Weirdest brown trout you've ever seen

[Fishes&money]

Hey guys just wanted to post a pic of this trout i caught last year to see if anyone has seen anything like this before..

He put up a hell of a fight too believe it or not and even jumped 3 feet out the water when he took my hook.

[RavYak]

I have caught a few similar trout although never quite to that extent.

Derp fish

[Don Andersen]

From the Bow?

Don

[stob]

A neighbour caught an Old Cutty like that on the Ram ... probably injured as a juvenile by a poor release ( by the angler or the fish) off a barbed hook ... go barbless - just say'n - that is stay'n power for that fish to continue life's journey

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by stob

A neighbour caught an Old Cutty like that on the Ram ... probably injured as a juvenile by a poor release ( by the angler or the fish) off a barbed hook ... go barbless - just say'n - that is stay'n power for that fish to continue life's journey

You think a barbed hook ripped half its head off? lol...

[PerchBuster]

Awwwww.......the face only a mother trout could love! That's one ugly little sucker!....err....trout I mean. Shows how resilient fish can be I guess to mortality at a young age even after a significant injury. Probably caused by a hook and very poor handling and release techniques I think.

[JareS]

Found this guy on Instagram a while back! Looks more like a birth defect to me

[wildwoods]

Bizarre. Here's a funky walleye I caught last summer(he fought pretty good too!):

[Pike4Dayzz]

Originally Posted by Kyle

You think a barbed hook ripped half its head off? lol...

LMAO

[cube]

Originally Posted by Fishes&money

Hey guys just wanted to post a pic of this trout i caught last year to see if anyone has seen anything like this before..

He put up a hell of a fight too believe it or not and even jumped 3 feet out the water when he took my hook.

Looks like a stocked fish to me. Was it from a water body that had been stocked?

[WayneChristie]

caught a small sturgeon that was missing part of its nose. bio said it was probably bitten by a walleye or pike when it was small

[WhitefishLady]

Strange looking trout! I highly doubt thats a hooking injury. Must be some hook then! Maybe a birth defect or injury from another fish or bird of prey?