23 Trout

[Michael C.]

I took my gal fishing over the weekend, and between the both of us, ended up with 23 very tasty trout. We went to Jess Ranch Lakes in Apple Valley, CA, it's a fish hatchery that supplies a lot of our local lakes with fish. They have several small lakes of their own that you can fish. It's a private lake, so no fishing license is required. I used various flavors of Powerbait to land these fish. Normally, they stop biting around 10:30am ish or so, they were hungry, we kept fishing up until around 12:00pm noon. It took about an hr to fillet all of trout, and wrap most of them for the freezer. Very simple BBQ rub, direct over hot coals, skin very crispy, the meat came right off, very tasty fish! Here are the pics, happy fishing!


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One of several lakes to fish.

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Bagged fish.

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Yup, 23 of them.

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Over some hot coals.

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Done.

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Time to eat.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Lovely lake and a super catch! I was watching a show on DIY Channel, I believe it was Tiny House Big Living. It was filmed in Crestline CA. Man you live in some beautiful country!

 

[James N]

Excellent...I grilled trout.

 

[Rich G]

Nothing better than fresh caught trout!! Brings back memories of summer camp. Nice work, Michael!

R

 

[Mike in Roseville]

Excellent catch!

Used to trout fish all the time as a kid.

Biggest I ever caught was 24" out of Lake Amador from the bank of the dam; high noon with a black rooster-tail (nothing was biting for anyone)...Late Spring of '98. Somewhere...there's a picture.

 

[JimK]

Great haul and good eating!

 

[Sam D]

Nice catch! Looks like a tasty meal.

 

[Dan C. FL]

Great catch...must have been a nice place to hang out and fish!!

 

[Barb D]

Great catch and a lovely lake to fish in.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Nice catch! Been there and it's a nice spot. Makes me want to go back up to Bishop and go fly fishing, haven't done that since we moved to AZ 16 years ago.

 

[Mark B]

That had to be a great way to spend the day. The fish looks excellent.

 

[Robert-R]

That trout looks delicious. Plus... it was your catch.

 

[Pat G]

That's a nice haul of fish. I wish we had something like that around here.

 

[ChuckO]

Now that's a nice weekend Michael. Great catch, great cook. I've never had much luck cooking fish over charcoal. You nailed it