#69397 - 01/25/03 07:18 PM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Spawner
Registered: 10/15/01
Posts: 888
Loc: Enumclaw
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Smalma, I half way agree with you, but thats only that kokes begin to get muddy late summer/early fall. They also start changing shape and color... And spillin out eggs... And dyin. So far, FF's post looks the best... mostly cause all the big words why dont you guys just email the biologists with the WDFW? Be a little easier then arguing about everything.
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#69398 - 01/27/03 11:53 AM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Spawner
Registered: 05/03/01
Posts: 972
Loc: Moses Lake
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BBVD,
Check Smalma's occupation and one might gather he's making an educated guess. Rest of us are making fishing related guesses and we may be right.... and we may be only partially right.
I like the chronie theory.... but don't subscribe to it. I'm a "snail man"... but think the diatom version may carry some weight.
You still a rat lover?
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#69399 - 01/27/03 01:01 PM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Spawner
Registered: 06/24/01
Posts: 684
Loc: Toledo Wa
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Old Man, I have a small variation of your idea.We used to catch bass ina n old pond that always looked muddy.The bass tasted that way so we quit eating them. Met a guy there one time that asked us why we were throwing them back.Explained that they tasted like mud.He said to soak them in milk over night and it will take the mud taste out. We tried it and it seemed to work.
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#69400 - 01/27/03 01:50 PM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Fry
Registered: 09/12/02
Posts: 20
Loc: Monroe, WA
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I have fished the potholes for 20 years and tried all types of tricks to get that dreaded muddy taste out. I've yet to find one that works. One thing that I have found that is consistent is, if you filet your trout and find that the meat is tight and firm, no muddy taste and is great in the skillet. If the meat is soft and loose, it is great for the smoker only.
I have found this to be true no matter what time of year, although in the heat of the summer most of the filets are soft rather than firm. Just my 2 cents
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#69401 - 01/27/03 04:24 PM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Spawner
Registered: 05/02/01
Posts: 762
Loc: Silver Star,Mt
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Thank's for the milk idea,but I don't keep fish any more. I just keep throwing them back to see if they will get any bigger.
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#69402 - 01/27/03 06:03 PM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Registered: 07/04/99
Posts: 727
Loc: tacomca,wa,pierce
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i have had steelhead out of the grand ronde that also taste muddy so not too sure it is the food the fish eats,it has not been many of the fish just a few
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#69403 - 02/11/03 06:01 PM
Re: why do they taste MUDDY?
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Smolt
Registered: 07/29/02
Posts: 87
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If they're hatchery raised trout, isn't the pelletized food making them taste sort of muddy as well?
Every lake stocked rainbow I've caught tastes kind of like mud, even if it's early in the season. Silvers on the other hand don't taste at all like they've been fed pellet food for obvious reasons.
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