friend just came back from washington state with a picture of this strange, to me at least, sign about the local fishery.

hahahaha, thats pretty strange bro..

LOL "Eat Rainbow Trout- It's Good"

lmao,  that needs to be sent in to jay leno

I have seen the carp sign numerous times, but i have never seen the trout sign. "Trout, its whats for dinner."

Funny picture.

Makes you wonder why people that see that carp sign would still go ahead and eat them. For that matter, why people would still eat trout from the same 'polluted' waters.

it has something to do with the way the chemicals get stored in the fish. I know carp and catfish have something about their biology that make them hold higher concentrations and of chemicals for longer time than other fish species. Something with their cells or something as far as I understand it...

poison...........poison..........................................tasty fish!!!!!!!!!!

(just reminded me of a classic simpsons quote )

It's all about pollution in the water that the fish are in.  The Illinois fishing digest details how often it's safe to eat certain species of fish from certain bodies of water.

Pages 43 through 46

http://www.dnr.state.il.us/fish/digest/09Digest.pdf