Caught my personal best brown trout out of a 10’ wide stream in CNY on Saturday – at 2:30pm! I got too excited to measure but I couldn’t believe it when I spotted it.
Most browns in this creek are 6-8”; this thing is a monster in comparison. I was actually fishing for shiners and chubs (bait lol) before this – so I landed it on a shiner sized hook! Based on my own hand I’m estimating this trout as easily in the 20”+ range and it’s been eating well!
I was going to keep it – but had a change of heart after a few pics. 2nd pic is after I released it 🙂