07-09-2018, 01:25 PM
I caught one just like that, as far as the meat color, several years ago at Flaming Gorge. I had never seen a Mackinaw with meat that color before and one of the guys on here explained it was caused by the diet of the fish. I guess from what he said, most Mackinaw switch over to a only eating other fish when they reach a certain size but some never switch and continue to eat freshwater shrimp, flies, etc. Mackinaw that never switch to a fish diet have that color flesh, those that do switch, their flesh is white, at least that was what I was told.
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