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I've always saw these fish being caught on fishing programs, very nice looking fish they are. Do any of you guys eat them?

We had one cooked for us on a fishing trip once (it was a C&R river but this one got very deep hooked) and I was sceptical before trying it, but I have to say it was delicious.

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Lovely fish used to have quite a few on the Little Ouse, I could catch 20 in a evening. pb was a massive 2.2lb caught some lads livebaiting them for pike once, they seemed to not know any better! We had a chat.

Grayling stock disappeared over a couple of years, I wonder why?

 

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I've always saw these fish being caught on fishing programs, very nice looking fish they are. Do any of you guys eat them?

 

 

When I used to help electro fish the local trout streams they were taken out and Knocked on the head..

 

They have a delicate white flesh and are probably the best eating freshwater coarse fish. I catch quite a few in the Coln, Upper Thames and Windrush when I am fly fishing but they always go back.

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When I used to help electro fish the local trout streams they were taken out and Knocked on the head..

Times change, I understand they were treated like vermin in the past, now some fishery owners sell grayling days when the trout season ends to keep a bit of money coming in over the winter months. The ones I have caught seem to fight like a fish of twice their weight, especially in fast running water - I assume they are putting that dorsal fin to good use.

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