Trout Photo Gallery

[Driftless]

have never seen a small stream trout release photo that looks like this.

The thing looks like a muskie.

[Driftless]

an after thought Mark just sent me this other one he caught this morning?

[Driftless]

Another beast from Wisconsin from Crawford County Sunday morning.

[goblueM]

Finally got my Driftless trout fishing fix, made me miss it even more. About 10 hours of fishing, we stopped taking pics of 14-16 inch browns, must have caught about 40 of em in that size range. We were really hoping to crack 20 inches, but came just shy with a 19 3/4 and a 19 1/2. And a couple 18s. Lost a 23 or so inch pig at the net when it bent the hooks out, was pretty devastating.

[ted4887]

Wow, that's a banner day Blue. Driftless fishing at it's best. Congrats

[DARK30]

Yup, I'm gettin the itch.

[JIvers]

Very nice fish!

[itchmesir]

Wow! You're my boy blue!

[hookncook]

Blue's really puttin the hurt on those bigs! Good to see others posting their catches here.

[Scott M]

blue proves that paying hookey pays off

Didn't you also say that you got a couple of those on back to back casts?

[goblueM]

I don't know what you're talking about, I was very responsible

Yeah at one point I caught 4 fish in 5 casts, although one was a dirty ol smallmouth bass

[hookncook]

I know a girl on facebook that constantly catches monster trout. I ask her to share her photos here or in another forum I visit; but she's too modest. She just wants to fish. There are some big 'uns out there.

[Driftless]

Buddy Al Macey caught these two this afternoon in the bright sunlight

Both on the black wooly bugger with the gold ribbing. Cellphones in bright sunlight don't mesh well.

[Jospeh]

[Odonata]

That's a stud brown LHarris, nice colors and kype.

[Antero]

For the most part my Colorado stream trout season is over, I have October commitments that will keep me off the water. I do hope to get out a bit but the later in the yr it gets the less water I will have to target. The following for those interested is a brief review of the yr,

Last winter we had very little mountain snow, that coupled with hardly any rain resulted in very low stream flows and yr long crystal clear, warm water. This made it tough for me. I caught lots (over 450) of trout, mostly small, real small. I did manage to catch some quality fish on the Frying Pan, the Roaring Fork, the Crystal, the Taylor and the Arkansas Rivers. My home stream, the South Platte was pathetic for me. In past high water yrs I have caught many 20" plus fish here , this yr? None over 16. To say the least, depressing. This I blame on the lack of water, right now there is no spawning run as in past yrs.

Finally my wife and I did get to the Arkansas the last couple of days, we caught 73, 1 rainbow, the rest brownies. Most were quality Ark fish, between 13 and 15 inches with a few a bit bigger. We were in Big Horn Sheep canyon so the scenery was as spectacular as the fishing.

Congrats to all on their success this yr and to those who struggled good luck next yr. By the way I fished the driftless area of Wisconsin for many yrs and i do not recall as many big fish as you folks are catching now. Good job!

[DonBo]

Nice fish and photos guys. I'll be headed to the Black Hills soon and hope to get into some nice ones myself. Looking at your photos are getting me excited about my own trip.

[Jospeh]

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[Driftless]

[Driftless]

Toad my buddy Derek caught last fall.

It is small stream brown.

Caught on a bugger.

[WallyGator12000]

Here's a 23" Rio Grande cutthroat I got out in Colorado last spring.

[ted4887]

Wow, that's a beautiful fish WallyGator

[itchmesir]

Time for us to head to Colorado Ted

[ted4887]

My bags are already packed.

[Driftless]

22 incher and 27 incher are being mounted on a 360 mount as I type.