Posthole the guy I fish for Stripers with tells me there is a "red" meaty streak in the fish you have to get out while cleaning it. The white meat according to him is great as long as you get that part out. IDK? Never tried one. I just like to catch em and chunk em back.
On a side note to that, every time I release one I cut a notch on the bottom of the tail and my buddy cuts a notch on the top of the tail. You would be surprised how many fish we catch back in the same year. And many times we catch a fish back that we BOTH have marked....
Sorta a fun thing to go. I yell at him if gets one with my mark and tell him he's not suppose to catch "my" fish...

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