took a hike on a section of stream ive never fished before. i caught 3 or 4 small rainbows and browns, all let go to fightr again. got about 2 miles in, very little fishing pressure, missed a nice brown trout about 20 inchs and was beating myself up, cast up stream in s deeper pool with some current moving, hooked up with almost felt like a rock but it swam up towards the surface when i saw the belly and knew it was a large fish then turned sideways and i realized it was a golden trout, 5 mins later without a net i got my fingers in its gills and landed her. 2nd biggest trout ive caught to date, she measured 25 inchs, and was over 6 pounds probably closer to 7. let me tell you a long walk out carrying the heavy fish. wish i had my flyrod with me instead, first time i took my spinning rod out in 2 or 3 weeks.
P.s. my biggest brown is a 28 inch monster brown. weighed in at 9 pounds.
P.s. my biggest brown is a 28 inch monster brown. weighed in at 9 pounds.
