Saturday, July 25, 2009

trout porn!

check out this beauty i dredged up yesterday - 22" with a guesstimate of around 6lbs - it had some serious heft. i also got a 17.5"er that was damn nice, and Petito & Barry got allot of dandy 11-15"ers and Petito had a real trophy right up to the net when the knot busted......glory conditions, too. downright glassy at times.
this shows some of the mass of this fish - that's a 32 quart cooler! i had just said "man, we're DUE a 20+" trout this year! quite the fine day boating with guys i've know for 20yrs. Steve.

6 comments:

Sam Correa said...

Great fish Steve! Sounds like an awesome day. Where were you fishing?

steve garro said...

uuuuuummmmm............within 80mi of flag at around 7000ft elevation.......

Margo said...

a 32 quart cooler and some PBR! Looks fun. How old is a fish that size?

steve garro said...

yeah - it's about 8am, too!...good livin! i don't think fish this size are really that old - maybe 3-4yrs? the growth rate in this lake is phenominal, it's just brimming with shoals of minnows, sunfish, crawdads and bugs. Steve.

BreViVelo said...

very healthy looking fish - the water up there must be pure as it gets. how'd you go with leverage pulling them in?

steve garro said...

Yo, BVV - i do pretty good! not too wobbly - this is the 3rd biggest trout i've caught here & i did fall in when i caught the biggest - that's why i always wear my PFD in boats now.......Steve.