Many people here eat them, I actually don't like them out of Lake Erie. The big guys are just so oily ... once in a while I will keep a few of the stocked fish that the DEC puts in at the creeks that are away from Lake Erie. But the big Steelhead and Brown trout just have such a strong taste. I am not much of a fish eater to start with but I don't care for those at all. Normally I just look at them, talk to them and put them back in. I even crimp the barbs off my flies so I don't hurt em. Now back home in PA we would get the small native brook trout. Those are excellent in a pan ...