Author Topic: Ever catch a rainbow this fat? (Read 9298 times)

IceFish4 · « **Reply #30 on:** Dec 21, 2006, 05:15 AM »

Quote from: taxidermist1 on Dec 20, 2006, 08:52 PM

You do realize the arctic char he has up there get much larger than your small landlocked char on a regular basis right?

I certainly do.

taxi1 · « **Reply #31 on:** Dec 21, 2006, 05:21 PM »

Quote from: IceFish4 on Dec 21, 2006, 05:15 AM

I certainly do.

I figured you did so I hope you weren't offended by my comments.

fish-slayer · « **Reply #32 on:** Dec 22, 2006, 03:25 PM »

Those are some big fish good job keep them coming.

brown-time · « **Reply #33 on:** Dec 27, 2006, 12:51 AM »

I caught this one last spring in a local tournament. It's not the giants from above but I'd say it was eating well.

taxi1 · « **Reply #34 on:** Dec 27, 2006, 08:46 AM »

Yeah that's a chunky! Any idea what strain it is? Kamloops?

brown-time · « **Reply #35 on:** Dec 27, 2006, 08:21 PM »

Just a regular McClelland rainbow, very commonly stocked here in Western Colorado. The lake has lots of minnows, shrimp, big crawdads etc.

taxi1 · « **Reply #36 on:** Dec 27, 2006, 11:03 PM »

Quote from: brown-time on Dec 27, 2006, 08:21 PM

Just a regular McClelland rainbow, very commonly stocked here in Western Colorado. The lake has lots of minnows, shrimp, big crawdads etc.

What is the biggest you've seen or heard of out of that lake?

brown-time · « **Reply #37 on:** Dec 27, 2006, 11:58 PM »

It's a small lake and the fish don't live that long, only about six years. My biggest rainbow there was 26 inches/8 lbs, that's the biggest I've seen and the biggest the DNR officer had ever seen in 20 years, but rumors to 10 lbs. My wife caught a 10# brown there back when they still stocked a few in the 80's.

taxi1 · « **Reply #38 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 12:10 AM »

Quote from: brown-time on Dec 27, 2006, 11:58 PM

It's a small lake and the fish don't live that long, only about six years. My biggest rainbow there was 26 inches/8 lbs, that's the biggest I've seen and the biggest the DNR officer had ever seen in 20 years, but rumors to 10 lbs. My wife caught a 10# brown there back when they still stocked a few in the 80's.

Actually six years is not bad. I"ve seen a lot of data that shows in most lakes 3 to 4 years is it for rainbows. Browns sometimes live longer. Brooks sometimes last only a couple of years after planting.

brown-time · « **Reply #39 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 11:46 AM »

Thanks, Taxi, that's some good info. Here's one I caught a few minutes later the same day.

taxi1 · « **Reply #40 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 12:50 PM »

brown-time,

Do these triploids color up at all more than the pics as in spawning colors? I assume they are not only triploids but all females correct?

brown-time · « **Reply #41 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 07:23 PM »

These were females full of eggs and were immediatley returned. They use very few triploids in Colorado from my understanding in talking to the fish biologist here.

taxi1 · « **Reply #42 on:** Dec 29, 2006, 05:06 AM »

Quote from: brown-time on Dec 28, 2006, 07:23 PM

These were females full of eggs and were immediatley returned. They use very few triploids in Colorado from my understanding in talking to the fish biologist here.

I just realized I got you confused with the other thread titled "rainbows," sorry! A poster there was talking about triploids.

taxi1 · « **Reply #43 on:** Dec 29, 2006, 07:42 PM »

Quote from: jigmaster5000 on Dec 29, 2006, 11:59 AM

No, I have not.

PondPro · « **Reply #44 on:** Dec 31, 2006, 02:04 PM »

here are some of the fat trout i caught.

taxi1 · « **Reply #45 on:** Dec 31, 2006, 02:36 PM »

Nice fish Pondpro! Looks like you have something on the shelf right behind you that makes you look like you're wearing a skull cap.

jflood · « **Reply #46 on:** Dec 31, 2006, 03:37 PM »

pondpro did you ice those today

PondPro · « **Reply #47 on:** Dec 31, 2006, 08:11 PM »

i caught them in the spring.

edp13 · « **Reply #48 on:** Jan 04, 2007, 05:52 PM »

those trout are awesome

POk3s · « **Reply #49 on:** Jan 07, 2007, 02:49 AM »

Never caught/seen one that big...beautiful mount.

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