Which trout would you prefer to eat

Used to fish a high mountain lake that was full of scuds. Cutthroat were of bright orange meat, and of extremely good size.
So it'd be those
 
RRSmith said:
I've been tempted to try one as they have to be delicious but I'm afraid I will be struck by lightning...
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Circa 1973 or so (think I was in 8th grade) I caught/kept a 21" SRC when visiting my Aunt on Bainbridge. Uncle Vern baked it in foil with lemon, onion, and butter. I vaguely remember the meat being deep orange, tasting more like salmon than trout, and was delicious. And yes, I already know I'm going to hell.
 
15 inch brown from a cold mountain stream and eaten within a hour of catching it.
 
DimeBrite said:
Sea run cutthroat
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Came here to vote for SRC, too. I prefer not to eat any freshwater fish.

SRC are delicious—or at least that’s what I remember from eating them as a kid. Somewhere between a steelhead and a salmon. Pulled fresh from the salt and cooked on a driftwood fire (another “no-no” these days).

I agree with the concept that we should grow their population, and so I support the moratorium on saltwater harvest, but the limit of five once they hit fresh water seems unfair.
 
I really liked the big, fat (very fatty) tripliod rainbow that @Starman77 gifted me this past early spring. Orange flesh, fatty. Smoked half of it, grilled the rest. Excellent. My wife and I especially liked the smoked belly flesh.
 
Well I can tell you what is not good. 🤢
Last time I cooked caught trout was from cranberry lake at deception pass. Wasn’t enough salt and bacon in the state to save these earthy mud dirt tasting trout. There was one brown and 4 rainbow over the fire that night (my son wanted to eat his catch). 🌭 salvaged the night with wedged roasted potatoes and some fresh fruit for dessert. Threw the trout in some far off bushes so some creature or two and bugs could eat like a king!!!! I’ll stick to salmon, rock fish, cod, halibut and such.
 
Hatchery rainbows from the Spokane...sweet savory PCB's, heavy metals, and PFAS. The refractory properties of the polychlorinated biphenyls alone guarantee tender eatin'.
 
iveofione said:
I probably haven't eaten a trout in about 40 years but in 1966 had what I called the "Thousand Trout Summer". Living at 10,400' and climbing to about 11,500 every day to work in a mine kept me in the Sierra back county all summer long, adjacent to a beautiful trout stream and amidst a variety of glacial lakes. Trout were everywhere and were the primary protein source at that elevation. I pretty much lived on trout and Wyler's lemonade from June to late October. Probably the reason I no longer eat trout.

But by far the favorite was brook trout. The rainbows were just ok but not preferred and the goldens were the worst of all. I caught few Brown's that summer and don't recall them being very good table fare. Most were caught above 8,000' so the water quality was uniformly good across the whole range from north of Yosemite to south of the golden trout wilderness area. I remember one golden lake above 11,000 that had shrimp as the primary food source and the fish were just stunningly beautiful. Bright red flesh but just oily as hell and not worth the effort it took to clean them. But even stream goldens taken in icy streams were not good and I soon learned to avoid them.
The key to keeping fish in the backcountry with no refrigeration was to kill and clean them immediately and put them in a canvas creel lined with wet grass. Even on an 80 degree day this would keep fish fresh and crisp until camp was reached at the end of the day. I haven't seen a canvas creel in decades. Or needed one
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Were you at Tungstar mine? Edit: looks like Tungstar closed by the ‘60s? Kinda hard to tell. It says there is another tungsten mine above called Adamson which I’ve never seen or heard of.
 
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I have had great lahontan cutthroat and muddy ones. The smaller the better. I also at some sea run Dollie’s in Alaska that were amazing. Someone mentioned Eagle lake trout and those are my fave.
 
I don't really like trout so I typically bring as many brookies, browns and stockers home for fertilizer....

The neighbors don't care for that since it really attracts yellowjackets when I throw them into their yards....for fertilizer.

otherwise, it's just fertilize the banks of the river I'm fishing.
 
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