Steve Pope wrote:
> I might consider eating raw trout that was caught in a
> high mountain lake, above any possible cattle grazing
> or certainly human habitation, and preferably above tree-line.
>
> I would no way go near it raw if it came out of a low-country
> river or stream or lake. Anymore than I would drink untreated
> the water out of said source.
>
> Steve

In this thread it may be prudent an dinformative to look up the
following key words
Carp
Dyphyllobothrium
anisakiasis (simplex)
Diphyllobothrium reaction
Yomesan as a treatment
Tapeworm freshwater fish .

parasites such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Found in China but believed to have escaped to USA
and Aus
Clonorchis sinesis parasitic infection may cause such nasties
as meningitis accelerate some forms of cancer .

An ounce of common sense and prevention is often better than a ton of cure
HTH
P