i caught a monster bull trout in the river right where it runs into the lake at the staircase, about 3 years ago. it measured out to be about 15lbs, we thought it was a steelhead at first

caught him on a small black roostertail, about 10 minutes after landing a 20" rainbow trout from the same spot. the monster bull took me over a half hour to get in on my 6lb test smile