FS Digest

Hey y'all!

I'm gonna be heading to the river to try and catch some trout, and I was wondering how y'all store your catch to keep it fresh while you fish. I asked a friend of mine and he says he just tosses them in a plastic bag and then puts them in his backpack, but that just sounds... unhygienic and a good way to let your fish spoil.

I'll be fishing in Eastern Washington and the temps have been highs of high 70's - low 80's, and lows of around 50. Most likely will be fishing in the evening when things start to cool off

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by IndieHamster

FS Digest

Stringer

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by jmsnys

FS Digest

I personally jist do catch and release, but i have seen people fill a cooler with the lake water and put their fish in there.

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by mikeTbone21

FS Digest

Question about catch and release with trout, I read somewhere that it's not good to do catch and release for trout when the weather is warmer because the warmer water + fight have a much higher chance of killing the fish. How much truth is there to this? I just wanna eat some tasty trout right now, but for the most part I want to do catch and release

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by IndieHamster

FS Digest

Imo you just need to do a good recovery and let them go to deeper cooler water. If the fish does die the bugs eat the fish then the fish eats the bugs so no real harm there

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by Papa_Squa

FS Digest

I bring a cooler with ice and toss the fish in there. If you are going to be moving around alot and don't want to drag a cooler around keep the fish on a stringer in the water and put on ice when you get back to your car.

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by thegalvgoat

FS Digest

Yeah, I'm gonna be pretty mobile. Do you leave your stringer in a good spot, or do you pull it up with you and as you go along? Also, would I be able to make my own stringer by just attaching some larger hooks to a string? I figure if I kill the fish when I catch and then put them on I wouldn't have to worry about losing the fish. Or is the point of the stringer to keep them alive?

sorry for all the questions, I'm new to all this lol

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by IndieHamster

FS Digest

My self, I like to keep the fish alive on the stringer before i place them on ice to keep the meat fresher. I don't know if it really makes a difference in the quality tho. You can leave your stringer tied up in 1 spot while you move around if you think it's safe and not worried about it getting stolen. You can buy a stringer for a few dollars at Wal-Mart. You can also make your own pretty easy I would imagine. There are a couple different styles, do a Google search to get an idea of what you need.

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by thegalvgoat

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

The problem here is the warmer the water gets the less oxygen is dissolved in it. Since trout are primarily a colder water fish they have a high oxygen demand. When they are stressed in warmer weather they have less of a chance to recover.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

[quote=FS Digest]Hey y'all!

I'm gonna be heading to the river to try and catch some trout, and I was wondering how y'all store your catch to keep it fresh while you fish. I asked a friend of mine and he says he just tosses them in a plastic bag and then puts them in his backpack, but that just sounds... unhygienic and a good way to let your fish spoil.

I'll be fishing in Eastern Washington and the temps have been highs of high 70's - low 80's, and lows of around 50. Most likely will be fishing in the evening when things start to cool off

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by IndieHamster[/quot



Catch and Release, don't worry about eating them, they are not very good to eat.

Ron620DVS Loc: Guntersville Alabama

[quote=FS Digest]Hey y'all!

I'm gonna be heading to the river to try and catch some trout, and I was wondering how y'all store your catch to keep it fresh while you fish. I asked a friend of mine and he says he just tosses them in a plastic bag and then puts them in his backpack, but that just sounds... unhygienic and a good way to let your fish spoil.


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You will have to keep Trout on ice as soon as you catch them, if not they will become soft and musy.. Better yet if you can field clean 🧼 them before putting on ice. Just gut them and remove the enterals and cut the head off.


All of the fish 🐠 that I intend to keep for eating always go on ice 🧊 as soon as I catch them. The only exception is when I am fishing 🎣 in my Bassboat they are put into the live well and kept alive until I get them home. Then I fillet them right away. I use freezer sip~lock bags. I normally put 6 fillets in each ziplock bag and fill the bag with enough water 💦 to cover all fillets. I use a Black Marker with the date caught and them put them into the freezer. They will last a very long period of time and won’t get “Freezer Burn” if zipped up correct.
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Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

I found that freezing fish in water worked well but took up a lot of freezer space. I tried a vacuum packer and it works IMO just as well. Att $100 or so it's a pretty good investment. I had tuna steaks I kept for a year and they were as good as fresh.

Domtomac

Cooler with ice is your best bet. With a stringer, it MAY keep them alive for a while when you're at the water, but then you still need to get them home. With a stringer, where do they go, on the floor in the trunk of your car?

Fishrcool Loc: Grand Island Nebraska

I always heard that Trout are poisonous, so Catching and Releasing is the only way to go!

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Are you still able to walk correctly ?
Only asking out of concern....'cause it's certain someone has been pulling your leg pretty hard !
But we can make both legs the same length again, it's quite simple, really.... point to the one that has yet to be pulled..........
My smoker has been customized to detect "Trout Poison" and TOTALLY DESTROY the evil and nasty components, rendering a quite palatable result... some say, it's ...dare I ?..... DELICIOUS.
Don't hesitate to send (packed in dry ice, of course, like Omaha steaks) your trout creatures to me for the miracle transformation.....I work on "shares", so..... like half be OK ? Return shipping, guaranteed. PM me when to expect a package, ok ? ......Lol.


To actually answer the thread-starter..... stringers are one way...I prefer the ones with clips, rather than just a length of cord run through the gills.... just make sure you don't have voracious crawdads nearby... once had some chew up some beautiful rainbows to the point of .."here, might as well have the rest". An alternative to prevent that, would be the "cage creel" (Walmart, about $10?), the collapsible one with the spring-loaded lid, usually a boat accessory, but easily carried, spot to spot (gonna want a plastic bag, newspapers, big bucket or something, for the ride home).

What I do is bleed & gut 'em(I leave the head on to protect the meat), Ziploc 'em, put 'em in a cooler or backpack with frozen water bottles.