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.
That is one heck of a rainbow trout (possibly the terminator of trout).
ReplyDeleteOnce they get big enough, they just feast on all those 8 inch trout.
DeleteLOL, 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!
ReplyDeleteNot exactly the kind of ad I'd have thought of, as going with trout fishing!