I saw farm raised steelhead at QFC and, boy, were they ugly. Nevertheless, my curiosity won out and I bought some.

I took it home and cooked it up. My impression was that it tasted like **** - I could only imagine that short, fat fish with it beaten up fins as I choked down a few bites. It was bad, but it did not remind me of anybody's ex-wife (see post above).

I don't know how much of my reaction was psychological. Perhaps somebody less well versed in our sport would have found it tasty. Irrespective, I am not about to conduct that experiment on any of MY friends.

As for retail outlets selling supposed wild steelhead, this is a matter that the authorities should address. I hope the penalties for selling wild steelhead are stiff enough to prevent the retailers from risking a second offense.

If anybody knows the relevant laws on this subject, please could you post them.

Happy New Year to all and many thanks to Bob who does such a great job running this site and catching fish for his clients.

G-spot
Seattle