First trout pics

[RUGER]

First thing I noticed was how they freak OUT when you get them to the top.
Second thing was how little color farm fish have.
Still pretty cool.

Thanks for all the help, very very easy to whack the head off and gut it.
Gonna try a combination of the couple of recipes I got and put lemon and butter in it then wrap it in bacon and grill it I think.

Gonna go back Friday and see what I can do to get some more.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Good job Ruger! The farm raised will taste different also but still fun to catch! I would recommend breaking out the smoker...

 

[easy45]

Cool

 

[Football Hunter]

yum!

 

[GRAMPS]

Ruger, you need to come up sometime and catch a native trout in the mountains. They are beautiful compared to stocked trout.

 

[catman529]

Looks like a good fishin trip. Hope it tastes good

 

[RUGER]

Ruger, you need to come up sometime and catch a native trout in the mountains. They are beautiful compared to stocked trout.

It is on my bucket list for sure.
Maybe this summer I can get away and do it.
Always wanted to for sure.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Come on up to the clinch and batch some biguns. No need to wait on summer, just bring your thermals and some really good insulated waders.

 

[gil1]

Good on ya!

 

[MidTennFisher]

There is a very noticeable difference in taste between stocked trout and trout that have lived for some time in their natural habitat. When I fish in the Caney I throw back the trout that have been recently stocked, you can tell by color and by the fins being damaged. The larger ones that have been living there for a while, I gladly take home and eat.

I can only imagine that the native ones in East Tennessee taste even better. One of these days I'll make a trip out there and hopefully find out.

 

[Slaughter-06]

where you fishing?

 

[moondawg]

Trout in Arkansas are just as good. And closer to me than East TN.

Congrats on the catch, Ruger!