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I live about a mile away from the blue, where that fish was caught. They feed off mises shrimp that come out of the dam. I drive over the river everyday, and I've NEVER crossed it without seeing fishermen. It's nuts. However, the fish have magnifying glasses, and I bet that one in the pic has been caught at least 10 times in his lifetime. Catch and release waters are a great thing. BTW folks, trout are native, and steelies are simply ocean rainbows that swim into freshwater.
Haha, I lived on the bank of that same exact spot too. I'm thinking he's talking lower down on the Eagle though. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
24 inch Brown but your pics make mine look like a baby.
Holy shit - I've fished with a lineup of prolly 30 people at the mouth of the Green - right by the Green River Inn or something. Biggest fish I ever saw caught there was maybe 12 inches. This whale must've gotten bored feeding in the Lake and gone to see what's up. Did the fishermen kill it?
Brett: The Sewage Treatment Plant next to the VA Mechanic's Garage had a couple of really great holes behind it. Same thing down by where I lived for a while - Intermountain by the bridge. I used to fish up by the plant while waiting for my GF to get off work at the Video Rental place that was across Frontage Road from it.
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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
Brown's, rainbows and brookies = non-native.
Dude - 100 years later they're as Native as you are.
Here's a photo of me releasing the largest brown trout ever... IGFA didn't qualify it as a world record because my leader was too long. Caught on a shimano tiagra 130 w/ 130lb test and 500 lb mono leader, using a large nightcrawler for bait.
My first girlfriend had a tongue like a trout.
re: steelhead. Lots o steelhead fishing on Lake Superior. Other than the girlfriend, my largest was a lake trout up in Ontario, about 8 lbs.
Biggest [B]TODAY[B] would be a 22" cotthroat on a #18 GRHE.
24" (guesstimate) Steelhead on a fly rod. That was some good times reeling that guy in
http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/200...es_t_57400.jpg
Taped at 24", sorry pics so small. Ate a #20 midge brassie.
8lb 8 oz. Rainbow. Can't remember the length but it was a football. Then several steelies in the 5-15lb range and then the occasional 20lb. Gotta love those Clearwater B run steelies.
I've got a Golden Hammerhead on my office wall that I caught off Miami Beach in 1980 when I was 11. It's a beauty. I didn't do shit except reel it in while the rod was attached to the rod holder.
My mom paid the captain $100 for my brother and I for a half day deep sea excursion. The swells were absolutely enormous and the only thing my older brother caught was a massive sunburn(as did I). He got seasick(what a pussy), started puking, and gave up the shark chair 20 minutes before we were going to turn around and head back to the marina and just after that it hit. When it landed it had the hook in its eye. Woa! I felt really bad for the shark but was stoked at the same time.
I'm psyched my mom decided to mount it at a cost of $486. It showed up at our house in Michigan in a big crate.
Regarding trout, the only one I've caught was my 12" trouser trout as it was released from my pants. Bwa!
The pictured fish measured 44" (I forget the girth) and was all fresh water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pow4Brains
And some of the RNP Colorado Cutthroats were stocked from California :fm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
yeah, nerds...cutthroat is the native trout in CO. wonder how much you tools would know without Google.....:rolleyes2
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Originally Posted by Pow4Brains
The title of the thread is biggest trout you ever caught. A steelhead is a trout. Therefore steelhead counts in this thread. Maybe next time say "biggest freshwater trout you ever caught"
Trust me bretts trout is way bigger than yours. Even in fresh water.
ever fished below the dam at Taylor? you can see those massive hogs in there. every once in a while, someone lays into one, and it's like someone hooked a duck. Lots of splashing and pretty damn violent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
If I’m not mistaken, a trout is fresh water, but a salmonoid, which the trout family belongs to, can be fresh or saltwater (anadromous). Brown, lake and brook trout are technically char.
The cutthroat is the only native trout to the US. But as Tipster pointed out, they have been around for a hundred years or so and where they reproduce naturally they are considered “wild trout.”
But who the fuck cares their all fun to catch………I retract my comment about the “only fresh water,” but wanted to see what was out there with the exclusion of fish like Kings and ocean going Char (those bastards can supersede 50 lbs!) If I ever get to an area where they can be found in good numbers I’ll be skiing not fishin’.;)
Just to clarify, and not meaning to give fish on’ spots away, that pig was caught below Green Mountain not Dillon and was most likely a stocked fish from the Jones ranch. It was caught on a caddis pupa (size 16) with 2x tippet and a 6 weight rod. Apparently, the thing really didn’t fight that hard, proly cuz it was so fat! The fish was released, hence the reason it’s been hard for him to prove the size and break the CO record.
Blurred-I have fished the Taylor, and have hooked a few of the “big ones”, but found it to be more a test of patience then fun (fuckers…..I guess we can’t win all the time. Although, isn’t that why we good back for more? Someday, someday….)
Nice brown Humble! Love to hook jaw. Get a graphite mount next time. They look real nowadays and the prices have come down significantly. That way you’ll give a sucka’ like me a chance at something like that by keeping it in the river.
LZ- In Canada? Nice feesih!
The barber was harping on two days ago about a 32lb rainbow he caught near where I live. At the time it was a record in the UK. I know the people that run the fishery and they told of how the thing was stuffed with junk and steroids before release...... not for me at all.
My biggest fish was in Scotland. Had walked into the hills and after about 6 miles hit the loch we were aiming for. A few hours in and my 4lb leader was at it's absolute limit. I landed the oddest looking brown trout I've seen. I later found out from the Factor that it was a Ferox. Apparently a deep water beasty that dines on nothing but other trout. It looked like it had wintered baddly and weighed in at 6lbs when its belly and tail splay suggested it could have been a lot more. I was contacted by the fisheries regulator and had to send the fish to them for research.
The day in the mountains was made perfect by two 1/2 lb browns that fought like rikki tikki tarvy and tasted perfect on the plate later that night.
In this picture, it's the top loch that I was fishing at.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/gshaw/7b.jpg
pike does not equal troutQuote:
Originally Posted by L7
While not a massive hog, this Cutty was pretty decent size. Probably the biggest I have brought in on my fly rod, 20" and 2.5 lbs
http://tetongravity.com/usergallerie...oungsCreek.jpg
Youngs Creek, Bob Marshall Wilderness
16 lb, 27 inch rainbow caught on Denny's Seal Bugger at Alder Creek Ranch
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall.../trout%201.bmp
I think Tap might be close! Nice Pig (rainbow)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tap
Who's got a Toad (brown) in double digits?