Two bows: Nothing exceptional but I got two bows out of the local creeks that haven’t been stocked since June. Trip was cut short when my wife called me about a water leak in the...

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Nothing exceptional but I got two bows out of the local creeks that haven’t been stocked since June. Trip was cut short when my wife called me about a water leak in the basement. It was a bugger to fix, faulty pipe was under the AC ducts. I’m not much of a plumber but just got it fixed with some sharkbites and it is not leaking.Bows we’re 13 and 14”. Good smoking material.

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

bknecht wrote:

Nothing exceptional but I got two bows out of the local creeks that haven’t been stocked since June. Trip was cut short when my wife called me about a water leak in the basement. It was a bugger to fix, faulty pipe was under the AC ducts. I’m not much of a plumber but just got it fixed with some sharkbites and it is not leaking.Bows we’re 13 and 14”. Good smoking material.

Good job, bk! Thanks for sharing.

Slimshady Loc: Central Pennsylvania

Nice fish bk. You know they aren’t straight from the hatchery

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Nice job of squeezing out a couple of holdovers.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

bknecht wrote:

Nothing exceptional but I got two bows out of the local creeks that haven’t been stocked since June. Trip was cut short when my wife called me about a water leak in the basement. It was a bugger to fix, faulty pipe was under the AC ducts. I’m not much of a plumber but just got it fixed with some sharkbites and it is not leaking.Bows we’re 13 and 14”. Good smoking material.

Heck yeah!!! Good job👍

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

bknecht wrote:

Nothing exceptional but I got two bows out of the local creeks that haven’t been stocked since June. Trip was cut short when my wife called me about a water leak in the basement. It was a bugger to fix, faulty pipe was under the AC ducts. I’m not much of a plumber but just got it fixed with some sharkbites and it is not leaking.Bows we’re 13 and 14”. Good smoking material.

Nice catch Brad, holdovers fight harder than fresh hatchery fish. Since your trip was interrupted, I sense a return in the near future.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Here I am an archery nut and was anxious to discover what kind of bows you had bound in a creek. I was a little disappointed when you only had two nice rainbow trout! Just Sayin...RJS

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

flyguy wrote:

Good job, bk! Thanks for sharing.

Thaks Fly, they both jumped multiple times, I love that

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Slimshady wrote:

Nice fish bk. You know they aren’t straight from the hatchery

Thank you Slim, it was a fun time.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Flytier wrote:

Nice job of squeezing out a couple of holdovers.

Thanks Flytier, they were pretty healthy fish.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Fredfish wrote:

Nice catch Brad, holdovers fight harder than fresh hatchery fish. Since your trip was interrupted, I sense a return in the near future.

Thanks Fred, going to try for some Lakers tomorrow.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Robert J Samples wrote:

Here I am an archery nut and was anxious to discover what kind of bows you had bound in a creek. I was a little disappointed when you only had two nice rainbow trout! Just Sayin...RJS

I too was once an archery nut, made my own longbows and recurves, four shoulder surgeries put an end to that passion.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Fredfish wrote:

Nice catch Brad, holdovers fight harder than fresh hatchery fish. Since your trip was interrupted, I sense a return in the near future.

Thanks Fred, gonna chase some lakers tomorrow but will hit the crick again.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Catfish hunter wrote:

Heck yeah!!! Good job👍

Thanks CH.

RJFlowers Loc: Montana

In remembrance of my Dad, i'd dredge them in flour, fry until golden on both sides, season with salt, and relish that yummy fish, mabe with french fries and ketchup on the side. I love the flavor of throut!

Just as an aside, I came home from work late one evening. I had a couple of whole, frozen steelhead waiting for me.
I was tired. I heated enough oil in my big wok to deep-fry the fish. I placed the still frozen fish in the 365' F. oil and fried them until the skins were lightly browned, and the orange flesh was cooked through. I put them on paper towels to drain, and salted them. I was expecting edible. What i got was amazing. The skin was cracker crisp, with a very thin and light crisp texture on just the surface of the flesh. The flesh was moist, tender, and full flavored. The backbone easily pulled out whole, taking the majority of bones with it. Even the fins were delicious. This was easily one of best fish cooking discoveries.

You have options for those beautiful rainbows.

Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North