The morning was unique. I started at 10 am fishing.
No hits for the first hour. Was about to give up and then they turned on.
When I say they I means 6 to 10 inchers. It was almost like I was behind the stocking trout.
The water is not designated trout water so I knew this was impossible.
Typically I catch 10-12 trout in this stretch and they are 15-19 inch range.
I caught 20 little fish sticks....bang bang....bang...
Then it it dried up again.
I told myself I was going to give up if I didn't catch a decent trout in the next five casts.
I let the cast fly and it was freight trained. This thing was one of the most powerful small stream trout I have ever had on.
I couldn't control it at first. It hunkered down and refused to come off the bottom. I thought it was either hooked up in some roots or absolutely huge.
I could feel its power and i got really fired up. Finally I got it to come the surface and I saw how wide it was across the back and it really looked deep.
To make a long battle short....I landed it and i guess it to be an eyelash under 20 inches but it was twice as wide and deep as a typical trout its length.
And it did NOT like its photo taken.