Sunday, November 26, 2017

A Nampa, Idaho man is still in shock after catching a rainbow trout in the Boise River weighing nearly 20 pounds



Art Butts, the restoration and conservation coordinator for Idaho Fish and Game, said he's never seen a fish this big in the Boise River.
"In all the fish I've handled, and every time we do a survey, we probably touch between 300 and 500 fish every time we do it," he said. "I've never touched a 30-inch long plus fish in my survey."
He said the typical size of a trout that most people catch in the Boise River is between nine and 15 inches long.
The fisherman, Jason Waidelich, used an ultralight reel with a four-pound test and a size eight hook; not exactly ideal for catching a nearly 20-pound fish.




3 comments:

  1. That is one heck of a rainbow trout (possibly the terminator of trout).

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    1. Once they get big enough, they just feast on all those 8 inch trout.

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  2. LOL, that guy is holding that enormous trout like it's nothing- but apparently I'm not the only one who thought about support: the ad in the sidebar is for an underwire bra!

    Not exactly the kind of ad I'd have thought of, as going with trout fishing!

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