u/SadEnvironment5700

Hi there! I (F) grew up fishing with my dad, but he did most of everything besides cast and reel for me. I’m now taking my fiancé fishing with me in Colorado, far away from fishing with my dad. I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can, and minimize any damage done to the environment and fish as we figure it out, and we did trout fish as a kid but I have some questions!

If you’re keeping the trout for harvest, what do you do with it once you land it? We only fished rivers for trout, so I believe we just dispatched the fish immediately and carried it with us as we went along. When we went fishing in the Florida keys, we had a bucket of water and kept a few fish live (snapper and grunts I believe) until we decided which ones we wanted to keep at the end of the day. Some did get released back into the water if we caught something that looked better to keep.

I know trout are way more fragile, so I’m assuming that keeping them live until the end is not best practices?

We do have a stringer as well, but I’ve not used one before.

Do you just keep the ones that look good, and hope you don’t catch the best fish of the day last?

Thanks for any help or tips!

Hi there!

I just moved and am way closer to my local PF now, so I’ve been back to the gym again.

Monday and Friday I do a full body with 3 sets of chest press, shoulder press, leg press, row, and lat pulldown 8-15 reps each. I also walk/hike throughout the week for cardio.

Wednesdays I’m trying to target my back muscles. I have a bigger chest, I also have some stomach fat and I end up with a lot of back pain after longer hikes or being on my feet all day.

Im working on reducing weight in general, but I’m just wondering if yall have any ideas for exercises I can do at PF to target the relative back muscles?

Some days it’s upper back, some days it’s lower, some days it’s middle.

Right now I’m going with pec fly, rear delt machine, another 3 sets of rows.

I’m thinking about adding in face pulls.

I’d like to have about 4-5 total exercises. Any tips in how to approach the back efficiently and holistically would be amazing. Thank you!