03-29-2016, 04:28 PM
Quite often, whities have made my day by biting when the trout or steelies won't. you can tell when you have one on because they twitch their heads like crazy as they fight. I never eat them because I'm not a fan of the bones- I carefully release them like any other fish I'm not eating- I do know some guys that target them for their smokers.
I know squawfish/pikeminnows are destructive to trout, but they hit like a ton of bricks and fight somewhat valiantly, so I'm inclined to treat them nicely when I reel one in. I don't like to kill anything I'm not going to eat myself if I can help it, so I usually pat them on the head and turn them back, too.
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I know squawfish/pikeminnows are destructive to trout, but they hit like a ton of bricks and fight somewhat valiantly, so I'm inclined to treat them nicely when I reel one in. I don't like to kill anything I'm not going to eat myself if I can help it, so I usually pat them on the head and turn them back, too.
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