Author Topic: New Ontario & Canadian Record Rainbow Trout (Read 5869 times)

Water Wolf · « **on:** Feb 27, 2006, 08:58 PM »

I just heard tonight on the local new about the new Ontario and Canadian record rainbow trout.
I though I would share the details with everyone.

Caught: Sept. 21st 2005

Length: 39:00 inches

Girth: 40.68 inches

Weight: 40.68 lbs.

Water Body: Lake Huron {McGregor Bay}

Closest Community : Little Current

Lure: AC Shiner

Here is a photo of the lady who caught it, her husband and her monster rainbow.

WW

coldbum · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:07 PM »

wow thats HUGE

lake snake · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:09 PM »

WOW! That is one impressive fish. Wish we had fish like that where I live.

fishnut · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:27 PM »

40 LB trout - that'd feel like a 100 pound Pike!

red_eyes · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:32 PM »

Holy crappppppp!

that things huuuuuuuuuuuge

hunter13 · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:39 PM »

wow that is one huge fish

big big rdg · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:50 PM »

40lb bow!!!! Biggest I caught was like maybe 3

fishnut · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 09:53 PM »

Quote from: big big rdg on Feb 27, 2006, 09:50 PM

40lb bow!!!! Biggest I caught was like maybe 3

Biggest I caught was maybe 1lb!

seaweed01 · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 10:49 PM »

Super, super fish!!

JiggerMan · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 11:00 PM »

thats a huge Bow..... I wonder if it got that big the same way the New york state record steelhead got as big as it was.

the new york rainbow was a sterile fish so it had no erge to go spawn and face the warriors of the streams. All it did was swim and eat and grow.

HMMM....

taxi1 · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 03:42 AM »

Quote from: Water Wolf on Feb 27, 2006, 08:58 PM

I just heard tonight on the local new about the new Ontario and Canadian record rainbow trout.
I though I would share the details with everyone.

Caught: Sept. 21st 2005

Length: 39:00 inches

Girth: 40.68 inches

Weight: 40.68 lbs.

Water Body: Lake Huron {McGregor Bay}

Closest Community : Little Current

Lure: AC Shiner

Here is a photo of the lady who caught it, her husband and her monster rainbow.
(Image removed from quote.)

WW

Are they distinquishing this "rainbow" from a steelhead or do they do that? Some states in the U.S. have rainbows and steelheads separate as records. I know my state of Indiana does.

reelbigfish · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 06:39 AM »

See what happens when you take a woman fishing.

Ted

crowkiller · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 08:00 AM »

now thats a trout, tred bartta would of got that fish with his hands or a knife

Deeker · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 11:10 AM »

Yep, that's HUGE!!....sure isn't a 40" girth though!

Caroga Kid · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 11:30 AM »

That is one Bad ass Trout...

Thats Huge for a laker Let alone A Giant Bow..

Adrock · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 11:32 AM »

Holy trout!! That thing is huge!!

fish boy · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 01:37 PM »

Chuck Norris has caught hundreds way bigger than that one.

Seriously, WOW! thats impressive

billybono · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 01:46 PM »

thats an awesome fish. i imagine a monster that size is lake run, hence a steelhead

Quote from: taxidermist1 on Feb 28, 2006, 03:42 AM

Are they distinquishing this "rainbow" from a steelhead or do they do that? Some states in the U.S. have rainbows and steelheads separate as records. I know my state of Indiana does.

billybono

Jim111 · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 03:04 PM »

I tried looking online for information on this "catch". Nothing. The "World Record" is on there, and it's 37 pounds and change. You mean a NEW world record fish was caught nearly six months ago, and it's just now being heard of?

?

taxi1 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 03:06 PM »

Quote from: billybono on Feb 28, 2006, 01:46 PM

thats an awesome fish. i imagine a monster that size is lake run, hence a steelhead

billybono

Probably but the world record brown came out of a little river in Arkansas and it was 40 lbs. 4 oz.

Here it is:

Kirk · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 03:51 PM »

i live here on ontario. im pretty sure that that fish was a farm grown fish which the ministry had set free... either way thats 1 helluva nice bow

taxi1 · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 03:58 PM »

Quote from: Kirk on Feb 28, 2006, 03:51 PM

i live here on ontario. im pretty sure that that fish was a farm grown fish which the ministry had set free... either way thats 1 helluva nice bow

Why are you pretty sure? Do you not believe they can grow that large in the wild or do you have specific information? Not trying to give you a hard time but I've see more than once when a record fish is caught there are folks that just can't believe it could grow that big outside of a hatchery.

I have grown out rainbows in my trout pond and I seriously doubt I could grow one that big even if I kept them forever.

Kirk · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 09:12 PM »

here read up on this bud

http://www.niagarafishing.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3747&hl=record+rainbow+trout

AD · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 09:38 PM »

Quote from: taxidermist1 on Feb 28, 2006, 03:58 PM

Why are you pretty sure? Do you not believe they can grow that large in the wild or do you have specific information? Not trying to give you a hard time but I've see more than once when a record fish is caught there are folks that just can't believe it could grow that big outside of a hatchery.

I have grown out rainbows in my trout pond and I seriously doubt I could grow one that big even if I kept them forever.

With the right genetics, and a few years of fiddling around I'd bet one could be grown in a hatchery. Trout like that can live what 40 + years?
Say you give a trout lots of cold clean water and a great DO, let it grow at prime conditions, eliminate all the bad factors, and enhance the good ones, like putting in a LHO system for even more air, and feeding them what they can eat and some good food, and sooner or later you are going to have some massive trout.
Im not saying that trout is a hatchery one, but Im just saying it could be done.

Either way (natural or stocked) that is a massive massive trout, one that will be remembered by those who caught it for a lifetime.

taxi1 · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 10:30 PM »

Quote from: Kirk on Feb 28, 2006, 09:12 PM

here read up on this bud

http://www.niagarafishing.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3747&hl=record+rainbow+trout

I'm sorry but I didn't see anything that said it was a farm raised fish.

taxi1 · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 10:36 PM »

Quote from: AD on Feb 28, 2006, 09:38 PM

With the right genetics, and a few years of fiddling around I'd bet one could be grown in a hatchery. Trout like that can live what 40 + years?
Say you give a trout lots of cold clean water and a great DO, let it grow at prime conditions, eliminate all the bad factors, and enhance the good ones, like putting in a LHO system for even more air, and feeding them what they can eat and some good food, and sooner or later you are going to have some massive trout.
Im not saying that trout is a hatchery one, but Im just saying it could be done.

Either way (natural or stocked) that is a massive massive trout, one that will be remembered by those who caught it for a lifetime.

40 plus years? I dont' think so. The average rainbow only lives 4 to 6 years and some die sooner and some live a little longer.

This is an anomaly even if it's a farm raised fish. All conditions had to be perfect and there was a genetic predisopostion for it to get that big. This grew fast from day one and also probably had a longer than typical lifespan. It may have been a triploid also.

Let me give you an example of how hard it is to grow giant fish even under perfect conditions. In the southern united states some researchers have been attempting to grow world record size largemouth bass by doing all of those things you are talking about. Guess what? Hasn't been done yet.

PGKris · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 10:54 PM »

Anomaly? Tell that to the Gerrard rainbows!

There are trout bigger than 40lbs in Kootenay lake. It's likely they will never be caught, same as 120 pound plus Chinooks in the Kitsumkalum

The Gerrards can live up to 20 years as far as I know. The steelhead that spawn in the Babine lake tribs have been caught between 15 and 20 lbs and are around 10-15 years old.
That rainbow is a hog. I would crap myself if I saw that heading for my boat!

taxi1 · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 11:11 PM »

I said typically. I'm sorry but 40 years is quite a stretch.

BTW "they are out there" sounds like fish story to me.

PGKris · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 11:23 PM »

I've weighed rotting 125 pound chinooks on the banks of the Kitsumkalum. They are out there. I hate saying it like that but they have to be.
By anomaly did you mean the age of the fish or its size? I thought you were referring to the size of it. I've never heard of rainbows living for 40 years. Seems impossible to me.
KRIS

taxi1 · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 01, 2006, 09:57 AM »

Quote from: PGKris on Feb 28, 2006, 11:23 PM

I've weighed rotting 125 pound chinooks on the banks of the Kitsumkalum. They are out there. I hate saying it like that but they have to be.
By anomaly did you mean the age of the fish or its size? I thought you were referring to the size of it. I've never heard of rainbows living for 40 years. Seems impossible to me.
KRIS

When i refer to anomaly I am referring to both longevity and genetics. To produce fish like this everything must be perfect and the odds of that happening are quite low.

I don't have a problem with Chinooks over 100 lbs. on the Pacific coast. However we aren't talking about chinoooks here.

I was not the one that said 40 years. You need to scroll back up and see who said that.

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Author Topic: New Ontario & Canadian Record Rainbow Trout (Read 5869 times)

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