Cutthroat Trout, Rocky Mountains

[Gravel Gertie]

This week my DH and I took our "toys" east of Jackson Hole into the Gros Ventre Mountains to do some fishing and gold prospecting. (Yes, we did find a little gold). But even better, we got our limit of Cutthroat Trout. They didn't last long as we cooked them for our supper. Yum, yum! The limit is 3 cutthroat trout per day per person. The largest one I am holding up in this picture is just over 14 inches.

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[mmcan]

Mouth watering!

Ya'll are livin the dream!

[CAOKKIE]

It's good to see people enjoying life and having fun.:clap::clap::clap:

[only_in_my_jeep]

OMG, Now more than ever do I feel the need to head to the NC mountians and do a little trout fishing. I need the cool water to revive my soul and spirit and the trout (wraped in foil and placed in a bed of coals) for my body.

[Brad2893]

Nice string! I used to live in Alberta and went as much as possible. Love those eastern cutties!

[Dizzyliz]

Very nice :yup:

How did you cook them?- I think my way is getting rather boring.

[CIJeep]

Very nice! Have any pics of the "color"?

I've been wishing I was back up there, this drives the desire even harder. Maybe next year.

[Gravel Gertie]

Very nice! Have any pics of the "color"?


Sorry, I didn't think about how I was holding the fish. I just grabbed both ends of the stringer and held them up as my DH snapped the picture. We plan on doing more fishing soon and I will try to take better pics of the trout. We usually do most of our fishing in the Fall. There are fewer fishermen on the rivers and streams due to the fact the tourists are mostly gone except for leaf "peepers", and local folks are hunting then.

As for cooking them, I like simplicity. I shake them in a bag of flour and fry them in a pan with a little salt and pepper (sometimes a squirt of lemon juice). They are so sweet tasting (no "fishy" taste at all) that I hate to mask the flavor with all kinds of spices. OMG, my mouth is watering. I guess I know what I'm doing on my next days off. :D

[Dizzyliz]

As for cooking them, I like simplicity. I shake them in a bag of flour and fry them in a pan with a little salt and pepper (sometimes a squirt of lemon juice). They are so sweet tasting (no "fishy" taste at all) that I hate to mask the flavor with all kinds of spices. OMG, my mouth is watering. I guess I know what I'm doing on my next days off. :D

I've only pan fried cat fish & I have always grilled my trout (stuck in a rut)
:hmm:... but I'm getting tired of the same old.
Gravel Gertie, you have shown me the light and I am trying something new :brows:

Thanks :)

[TripleJeep_99]

Nice pan fryers!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Did you catch them using a fly rod????

[Gravel Gertie]

Nice pan fryers!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Did you catch them using a fly rod????

We do a lot of fly fishing and even tie our own flies. However, since this was our first time fishing this year I was determined to have a nice fried trout meal that evening soooooooooo..........shhhhh.......don't tell anyone. I dug some worms from my flower garden before we left home. A gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do. :synister:

[Brad2893]

mmmhmmm... I remember using a killer combo for rainbow trout: worms and mini marshmallows. I honestly didn't realize there was a bait ban on that lake till a few weeks later when a buddy told me.

That was after I pulled out the 6-pound, 24'' torpedo!!!


Life is good!

[Dizzyliz]

mmmhmmm... I remember using a killer combo for rainbow trout: worms and mini marshmallows.




That is mostly what we use (though for me lure fishing is more fun).
--->We blow up the worms and use the rainbow powerbate marshmallows.

[only_in_my_jeep]

Gertie, when "meat" fishing I use my flyrod with about an 8' leader and a small circle (I use circles 99% of the time) just below a small pinch on sinker (to get it down I mean small). I take either a garden worm or half a night crawler and hook it up. I work it just like you would a nymph letting it tumble downstream.

BTW use of the circle hook prevents deep hooking the trout so I can release any trophy sized fish as well as small ones unharmed.

[ShadedOutDoors]

Awesome catch love the color on the big one. native trout are beautiful wish you had more closeups. I have yet to see a cut throat in person. I do love to trout fish though not to big into eating them just don't care for it I dunno maybe I havent cooked em right. Im more of a catch and release kinda guy.