HUGE Rainbow Today I Caught Near Calgary

[jacenbeers]

Outside of Calgary there is a river that is slow moving and quite deep. I went fishing there today in a secret spot in what I will refer to as the "Secret River". It is within an hour of Calgary in the prairies and my spot has lots of fish. Today I went there and spent a few hours catching walleye. I caught 9 and then decided to drive to a nearby lake to fish. After an hour I got bored and went back to the river. In an hour I caught 3 more walleye. 12 WALLEYE IN ONE DAY!!! I was about to pack it in and I decided to change my lure from a Rapala Countdown Brown Trout to a Storm Wildeye perch. I was sorta jigging with it when suddenly I got a massive bite. It was a huge fight and I did not know what I was dealing with. I assumed it was a massive pike but then it flashed near the surface and I could not believe my eyes. It was a RAINBOW TROUT. Here is a picture of it. I normally release the fish I catch but this was a trophy that I need to bring home to show off. We are barbecuing it next Saturday. It was 24 inches. All in all it was a good day with 12 walleye and this baby.

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[nevercatchmuch]

:sHa_shakeshout:

[Ken07AOVette]

that's a nice fat catch.

Have to let us know how it was, the ones I bbq'd yesterday were mush.

[jacenbeers]

She was full of eggs. I kept a tupperware dish completely full of roe to use as bait. I felt bad for killing her because she could have laid her eggs but I guess I will get to enjoy a nice meal.

[AxeMan]

Nice, that is a hog for a river. Congrats man!

[jacenbeers]

I also saw a dead beaver float by. It was gross. Picture attached.

[Teamprotz]

Obviously killed earlier by that trout !

[Geezle]

I also saw a dead beaver float by. It was gross. Picture attached.

Ah yes, the circle of life :)

Wicked trout man! :cool:

[troller]

Obviously killed earlier by that trout !

LOL!!!




Nice fish!!!

[iliketrout]

Nice!

[catnthehat]

She was full of eggs. I kept a tupperware dish completely full of roe to use as bait. I felt bad for killing her because she could have laid her eggs but I guess I will get to enjoy a nice meal.
Don't feel bad about killing that trout man, if we all did that and released everything we would ever eat fish!
Congrats on the catch BTW.....
Cat

[ULTRAlite]

:scared0015::scared0015::scared0015:
beauty!

[harley65]

nice bow !!

[jeprli]

She sure is chunky, great catch!:jawsmiley:

It's funny how you run into big trout in places where you least expect them.

Few years back I was fishing at Mcgregor, first I caught a wally, then a pike and right after it came a chunky rainbow, trix in the mix ;)

[FishBrain]

Awesome fish Jasen!!!!
I ended up taking the kids to Sibbald on Sunday. They were the happiest kids in the world when they started pulling fish out of the water

[mooseknuckle]

I like Beaver!!

[ericlin0122]

don't feel bad about eating trout.
if you have watched the movie: the end of line, you will feel more guilt when you eating sushi!
fishery has decreased 90% comparing to 50 years ago! soon there will be no more ocean fish for all.


btw very nice catch!

[Sir. Kenneth]

Dude that thing is a beast! Fly fishin or spin casting?

[ULTRAlite]

I decided to change my lure from a Rapala Countdown Brown Trout to a Storm Wildeye perch. I was sorta jigging with it when suddenly I got a massive bite.

Tough on a fly rod, but I know a guy that might try that! :)

[eternal fisherman]

nice catch man. That's a beast!!!:sHa_shakeshout:

[Paul C]

Here is a shot of a beaver feeding at Star Lake on the weekend.
This one has no fear of people.

[Piers]

nice fish!
no walleye for supper?

[jacenbeers]

I dont have a draw for them and in the body I caught it in, they are at a 0 limit anyways.

[JFK]

Awesome good on yah!!!