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big brown on the mississippi


trimbelle22

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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...

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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~

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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

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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....

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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.

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