish this year..
It would have been helpful if the weather wouldn't have been blowing trees over and spitting snow squalls on my last day off (Monday) [mad] I'm hoping the weather forecast for my next day off keeps holding for good weather. [signature]
03-20-2014, 02:59 PM
They're still beauties all tolled. I'd steak em and smoke em in a minute, with teriyaki if the meat is on the pale side.
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03-20-2014, 03:05 PM
[quote gstott]I'm hoping the weather forecast for my next day off keeps holding for good weather.[/quote]
Alas, work is likely to rob me of most of the next two months of fishing. So frustrating to miss the prespawn season each year... [signature] |
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