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Chris | Thu Mar-03-05 09:16 AM |
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#5863, "FrankenTrout"
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Bigger fish through better science. This is just wrong. I found it on the Eagle Claw website while looking for treble hooks.
http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/3355.jpg NEW CALIFORNIA STATE RECORD Santa Ana River Lakes (Pending DFG certification)
27.50 lbs.
John Chapman of Anaheim caught this huge "once-in-a-lifetime" Mt. Lassen Rainbow on what he calls a "John Jig".
A John Jig is made up with a Yellow Nitro Amino Egg head and a worm tail pinned on an Eagle Claw #8 hook. This combo is then given a slime coating of White Lightning Nitro Grease.
John thought he would never land this hard fighting bull, but after nearly a 20 minute battle and several crossed lines, his 2 lb. line and Eagle Claw hook did the trick.
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RE: FrankenTrout,
woodsac,
Mar 03rd 2005, #1
RE: FrankenTrout,
Chris,
Mar 03rd 2005, #2
RE: FrankenTrout,
mteman,
Mar 03rd 2005, #3
RE: FrankenTrout,
Chris,
Mar 03rd 2005, #5
RE: FrankenTrout,
aztecnology,
Mar 03rd 2005, #4
RE: FrankenTrout,
calicokid,
Mar 03rd 2005, #6
RE: FrankenTrout,
Mattlures,
Mar 03rd 2005, #7
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woodsac | Thu Mar-03-05 09:33 AM |
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#5864, "RE: FrankenTrout"
In response to Reply # 0
Thu Mar-03-05 09:42 AM by woodsac
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Actually Chris, there's been bigger fish caught since that one. California actually developed a seperate record class for stocked trout due to the size of the fish coming out of there.
The fish pictured is from Santa Ana River Lakes. They also have some genetically cross bred trout called 'Lightning Trout' and 'Thunder Trout'. Not my cup of tea :P
You can see pics of the fish and I think the record fish too here:
http://www.fishingwebcam.com/index.html
EDIT.... I stand corrected :+ 26.08 is the current record. I remember all the contraversy over the fish pictured. I think it wound up that the guy said to hell with it. Never pursued the record because of all the rumors and trouble.
What gets me is how sickly some of these fish look ;( It's like someone just stuffed em full of something and put em in the water. They're so fat and unproportional to their bodies, that they don't even look like they could swim. Doesn't even seem like they could survive that long without someone hand feeding them?
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Chris | Thu Mar-03-05 12:53 PM |
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#5865, "RE: FrankenTrout"
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Gotta love them steroids! I think that's why they're so strangely shaped. That and spending too long in concrete runs that scrape their fins into stubs.
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Chris | Thu Mar-03-05 02:30 PM |
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#5868, "RE: FrankenTrout"
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I got my funny shape with beer! :+
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