Big Fat Stockers

[JackM]

They taste terrible. Why? Because they are bred to grow rapidly.

 

[Lkyboots]

Couldn't answer that they'd taste bad, it's been over 40 years since I've eaten a stocked Trout.lol Last Trout I ate was a 14 inch yellow bellied Brown Trout that tasted good.

 

[jifigz]

A big fat stockie is more fun to catch than a tiny slender one, right? And they don't taste THAT BAD! Kind of flavorless, really.

 

[Canoetripper]

I spend a lot of my time now catching big fat stockies. I release them though so I can catch them another day.

 

[jifigz]

Canoetripper wrote:
I spend a lot of my time now catching big fat stockies. I release them though so I can catch them another day.

Yes, me too. But every now and then I'll keep a fish here or there of any variety of species.

 

[poopdeck]

You gotta squirt more lemon on the big fattys.

 

[Out4Trout]

Fillet them fat boys and girls up and bread em in the air fryer. Add some seasoning and lemon and its all good. Nothing wrong with keeping a stockie or two for the table and I do it often as my wife and I both enjoy a trout dinner.

 

[PennKev]

Stocked trout have a swamp water thing going on in regard to taste. I've noticed the same flavor in farmed catfish.

Panfish are easy enough to catch, and plentiful so I keep those a couple times a year and enjoy them. Cleaning 30+ bluegill is a pain, but at least I know they won't taste weird. Perch and crappie are usually big enough that cleaning goes quick if I can catch more than a few of them.