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I've been a bad man. Coming from a trout, stream background, I am a Piker when it comes to this Lack Mead Striper fishing. The IL's (In-Laws) bought a boat this year and we've been out 11 times. No goose eggs yet! This last trip we were catching fish deep off the tires at Lake Mead Marina. I caught & released as we have been doing & the striper went belly up, but flopping after an easy lip hooking & fast release. I use hemostats & hardly touch the fish as not to mess up their goo coating as I have been taught. We do not usually keep fish as we always catch e'm & would have too many (There - I went ahead I cursed myself!. We will be skunked next time.) We could keep them all if we had to so not to be wasteful. We have Setters who eat canned mackerel & the occasional fish we kill with a gut/gill hook. We eat trout but have never tried striper, but we would not be able to eat all we catch anyway. That was the second fish I observed floating after a successful release. The first one compelled one of our passengers, Jack to dive in the water with a lit cigarette & his glasses on to save & revive. But that's another story. Do we need to save all fish caught deep? Do we need to perform surgery to pop there air bladders? That does not look like any fun. Do we offer the occasional fish to the fish gods? Is this an anomaly (big word for a carpenter!)?
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Vince
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I've seen this happen to guys at the Lake before, especially with Stripers. I dunno if it was the high water temps or poor fish handling, but ive seen it happen.
I catch Carp up the lake quite often, usually 2-7 per trip. Some fights are 2 minutes while others are 10. All I do is go in the water, grab the fish and start pushing 'em back and forth in the water after the fight and the get revived. It gets the water pushing over the gills, which helps the fish breathe. I've yet to have a fish die on me doing this, even the really tired ones after those long fights.
Its something to try if you havn't already.
Maybe there's just a bunch of sickly fish in the lake.
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You just may need to start taking some stripers home and eating them. I love fish tacos made from stripers.
Sometimes when I'm out fishing alone and don't feel like cleaning fish, I only keep the stripers that will not survive if released. I ask other fishermen if they would like them. Never have I been unable to give stripers away. There are always anglers on the shore near Hole 33 who will take them.
Sometimes a striper that is really skinny will die quickly at the surface and become a problem. You don't want to let it die and float away, but there is not enough meat on it to bother cleaning it. What do I do? Keep it as part of my limit and later throw it away. My pard, Don buries them in his garden. I've seen plenty of anglers at the cleaning station just throw these stripers into the grinders.
I'm not sure we should throw any stripers back. There are millions of them in Lake Mead and everyone that is removed makes more room for the rest of them. I really don't know. I release small fish and any other fish that will survive that I don't want. Everything brought home is consumed by us or the neighbors.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Fish tacos? Thast sounds gross! I'd rather drink canal water or piss on my foot![/size][/black][/font]
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Gross you say! I'm using your recipe:
Small striper fillets cut up into chunks
Ground Cumin (I like a lot)
Fresh chopped cilantro (about a bunch)
Fresh chopped pepper (any type, I like serano)
Dash of salt
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
White corn tortillas
Any other toppings that you like on a taco
Pour EVOO into a bowl (enough to coat the fish), add striper chunks, cumin, chopped cilantro, chopped pepper, and salt. Mix up and set aside to marinate in fridge.
In a pan on med. heat (I like cast iron),stir in fish mixture and continue stiring until the striper chunks flake and are cooked all the way through. It does not take long! Enjoy the wonderful smell of the cooking fish and remember it the next time you swear that you hate the smell of fish when you fillet them.
Serve hot striper mixture on warm white corn tortillas. I like to add a slice of fresh avocado to mine.
BLM, I know I don't have the sophisticated taste buds that you have, but I've never known you to turn down a tastey fish taco!
ENJOY!
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Thanks For Your Responses,
That taco recipe sounds good! We will be giving that a try.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We ate some of that SF Bay halibut last Friday night and it was great! Now I wish I would of taken every one of those 'buts home! We split the fillets and spread a cream cheese, green onion and shrimp layer on one side than covered it with the other half of the fillet. We then breaded it and pan fried it in an oil/butter bath til golden brown. It rocked![/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We have to go back next year and fish the bay again. We need to talk to Captain Keith about the best time to kick some 'buts! Better yet, I think Alaska is calling![/size][/black][/font]
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