??? World record Bull Trout Oregon???
- Thread starter Brian in OR.
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Wowza!
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Holy shit that's a beast
Are you seeing photos, or just reacting to the impressive measurement? I would like to see this monster.
Matt, go to the link the OP provided. The photo should show up.
Stud bull. I have to think there are a few places in Washington with bulls like that.
Especially lakes with good kokanee populations. One I can think of yielded a 12 lber to my buddy back in the 80’s. They have been off limits to fishing for them there for a number of years. It was caught trolling a silver spoon.
SF
Especially lakes with good kokanee populations. One I can think of yielded a 12 lber to my buddy back in the 80’s. They have been off limits to fishing for them there for a number of years. It was caught trolling a silver spoon.
SF
Thanks; showed up on a slightly less ancient device.
HauntedByWaters
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I saw a bull trout on Ross Lake that I would guess was upper teens. It was just sitting on the bottom like a toad, probably digesting all the food it ate that day. Seems like Ross would be a good place to grow a real monster.
Snorkeling, I have seen a couple really large bull trout in the North Sound rivers. Maybe not 25 pounders, and it’s hard for me to estimate underwater, but bigger than all the steelhead and coho in the same hole, and much bigger than I suspect generally get caught by anglers.
The state record is 22 lbs. I think they can still grow that big if not bigger, given the opportunity and the lack of angling opportunities targeting them in certain bodies of water.
I think some of the best specimens also may fall victim to netting, especially on coastal rivers with good bull populations.
SF
SF -
There are indeed such fish in Washington. If I'm guessing the reservoir correctly have seen in that plus 20# class spawning in the inlet. The current Washington state record is a 35 inch 22-pound beast which came from an east side reservoir.
Matt B is correct that there are exceptional large bull trout in the north Sound rivers that are not dependent on the forage base (kokanee) found in a reservoir. Those fish are have both fluvial and anadromous life histories. And they indeed are caught at a much lower rate than one would expect given their abundance (still very rare).
Curt
There are indeed such fish in Washington. If I'm guessing the reservoir correctly have seen in that plus 20# class spawning in the inlet. The current Washington state record is a 35 inch 22-pound beast which came from an east side reservoir.
Matt B is correct that there are exceptional large bull trout in the north Sound rivers that are not dependent on the forage base (kokanee) found in a reservoir. Those fish are have both fluvial and anadromous life histories. And they indeed are caught at a much lower rate than one would expect given their abundance (still very rare).
Curt
I agree. Idaho already does it.
Never seen one with that big orange triangle on it's side. Crazy.
