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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: clarki on September 11, 2009, 04:24:29 PM

Title: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: clarki on September 11, 2009, 04:24:29 PM

State record, possible world record

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/09/11/wwtv.record.trout.wwtv (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/09/11/wwtv.record.trout.wwtv)

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: BCfisherman97 on September 11, 2009, 04:32:04 PM

Thats UGEEE!!!

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: Stu on September 11, 2009, 05:12:05 PM

It is an amazing catch, but why kill something so great? ???
Can't they just measure it, take pictures and release it?

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: koko on September 11, 2009, 07:03:53 PM

It is easier to kill it first and post it as many as you want I guess. I have to be honest, I might kill that fish.

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: jimmywits on September 11, 2009, 07:42:41 PM

Why kill it, it's not going to taste good no matter what you do! An excellent quality blow up photo with a country style frame is an awesome trophy,why kill it?

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: typhoon on September 11, 2009, 08:05:25 PM

Great fish.
I wouldn't kill it, but I don't have a problem with this guy keeping his trophy.

1. iIt's not from a limited resource
2. it's not an endangered wild species
3. there is very little probability of him or anyone else re-catching it
4. it will have spawned many times already

Most people don't realize how realistic a fibreglass mount can be. In fact many mounts of fish that have high oil content cannot use the actual head since the paint will lift within a few years.

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: jimmywits on September 11, 2009, 08:22:10 PM

Quote from: typhoon on September 11, 2009, 08:05:25 PM

Great fish.
I wouldn't kill it, but I don't have a problem with this guy keeping his trophy.

1. iIt's not from a limited resource
2. it's not an endangered wild species
3. there is very little probability of him or anyone else re-catching it
4. it will have spawned many times already

Most people don't realize how realistic a fibreglass mount can be. In fact many mounts of fish that have high oil content cannot use the actual head since the paint will lift within a few years.

I wouldn't kill it either!

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: SpringMaster on September 12, 2009, 12:18:23 AM

I wouldn't kill it either.
This fish lived this long to be this HUGE, it deserves to be released and live longer and produce more of the same off-springs.
Out of respect for being so smart and not taking any lures all this time from all anglers in its life time, I would gently release this fish; of course after taking several photos and kissing it on the lips :)

Title: Re: 41.5 pound Michigan brown trout
Post by: FishOn36 on September 12, 2009, 12:24:19 AM

What a monster!!