steelhead on a flyrod!!!

[waco]

No eggs on this fish!!

No eggs on this fish!!

after cutting this fish open i found out that it didn't have any eggs!!!! it was bright but meat not very red!!!! i guess already spawn or a recycled fish!!!! but idk it was too bright for a recycled one!!!

 

[brandon4455]

it was headed back to the ocean i am guessing?

 

[Moe]

sweet fish man, bet it felt great getting it on the fly rod.

 

[metalfisher76]

after cutting this fish open i found out that it didn't have any eggs!!!! it was bright but meat not very red!!!! i guess already spawn or a recycled fish!!!! but idk it was too bright for a recycled one!!!

Yeah, I didn`t want to bum ya out and call it on here. Look at yer pic. You`ll notice your hand up behind the gill plate is sunk into the fish quite a ways. Tall tale sign of no eggs or very few left. Gotta brine `em up purty heavy and toss em in the smoker. Still good munchies on the water