What A Day!!!

[lavaman]

Excellent post and pics LOAH! You are the master of them trout. And a true inspiration to those of us who can't get out to a river or lake very often.

well done my friend.
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[DKStroutfitter]

Nice to see a report from LOAH.
Well done my friend.
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[PBH]

[quote Saltslam]It takes so long for them to get that big I enjoy letting the swim in hopes of catching them again.[/quote]


Actually, it doesn't. Large fish are not the product of "old age". Rather, large fish are the product of fast growth.

Look back at LOAH's pictures. He shows a picture of a handful of amphipods (scuds). Those fish are gorging on amphipods - which means they are growing FAST. When fish grow fast, they get large.

There is a reason why those lakes produce big fish, and it is not because the fish are old and took a long time to get big.
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[Joe_Dizzy]

Simply amazing! Thanks for the story and the pics/videos.

Yeah, trout on a shrimp diet grow big and fat in a hurry. Amazing what a little fertility will do for a fishery.
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