01-26-2017, 05:52 PM
Thanks for the update, Scott! Your reports are always appreciated. I hope that I can make it out to get some cisco this years. In past years something else always seems to come up that ruins my cisco plans.
After reading your post I do have some questions regarding anglers'opinions about lake trout.
You wrote:
[quote BearLakeFishGuy]
Large Lake Trout are not very good eating and take a long time to reach large sizes, and while they are legal to keep, many anglers are encouraging other anglers to release them.[/quote]
On KSL.com on 1/18 Flaming Gorge fisheries biologist Ryan Mosley was quoted as saying: "...unbeknownst to many anglers, the smaller lake trout are quite tasty. They’re one of my favorite fish to eat. In Flaming Gorge, they're a close second to kokanee salmon on the taste scale.”
https://static.ksl.com/?sid=42914232&nid...e-dwr-says
I guess my question to everyone is what is considered a "larger" laker vs. a "smaller" one? And isn't taste a subjective thing?
I have personally kept lake trout in the 5-7 pound range that tasted amazing. Prepared and cooked on the grill I have had dinner guests say it was the best fish they've ever had and they love not having to pick out tiny bones. Is 5-7lbs still a "smaller" lake trout that Mosley was talking about, or is that getting into the "larger" bad tasting range that we're all supposed to throw back?
Are lake trout only a close second to kokanee in taste when we want to thin them from a lake but become nasty and disgusting when we want to boost their size/numbers in a fishery?
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After reading your post I do have some questions regarding anglers'opinions about lake trout.
You wrote:
[quote BearLakeFishGuy]
Large Lake Trout are not very good eating and take a long time to reach large sizes, and while they are legal to keep, many anglers are encouraging other anglers to release them.[/quote]
On KSL.com on 1/18 Flaming Gorge fisheries biologist Ryan Mosley was quoted as saying: "...unbeknownst to many anglers, the smaller lake trout are quite tasty. They’re one of my favorite fish to eat. In Flaming Gorge, they're a close second to kokanee salmon on the taste scale.”
https://static.ksl.com/?sid=42914232&nid...e-dwr-says
I guess my question to everyone is what is considered a "larger" laker vs. a "smaller" one? And isn't taste a subjective thing?
I have personally kept lake trout in the 5-7 pound range that tasted amazing. Prepared and cooked on the grill I have had dinner guests say it was the best fish they've ever had and they love not having to pick out tiny bones. Is 5-7lbs still a "smaller" lake trout that Mosley was talking about, or is that getting into the "larger" bad tasting range that we're all supposed to throw back?
Are lake trout only a close second to kokanee in taste when we want to thin them from a lake but become nasty and disgusting when we want to boost their size/numbers in a fishery?
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