Lake Washington

[Salmonhawk]

After hopping on air for a quick visit with the fellas this morning I hit Lake Wa. for a couple of hours looking for some cutts. I put my gear down and immediately got hit by a nice jumping cutt off the back of the boat. As quick as it hit, it was gone. After seeing a few more jumping fish but not having any action I decided to switch from a cut plud to a herring strip on a wedding ring. Another 30 minutes go by and wham!, this dandy cutt made my day. This thing was ocean fresh with lice on it.

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[Jeff_e_d]

Holy smokes!!! How big is that guy? You've topped my best by a long shot. Nice fish.

[Mingo]

Man that trout is HUUUUUUUUUUGE!

Nicely done. Those are tasty smoked...............I'll bring the beer.

[Cosmic_Coho]

NIce Cutty Tobeck!!
Your Cougs may have got beat, but looks like you took it out on that trout just fine!
I can't believe your wife let you bring that thang into her nice kitchen though...
Really though, Great catch, save some for me!!

[Nelly]

That is one TOAD of a cutthroat!
I can't believe the wife let you clean it in the kitchen!

[Smalma]

Rob -
Congrats on a great fish - got to love the fish the big lake provides at time.

However I doubt the fish had been to the salt. While difficult to tell from the photo it looks to me that the "lice" are a freshwater parasite.

BTW -
Did you by chance check to see whether the fish had hyoid teeth - located on the base of the tongue - back where the gill slits start.

Tight lines
Curt

[Salmonhawk]

Rob -
Congrats on a great fish - got to love the fish the big lake provides at time.

However I doubt the fish had been to the salt. While difficult to tell from the photo it looks to me that the "lice" are a freshwater parasite.

BTW -
Did you by chance check to see whether the fish had hyoid teeth - located on the base of the tongue - back where the gill slits start.

Tight lines
Curt

I couldn't agree more about what that lake can offer, I sometimes wonder what is in there that we don't catch because we aren't targeting them. You could be right about the "lice", they did look a little different to me and yes, I did check for the teeth.

[Robbo]

Definitely a nice trout man. Do those things eat good?

[Salmonhawk]

Definitely a nice trout man. Do those things eat good?

I have smoked them in the past when I have kept one but this time I decided I would try one for the grill. I found the flavor to be very bland, it wasn't bad or fishy tasting but bland, I don't anticipate keeping one for any future grilling.

[Captain Morgan]

Nice job, That's a Piggy!
But don't eat too many of them!, the cutties in Lake WA have a high content of mercury in em.
They have warnings signs posted at some of the lakes ramps that tell you to limit your monthly intake.