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Yesterday was a slay fest, My bro and I released easily over 20 rainbows 12-14 inches long and kept a total of 9, 6 of them wouldn't have made it, after keeping 3 big ones within the first 10 min we realized the action was going to be too insane so we started releasing the ones that weren't hooked deep. After years of fishing for bows having those days spending hours at a lake only to get skunked it was almost unreal to hook into so many big bows in one day. I beat my personal best by about half an inch, lost a beast boat side that snapped my line clean off. We had many double headers, and my bro out fished me on the fly! It was a day i'll never forget.

Yum! Look at the size of the filet! Nice job

Way to go guys. You hit the magic time. It's such a great feeling when it happens. Nice looking fish. Gotta love pan fried fresh whole trout.

I'm curious as to what time of day they were hitting? Trout lakes can be so fickle, as you're finding out. Even a great lake can seem dead at the wrong time of the day.

Congrats again. Cheers

That's wild. If I had to bet those fish were stocked that size and recently. Great fishin!

RJ

From the lake to the plate! What a great day out. Congrats on the pb! And pretty neat your bro caught it on the fly.

RJ wrote:That's wild. If I had to bet those fish were stocked that size and recently. Great fishin!

RJ

I would guess the same, fairly fresh stockers. Usually the fresh stockers are the most agressive, they will hit anything that's in front of them.

Great action for ya dude, way to go!

It beats going to the grocery store for sure

That's wild fishing for bows.

Something in the air man! My buddy Mike this past weekend nailed over 30 specks on his own and nearly caught a PB. One of his best outings ever. Funny the timing, because you certainly did put a real pound on 'em too.

Troutskiii wrote:

RJ wrote:That's wild. If I had to bet those fish were stocked that size and recently. Great fishin!

RJ

I would guess the same, fairly fresh stockers. Usually the fresh stockers are the most agressive, they will hit anything that's in front of them.

Guys you may well know something I don't. I totally agree about fresh stockers being aggressive, and they tend to be still schooled up for a while after stocking, which makes them even easier to catch when you locate them. But I can't remember the last time I ever even heard of the ministry stocking 12-14" trout anymore in our "local" back lakes. I'm not sure of the growth rate at the hatcheries, but a 14' Bow has to be close to 2 years old I would think. I can recall being at Kirkhams Lake back in the 80's when the ministry came in to stock Rainbows and they were all around 6".

Cheers

NICE!!

smitty55 wrote:

Troutskiii wrote:

RJ wrote:That's wild. If I had to bet those fish were stocked that size and recently. Great fishin!

RJ

I would guess the same, fairly fresh stockers. Usually the fresh stockers are the most agressive, they will hit anything that's in front of them.

Guys you may well know something I don't. I totally agree about fresh stockers being aggressive, and they tend to be still schooled up for a while after stocking, which makes them even easier to catch when you locate them. But I can't remember the last time I ever even heard of the ministry stocking 12-14" trout anymore in our "local" back lakes. I'm not sure of the growth rate at the hatcheries, but a 14' Bow has to be close to 2 years old I would think. I can recall being at Kirkhams Lake back in the 80's when the ministry came in to stock Rainbows and they were all around 6".

Cheers

The ministry regularly stocks adults in some lakes at different intervals. They typically stock a lot more yearlings but will stock adults every few years in lakes that get hit hard to help diversify the population. Have a look at the stocking lists and you'll notice they list either yearlings and adults.

Tom

Very nice! Hard to beat days like that!!

I would also find it strange the MNR stocking rainbow trout at 12-14''. When adults are stocked they are brook trout. Hard to say since there all the same size in the photo. Did you release any that were bigger or smaller than those posted?

Either way, nice fish!

There was a mix of 11-15 inch trout, along with a few huge ones. Wait until you see the stocking list at the end of the year, some of you may be surprised.

Nice haul of bows fellas!