The Quadfather
9/17/2012 7:47:00 PMI live just a few minutes from Bitter lake. I fish it ALL THE TIME. Was there sewage... YES, there was sewage. The problem according to the city, was taken care of.
Is the lake clean? Well, it's an urban lake, like Green lake, Lake Union, Haller lake, etc.etc. No, probably not clean by some standards...
I do not trout fish, I bass fish, and don't keep/eat the fish just because I like the chance of catching them again next year.
The trout in Bitter lake are not holdovers, they are dropped in... swim around a few weeks or month,, and you catch them to take home.
I would prob. eat one if it was surved to me, but then again, I just don't care about eating planter trout in general.
I don't expect you will die or anything.....
Take Greenlake.... people eat trout out of there everyday. People I consider intelligent friends... Then this week, another guy I know from another website, put out a report,,, that in the middle of his fishing... a dude woke up on the dock, and proceeded to drain himself into the lake via the dock. Between goose poop, human stuff, fertalizer run off, etc. All of these urban lakes are kind of a mess, but I don't think you will die from a planter trout living in the lake since the Spring plant.
Is the lake clean? Well, it's an urban lake, like Green lake, Lake Union, Haller lake, etc.etc. No, probably not clean by some standards...
I do not trout fish, I bass fish, and don't keep/eat the fish just because I like the chance of catching them again next year.
The trout in Bitter lake are not holdovers, they are dropped in... swim around a few weeks or month,, and you catch them to take home.
I would prob. eat one if it was surved to me, but then again, I just don't care about eating planter trout in general.
I don't expect you will die or anything.....
Take Greenlake.... people eat trout out of there everyday. People I consider intelligent friends... Then this week, another guy I know from another website, put out a report,,, that in the middle of his fishing... a dude woke up on the dock, and proceeded to drain himself into the lake via the dock. Between goose poop, human stuff, fertalizer run off, etc. All of these urban lakes are kind of a mess, but I don't think you will die from a planter trout living in the lake since the Spring plant.
getthefishy
9/17/2012 8:13:00 PMI've been fishing Bitter Lake and Green Lake since age 10, and I'm 31 now. I've been eating my catch the whole time, and have never gotten sick or felt ill afterwards. Maybe I'm nuts, but I think the fish taste better when caught yourself, even if they are planters.
getthefishy
9/17/2012 8:15:00 PMBTW, they're delicious! I pan-fry mine in a bit of butter, or even better, a bit of bacon fat. A bit of salt and pepper, toss 'em in the pan, cook until flaky...
fishingfiend1023
9/18/2012 8:38:00 AMThanks for the feedback! I'm new to fishing WA as I grew up in Oregon and where I lived there were no urban lakes. Still shocked at the fact that they were hitting while I was trolling red eggs. I've never seen/experienced that before, but I can't complain! I am thinking I'm going to give them a shot, and I might just try to bacon fat idea!