Taylorsville lake Question

[usmc_0311_hunter]

i have trolled tville probaly 20 times and i all iever caught was hybrids no stripers but man they get big i hooked 1 one time and killed the motor and thought i was snaged for sure after tugging for a sec it took off man that was one hel of a fight it probally weighed around 15lbs i took it home and cooked half of it for dinner for 6 ppl and it tasted like mud we all threw it away i didnt know about the mud veins in the big ones the hybrids have more of a higher humped back and smaller mouths than strippers

[crappiepappy]

All that Taylorsville lake has in it are Hybrid Stripers & White Bass .... NO Stripers !! And YES ... if you intend to cook/eat them ... remove all the red meat off the sides (fillet them) !! That goes for White Bass, too !! They'll have a much better taste, and won't have that strong "fish" (mud?) taste to them.

Creel limit is 15/person/day ... no size limit, except that no more than 5 of the 15 can be longer than 15"

... pappy

[KYCatfish]

I caught 5 hybrids today....first time ever trolling. In regards to the red meat....seems like half the filet is red meat. Is this normal? I don't have much and if I trim it off, I may as well toss the rest.

[crappiepappy]

I caught 5 hybrids today....first time ever trolling. In regards to the red meat....seems like half the filet is red meat. Is this normal? I don't have much and if I trim it off, I may as well toss the rest.

That's usually relative to the size of the fish. But, yeah ... try & get as much red out as possible, still leaving a fillet big enough to fool with. The "red" meat is generally just a layer over the side fillet ... so don't think you have to cut the red out by cutting out the whole center section of the fillet. Slice it off in layers if you have to ... and don't expect to get ALL of it off.

I've heard that soaking the fillets in milk will help diminish the heavy taste of whatever little red meat is left on the fillets.

And remember ... we ain't talking about Crappie or Bluegills here. We're talking Hybrids, and they're going to be a stronger tasting fish, even without the "red meat".

... pappy

[james_677]

I caught 5 hybrids today....first time ever trolling. In regards to the red meat....seems like half the filet is red meat. Is this normal? I don't have much and if I trim it off, I may as well toss the rest.

You could always just release them alive and hope to see them next time......

[GreenRiverWildMan]

The easiest way to tell the difference between a hybrid and stripped bass is the hybrid will have pronounced BROKEN lines. Check this picture out, the white bass is on the top, stripped bass in the middle and the hybrid of the two on the bottom. Notice the the disconnected lines on the hybrid
http://www.stripers247.com/images/hybrid_difference.jpg

I should add, that it is easy to tell the difference between a white bass and a hybrid by the coloring. A hybrid will have a very dark back while a white bass is very light.

All that said, it can be hard to tell the difference between the three in juveniles, but in that case you'd be throwing them back anyways.

[ErikSmith]

I caught and filleted some hybrids a few days ago. I didn't bother with cutting out the red meat. They tasted just fine. I fried them with a catfish and some bluegills, and I couldnt tell that much of a difference between them all. I dont think I will bother with getting rid of the red meat for a hybrid anymore. On a related note, my filleting skills are getting better.

[rcr_1983]

When we catch big hybrids and stripers, I always try to cut out any red meat on the fish. I use a electric fillet knife, so it's best if you leave a little bit of meat between your fillet and the skin. That will eleminate alot of the red meat. Then cut the main red strip out in a v shape and you wont loose much meat. Try them grilled with a little lemon. They are tasty that way.