Big Fish Story

[Chad711]

http://www.performanceflyrods.com/fishstory/bigfish.html

From another site, real?

[Neighbor]

Sure. Why not

[Renneberg]

WOW! I wish the dnr would stock bull trout in mn streams!

That story looks to be true, but I find it hard to believe that he didn't want to fish for the bull trout. I would of through on the biggest lure I had on me a fished for it.

One thing that seems really odd is that while all this is happening he take out camera to take pics of the attack?

[traveler]

Now thats a trout! I'd have been throwing the biggest thig I could find at him, thats for sure. As for the pic's, I often have my camera slung around my neck when I'm walking a stream, so I guess taking those shots would occur to me. Especially since he knew he wasn't actually going to land the bull and the pics were the only way to capture the moment. What a great experience though, one of those "once in a blue moon" things that happen when you spend a ton of time on the water.

[Aj10]

Wow!thats a beast

[huskminn]

We could never stock bull trout here...unfortunately the water is too warm and not clean enough. If I'm not mistaken, I think they are a char, like brookies and lakers. Bull trout populations are in trouble in almost all the western waters that they inhabit, so seeing this big one must have been a real treat.

I have taken photos of trout finning in shallow waters while I've been wading. Most of them have been the fish that I just released and they moved to the first quiet water to recuperate.

[wall-i-king]

I would guarantee that is a real story. I have spent a lot of time out in Montana fishing trout. I even got a bull that was about 33 inches. I was about 16 and all by myself without a camera, and in most of Montana it is illegal to fish for them and if you catch one you have to immediately put it back in the water. (that is probably another reason he didn't think of trying to catch that fish). So I caught a monster probably not quite that big but a big one none the less and all I have of it are the memories. The bull trout in my mind is the hardest fighting stream trout out there.

keep fishin'

wall-i-king