Hi all.
Just curious, how big would a brown trout have to be for you to consider it worth eating?
Steve
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Trout, what size would you call dinner?
Hi all.
Just curious, how big would a brown trout have to be for you to consider it worth eating?
Steve
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All depends on how hungry I was...
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My first ever as a child was 3/4 of a pound, cooked in oats for breakfast.
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Most Wild Fish are not big enough to bother eating.
Plus most brown trout river fly fisherman in most areas in the UK, are now pro catch and release, and frown on wild fish being taken.
I think at the very least you should be able to tell a young brownie Parr from an adult, and a wild fish from a stockie. Or know if they are diploids, or triploids? etc before you take any out of a river.
If you want to read up on it, could I suggest The Wild Trout Trust?
http://www.wildtrout.org/
Your best bet is to educate yourself, by having a good look through www.flyforums.co.uk
http://www.flyforums.co.uk/general-f...atch-keep.html
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We don't have freshwater trout in Florida but if I were in a state (or another country) that did I think I'd check what are the legal minimums. That said, from what I've seen of brown trout, I don't think I'd call any single fish dinner. Two brown trout? Maybe.
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I thought they had to be over a certain size (12 inches..??) to legally take...?
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8 inches or 200mm is the EA legal minimum for brown trout in England and Wales. Not sure about Scotland. I tend just to eat the ugly looking ones and return the ones I think of as beautiful. That said, I've not taken a brown trout in over 6 years as I've not caught an ugly one. I consider this affirmation of the science behind natural selection and eating only the ugly ones!
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Cheers for the replies.
The reason for the question was that I took one today that was badly hooked and bleeding profusely from the mouth and gills so I knocked it, thinking its chances weren't good.
Seems that my idea of small is not typical though, I've been feeling guilty about a fish that was 14" \ 350mm and a shade under a pound.
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What did it taste like?
Ikeep meaning to get down your neck of the woods to take advantge of the Wye and Usk Passport Angling scheme. Your'e right in the middle of some of the best and cheapest fly fishing in the country. Have you used it yet?
http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/fishing/passport.php
Ive already picked out the Rivers and stretches I plan to go on.
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It tasted very good.Originally Posted by Dave
What did it taste like?
Ikeep meaning to get down your neck of the woods to take advantge of the Wye and Usk Passport Angling scheme. Your'e right in the middle of some of the best and cheapest fly fishing in the country. Have you used it yet?
http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/fishing/passport.php
Ive already picked out the Rivers and stretches I plan to go on.
I've not used the passport scheme, I am in the incredibly spoiled position of being friendly with a farmer who owns, but doesn't use, the rights to a couple of miles of the Wye within a few minutes walk of home.
The water is not managed at all for fishing which can make casting interesting but there seems to be a very healthy population of browns that nobody else bothers. I've only had a few outings so far but my best is a cracking fish that was just under 3lb.
Steve
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OoooOoo...Nice...3lb....Ive had one of those this year as well. Fin Perfect Wildie. Was that on the fly?
You'll have to post some photos.
The last few I've taken did not taste any good to me....The flesh is always a lot paler than a nice pinky supermarket bought trought. I had a sea trout in a restaraunt in glasgow a few years ago 'La Bonne Auberage,' which was absolutely delicious. I know people who have stocked up their freezers over a couple of seasons with literally hundreds of stocked rainbows from lakes, and couldnt give em away.
Theres something magical about our native Brownies. And youve got 2 miles of youtr own stretch?! Lucky B@**er!
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This is a pretty average Wild Brownie from a Dales River. Course, they can get a LOT bigger.
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