Can You Eat Sea Trout

The mayfly hatch on my local river the Taw can run from the second week of May until mid June.

Can you eat sea trout. This works really well with the first run of the bigger sea trout and I have seen fish as big as 8lb rise to the French Partridge of someone I was guiding only to snap the 5lb tippet like cotton. If you want to take shellfish from any public waters its important that you check local notices or with your local authority that the area isnt closed to fishing. Avoid frozen trout thats in a damaged package or has visible ice crystals.

Most anglers refuse to take sea trout that have spawned because their meat is inferior and dry. For less fat saturated fat and cholesterol choose a preparation method such as broiling poaching or steaming. Egg size can also vary but in general larger older sea trout will produce more and larger eggs and hence these are the most valuable fish to returnand not take home to eat.

This is video posted by Southern Coastal Cooking tm. Sewin generally refers to smaller sea trout up to around 30 40 cm in length. Better than Pacific salmon or sea bass.

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council sea trout may contain high levels of mercury and should be eaten only occasionally by certain people. In the South sea trout is traditionally served battered or breaded and deep-fried. The sea trout starts at 323.

First read this guidance on avoiding parasites if you want to eat your own catch of Atlantic salmon and sea trout. Shows you how fry up some sea trout Mississippi style. Sea trout is occasionally available to.

Sea trout is available both whole in fillets and in steaks both fresh and frozen. Read your local byelaws for the local daily limit of salmon and trout you can take. Mississippi Fried Speckle Trout.