big brown on the mississippi

[trimbelle22]

I caught a 23.5" brown on the mississippi last weekend. I was fishing for walleyes from shore at the mouth of a small trout stream when it took my perch colored shad rap. I thought i snagged a redhorse or something, but when i got it closer i couldnt believe it. i was by myself, but i got some pics and then watched it swim away.

i'll try to post the pics, i'll have to figure out how to do it...

[trimbelle22]

[The_Lee]

Where did you catch this at?

[Katman]

well I'll be darn.... Great catch!

[trimbelle22]

i caught it near my home around prescott, wi

[sparcebag]

When I was a youngster and a creek had raw sewage flowing into it we always said those were brown trout.I guess its alot cleaner water nowadays

[slipperybob]

At this time of the year, the trout can be found in the main river as the snow melt water is pretty good clear condition and favorable for trout.

[PierBridge]

Fantastic......

[tunrevir]

Nice catch, I have heard a few guys catching browns in the river in the spring but that was a tugboat of a fish and definately a trophy in these parts! Congrats on the catch and thanks for sharing the pics with us all.

Tunrevir~

[The_Lee]

Ok, cool. It really is a beautiful fish.

[Cooter]

Heckuva fish you got there....a St Croix n Shimano combo? Good stuff.

[Catfishunter]

It was still alive when you let it go, it's looking down. you never know what you will get in the river. Nice fat fish.

[trimbelle22]

here is the fish swimming away, i realize the second picture doesnt make the fish look the liveliest, but trust me it was in good shape. i made sure of that.

[DEADhead]

great catch trimbelle22!

[DeanoB]

Nice brown, bet that was a surprise to see a fat brown at the end of your line!

[Ice-9]

Big browns love a crankbait. Meateaters all. will likely work up his home creek only when the river warms up uncomfortably, cutting a swath through the little guys, feeding at night. Though that fish doesn't have big water coloration--still pretty dark. That's how they get to be 23" long.

Nice fish.

ice

[Scott M]

Wow, nice fish. Congrats!!!

[trimbelle22]

So a couple of nights ago I was fishing walleyes on the mississippi in almost the exact same spot that I caught that trout about a month earlier. I was using a jig and a crawler and had caught a few bass and sheepshead when all of a sudden i had a really good hit. I thought it was a nice walleye and then i saw some redish/brown fins near the water and I was almost certain it was a carp. Then it hit the surface and I saw it was another monster brown trout. I couldnt believe it! It took me nearly 5 minutes to land the hog because he kept making runs in the current. When I got it in I was almost certain that it was the exact same fish that I had caught about a month earlier. This time I was with someone so they could take a picture of me with the fish and got a little more accurate messurement (just over 23 1/4, so almost 23 1/2).

catch and release works wonders....

[goblueM]

Might be just me, but the jaws/head look different. The first one looks like a hen to me, then the second one has a longer, more hooked jaw

[so haaad]

That's awesome. Nice fish...again! Looks like the spot patternss match up on both pictures.

[trimbelle22]

thats what i looked at was the spot patterns. after comparing those, I was almost certain that they were the same fish. The jaw might just be due to how the mouth is open and the angle.

[The_Lee]

Congrats man... That had to be one [PoorWordUsage] of a feeling seeing another nice brownie on the end of your line.