Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I wanted to celebrate the successful first trout harvest the little man and I did!
Cleaning Our First Trout
Fish is one of the most popular foods throughout the world, and trout is definitely one of the most popular fresh water species of fish that people eat. We've been trying to accomplish this for a really long time, and we finally pulled it off the other day!
The little man and I have been getting back into the fishing season in a pretty fun way - by doing little fishing derby's for kids! It's great because I never got to do these things as a kid and they are a lot of fun, plus it teaches them a lot of good things in life like competition as long as it doesn't get too intense. The other nice thing about it was that we actually got to catch a trout finally! We've been trying for a few years to get one!
The tournament that we entered had stocked the little pond they had with a bunch of trout and held it for the kids. We didn't end up winning anything but it was good that we actually nagged a trout, one of the milestones I've been trying to accomplish with the little man for too long! We've caught most of the fresh water species of fish except for these things, but one thing we've never done is kept one of the fish that we caught!
The little man has been into survival type videos for years, he's really liked the Outdoor Boys, Adventure Agents and a few others that have really wholesome, family content for the survival situations. One of the things all of these shows do is catch fish, keep it and eat them! Catch and cook is what they title most of these videos and the little man has been really anxious to catch something that we can keep.
The important thing that we were missing was the right gear. Namely, something to keep the fish on! I got ourselves a few things set up; a bucket to keep it all in, a "stringer" they're called, where you loop it through the gills and into the mouth so that you can put the fish back into the water and keep it fresh, a cutting board and a fish carving knife. We took a trip to Wallymart and got the stuff ready before the adventure, and thankfully we did because we got something we needed to keep!
The sort of sad part about it is that the fish didn't survive, but that was namely because the people at the derby were SUPER SLOW and didn't record our darn fish for too long so it was stuck out in the air without a way to breathe so it eventually died.
Since it died, we figured it only makes sense to keep the thing! We were trying to find someone that wanted to keep it themselves but we were in kind of a rich area, and the people at the derby didn't look like they were "fish" people, most of them went with their kids just as something to do like the poor folk if I'm honest lol. They were nice enough but it was a little awkward with them dressed in loafers and expensive clothes, trying to pretend they are fishing with their kids lol.
We didn't find anyone to keep the fish, so we were certainly stuck with it now. We made sure to keep it in the water so that it was fresh until we got to our destination: the lake house! It was a pretty good setting to do it in because the place we went to was where people really do catch and eat the things they are catching lol so it felt right.
I haven't cleaned a fish in soooooo long! I did it a few times with my dad but damn was I way younger than now, it's gotta be 15 years or more since I cleaned a fish! I wanted to do it myself, with my little buddy, so that I could re-learn how to do it! I know that we did a few things wrong which is fine, considering it's my sons first time and my first time in a really long time but it was a great learning experience.
I took it also as an opportunity to show him and explain things about the fish. We saw the heart, the liver, the float gland, the intestines and the poop. We also saw that the fish had the bait we caught it with still in it's stomach, very partially digested. It was overall a really good time because he was very into it, learning what to do and what not to do. I was trying my best to guide him in the right direction while also learning myself. I know that we've got a long way to go before we get up to hunting deer but this was a great first step at cleaning something we actually caught!
We didn't get to eat the fish yet because we don't have a grill and my wife WILL NOT let us cook it in the house hahaha she hates the smell of fish which I don't necessarily blame her. So we've got it waiting in the freezer for when the camp officially opens up and we get the grill going again!
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Good stuff I can say many years ago I had a break in cleaning fish. It's take a little bit to get back in the routine, a few more fish it will all come back and seem easy 😊 🎣
Cheers thanks man! It's been a long time indeed but it was a great thing to get my son exposed to. He's a boy through and through, and these are skills I know he will use his whole life. Eventually we are going to step it up to small game hunting and grow from there.
Teach them young, as your father did you. Living off the land is an important life skill! Hopefully you cook or smoke the trout soon for your son to enjoy!
Your post brought back a ton of childhood memories to me. I never fully participated in the scaling and decapitation of all the fish we caught. My parents and brother joked that I was the family fish catcher, while they cleaned, and then all of us ate. Teamwork!
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That's awesome thank you for the support!
I am glad I unlocked some old memories for you, I did myself! I was thinking about it, it's easily been 20 years or more now that I think about it since we've caught and cleaned some trout. It's so important to have these skills! As my son gets older we are going to do more of this stuff, stepping up to hunting. Small game in a year or two then bigger game as he gets older. Living off the land as much as we can is important! It also helps balance things out - the deer population in some states is off the charts because the lack of hunting.
I miss fishing...
It's a little different in gator land - I saw a video the other day of a guy catching a good fish and a gator chasing the fish and then the dude trying to get it lol.
Fishing is definitely one of my favorite activities! Hopefully you get a chance to throw a few casts in the water! If you’re up in the New England area on one of your deliveries I can recommend a place or two, hell maybe even meet up for a bit of fishing action!
We just stocked our pond with Coy so maybe a little catch release here at home. I still have my old fishing poles and some tackle boxes. 👍
Heck yeah man! My kid would be pumped (until I cleaned it at least.)
Haha yeah it was great to get it and clean it as a team. It's one of those bonding experiences I've been looking forward to for a long time! Next step for us is to do some small game hunting. Rabbit first, then graduating to bigger game eventually.
Wow, it's cool that you got the fish you wanted, right?
Fish are in demand all over the world, because fish also have very different tastes.
I also really like fish.
Thank you for sharing here with us.
Yeah it was great to finally get a trout! I'm hoping eventually we can get some wild ones but that's in the future for now. Fish are indeed a great thing to have as a meal, they've got lots of nutrients in them! I wonder if the liver out of a trout tastes good, I know liver is very healthy for us. I take cod liver oil supplements myself.
It’s good that you were able to catch a trout. Wow. I’m shocked that your wife wouldn’t let you cook fish in the house😅
I hope you teach her how to eat fishes so she can know that fishes are very sweet
Haha yeah she doesn't eat it at all which is fine, I won't push her too hard! She's come a long way since I first met her :D
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