Author Topic: Huge Lake Trout on Champlain (Read 3646 times)

Jadler311 · « **on:** Mar 27, 2015, 09:25 AM »

Just read this in the Burlington Free Press...

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/life/2015/03/26/woman-catches-huge-trout-on-lake-champlain/70500126/

Check out the size of that monster!

wmhunts · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 09:35 AM »

Whoa baby!! Nice trout!! And she looks like a good catch to!

thefishingweatherman · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 09:37 AM »

That's my friend Kelly Brooks! Her, I, and another friend got 7 fish that day - hers was the biggest. Not the biggest fish in the lake at a little over 7 pounds and 31", but she was tickled pink! Biggest trout she had gotten, and she jigged it up after only 10-15 minutes on the ice!

Jadler311 · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 09:45 AM »

That is awesome!! Must have been a blast to jig that up! Great catch! Sounds like a perfect day to wind down the winter..

Lavman · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 10:06 AM »

LIKE

wmhunts · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 10:11 AM »

Jeez I think you guys are better at making fish look bigger on camera than I am, that's a feat! I've been practicing for years. Still a beauty fish! Nice work

thefishingweatherman · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 10:18 AM »

Quote from: wmhunts on Mar 27, 2015, 10:11 AM

Jeez I think you guys are better at making fish look bigger on camera than I am, that's a feat! I've been practicing for years. Still a beauty fish! Nice work

Haha yeah, looks bigger than it is.

mudchuck · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 12:02 PM »

Nice catch Kelly!

Lavman · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 12:37 PM »

Quote from: wmhunts on Mar 27, 2015, 10:11 AM

Jeez I think you guys are better at making fish look bigger on camera than I am, that's a feat! I've been practicing for years. Still a beauty fish! Nice work

I don't think so, your Great White is epic man

wmhunts · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 12:47 PM »

Quote from: Lavman on Mar 27, 2015, 12:37 PM

I don't think so, your Great White is epic man

Thanks I was dreaming about that one for a while!

ice fiend · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 01:36 PM »

She fished near me and her boyfriend I'm assuming today their still out there putting it to the whites I had to go to work 😢 otherwise I'd stl be out there got done at 1 with 100 pounds

fishingidjit · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 04:19 PM »

Nice trout and cute fisherlady!

icehooker802 · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 04:37 PM »

Cute for sure

pokholes · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 06:04 PM »

Nice Laker Kelly Congrats! Saw you out in the bay today pounding the whites.

salmon-egg · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 06:51 PM »

Nice laker

ice fiend · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 06:59 PM »

Quote from: pokholes on Mar 27, 2015, 06:04 PM

Nice Laker Kelly Congrats! Saw you out in the bay today pounding the whites.

where were you fishing I was out there as well pounding em

Troutmagnet · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 07:40 PM »

Quote from: wmhunts on Mar 27, 2015, 12:47 PM

Thanks I was dreaming about that one for a while!

And it turned out perfect! Really cool idea.

troutcrazy · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 27, 2015, 09:36 PM »

Oh wow, that's an impressive fish! I think my rotator cuff would complain if I held it out like that for the camera.

pokholes · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 07:22 AM »

Quote from: ice fiend on Mar 27, 2015, 06:59 PM

where were you fishing I was out there as well pounding em

Yeah, I was.

Eaglecrg · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 07:33 AM »

Really nice fish and congrats to the fisher lady. That fish looks skinny though. I usually figure a 30 inch laker in good condition should weigh 10 pounds. That being said, they can have over 3 pounds of food in their stomachs. Maybe it just hadn't eaten in awhile.

icehooker802 · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 08:40 AM »

Awsome job good fish, but i was annoyed when i saw this on the news and they were calling it huge, thats a average lake trout

pokholes · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 09:33 AM »

Quote from: ice fiend on Mar 27, 2015, 06:59 PM

where were you fishing I was out there as well pounding em

I did not get on the ice till 11:30 (had to work in the am) started north of the cluster fished till 4:00pm filled 1- 7gal. bucket.

Light liner · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 09:36 AM »

Nice fish good job by the angler and great job who ever took the pic.

Jadler311 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 10:04 AM »

Honestly, when I saw the picture I thought it had to be at least 15lbs. Either way, great catch and great photographer

icehooker802 · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 10:19 AM »

7lbs?

ice fiend · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 04:47 PM »

i filled a seven and two fives

VTMatt · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 28, 2015, 10:24 PM »

I've always found that lakers are very light for their lengths which is why that one was only 7 lbs. Depends on the feed as well. That monster salmon from the cowbanks would have been a new record had it been a pre-spawn fish.

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Author Topic: Huge Lake Trout on Champlain (Read 3646 times)