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06-25-2012, 03:48 PM
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Best way to keep trout until you can clean them....
I caught some beauty lakers last weekend.
I had them in the livewell, with the recirc on the constantly. They were dead within half an hour. Belly up. Color was gone shortly after that. By the end of the day...stiff as a board. Meat was also very soft when I finally got to cleaning them. Surface water temps were ~72F...and I caught them 90 feet down....big temp difference. What the best way to go about storing them for the day until I get home to clean them. How can I keep them from losing their colors? Is there a way to get the colour back once its gone? Whats the secret to this? 
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06-25-2012, 05:02 PM
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06-25-2012, 08:00 PM
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The best way I found to keep brook trout from spoiling has been to keep them alive in a steel mesh bag hanging over the side of the boat or canoe. I let the bag hang about 2 feet below the surface of the water. When using baited hooks to catch the trout, I don't even bother to unhook the fish, I just cut the mono and remove the hooks when I clean the fish. I often check for any dead brookies in the bag. If there are, I wrap each fish in a few pages of newspaper and put the fish directly in or on ice.
If the large mesh bag is not a feasible solution, I immediately wrap each trout (alive) in newspaper and place them in or on ice. The humid newspaper prevents the trout from losing their colours. When creek fishing....nothing better than a real fishing creel. I soak the creel in the water and fill it with green leaves and green moss. I add brook trout to the reel and every once in a while, I dip the creel in the water to re-soak it. The evaporation creates a cooling process that is very effective.
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06-25-2012, 10:54 PM
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Always have a cooler in the boat sized for the fish you are catching.
Any time a fish is caught, toss it into the cooler. They will be just great after being hauled around for a day. Never use a livewell with any of the trout species. In the summer time with warm water, it is a good idea to use the ice filled cooler for any fish that you are going to keep. 70-80 degree water, whether fresh or recycled is not a good place to keep any fish. REW
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06-26-2012, 08:23 AM
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06-26-2012, 09:22 AM
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if space is a problem
in the summer I will fill my live well with ice jugs - drop in fish and once back to dock, have cooler in vehicle and transfer all fish and frozen/cooled jugs. If longer drive, stop for ice.
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06-26-2012, 09:20 PM
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