learn something new every day...

i should have realized something was up with that page anyways... one of the world record brook trout is actually a spawning Dolly...

GOOGLE is your friend.... .... ....

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^^^ is that morse code for "im a dipsh!t"?

I figured I wasn't the only one who breathed a big sigh of relief as it finally swam away!

yeah, and thats they way to NOT handle fish, in case anyone ever wants to see...

I would think so, its in everyone of your posts.

God is that guy done FU@king that fish? let that thing go...
Anyone want to head out for an Mongolia trip?....

Bucket list:
1. Taimen
2. Silver Arowana
3. ATF

The World record Steelhead was caught by 8 year old David White near Bell Island Alaska in 1970.

Pacific Northwest Fishing Golden Years






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That "kid" is now about 49-50 yrs old.

Any of you Pugetropolis boys know him personally?

Are you serious? I do want to try for Taimen. I have the Arawana WTF is ATF

i read or heard from somewhere that the world record steelhead the 8yr old caught was abnormal.

there was a head injury to this steelhead. as in the injury numbed the part of brain that effected the spawn drive. this fish that was caught had never made a spawning run. the scale record showed it never went back to fresh water. it was basically a hybrid, explaining the large size. this steelhead could have reached the 50# mark if it was not caught.

has anyone else ever heard this?

I wish I had the $ for that trip....hopefully one day.
ATF-African tiger fish

brewer-yes, abnormal.

Not a hybrid, but it had a head injury, and only one eye...the head injury damaged its pituitary gland, and it never sexually matured...it just stayed out in the salt eating and getting bigger.

That's what I've read from a few sources, FWIW.

Fish on...

Todd

Read the same thing. I'm kinda surprised nobody ever experimented with scientifically altering the pituitary gland, much like they do with triploids, in order to get more growth out of them? Yeah, it seems kinda kooky but then again, humans have done a lot of kooky things.

from now on every smolt i catch is going to have head injury before i release it.

Any of you Pugetropolis boys know him personally?


I did but he died 30 or more years ago.

does anyone have a clue where this WR mounted steelhead is these days? it would be interesting to see how the mount is faring.