Agreed. Chunk the fillets into 1" cubes; boil in Sprite until they float; and sauté them in butter and lemon juice...poor man's lobster.
So I did the boil in sprite thing but then I deep fried them in a beer batter and it was very good...
The best eating are in the slot limit. That's why I stay away from Sebago. They over look the fishermen that eat their catch . They say too many togue in the lake So they let the bigger ones with the capabilities of producing more spawn stay. makes a lot of sense.
TightLinesMaine You believe a 19" fish carries more spawn than a 28" fish ? Once a fish get at slot size or bigger they carry more heavy metals MERCURY ETC.
Sorry, I should've worded that better, what i meant is DIFW's research shows the highest frequency spawners are lake trout around 19" to 22". I did not mean to imply a 19" female lake trout carries more eggs than a 28" lake trout."Mean length of spawning lake trout has varied very little over the years, ranging from between 20.7 to 21.5 inches long."-DIFWHence why they have the slot in place, the DIFW is encouraging anglers to kill the togue under 23", as that size class are the ones that are observed spawning most frequently.See for yourself to see what i mean; chart 10, on page 10 in link below:https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/fisheries-reports/2014/sebagolake.pdf