People may doubt using that light of line but let me tell you....these big trout especially steelhead are extremely line shy and if you play the fish right and have good gear you can land them on light line.
Would you mind if I posted this link on a fishing forum I read? There was already a thread on this forum about this fish, and I hoped you may be posting another video like this. You guys really have an awesome fishery down there, and I enjoyed the video per usual!
DallasLopez1 no it seemed to be doing great when it arrived. Bill only fought it for about 4 minutes so the thinking is the fish wasn’t healthy in he first place. He started faltering, dying before this video was shot so they wanted to get it weighed quickly.
@@PhilLilley Phil, that fish didn't make it to that age over night. He may have been old but showed no signs of poor health. Fish of that size require massive amount of dissolved oxygen in the water. To each their own. He caught it, it's his fish. Just pains me knows fish with those genes is out of the pool.
Man... Now I'm sorry that I brought this up. Phil, we've spoke before. I'm down there at the end of the month and wouldn't mind catching up with you for some fishing.
We'll do better next time. Build a concrete pad closer to the tank. We already have a bottle of O2 on hand to help put more O2 into the tank. But honestly... if there is a "next time" and we get a 42-pound-plus brown brought in, what are the chances the fish will be alive. How many people have live wells big enough? There is so many things against any of these big fish if they're hooked and landed... it still amazes me Frank (34-pound state record caught 2/19) survived being certified and released.
Lake water quality was very bad - low DO. Live well was only big enough for its head... short ride to the dock. The fish already exhibited stress marks when brought in. Big browns are very hard to revive after a fight, although this fish didn't fight... 4 minute from hook to land. it probably wasn't healthy when caught. Having to "run" it up to the scale looks bad... but the area was the closest level spot for the scale. We tried to keep it alive but it was evident it wasn't going to make it by the time we got it to the tank.
@@Lilleys_Landing and that is why people need to drop pride sometimes for the sake of a fishery. It’s the equivalent of the social media problem in the younger generation, y’all just want a picture to show, plaque to embellish, and fame. The best fisherman are the humblest clean and clear. As a steelheader I hope you never fish the coast.
@@Avicados You understand this is a put and take lake. Everything in here is stocked. There is virtually no natural production. Trout are not native to the Midwest - anywhere. You're comparison of your awesome steelhead fishery and or lake is apples to oranges. This brown was at the end of its life cycle. It was dead the minute it took the pink worm. It did not fight because mainly because of the low DO in the water but may be because it was just too big and old. It lived on trout scraps from dock cleaning stations. We have a good fishery, but it can't be compared to natural fisheries that produce great sport fish like yours. In saying that, we do the best we can to promote catch and release for what we would call trophies and educate the best we can proper ways to handle fish when releasing. But again, a lot - most - of the people who fish were fish with salmon eggs, night crawlers and corn and aim to keep and eat their limit. We never have or will promote this fishery as something like a river in Washington state or even Alaska, where I frequently fish for wild rainbows.
People may doubt using that light of line but let me tell you....these big trout especially steelhead are extremely line shy and if you play the fish right and have good gear you can land them on light line.
Wise words
Would you mind if I posted this link on a fishing forum I read? There was already a thread on this forum about this fish, and I hoped you may be posting another video like this.
You guys really have an awesome fishery down there, and I enjoyed the video per usual!
Sure go right ahead!
Did the fish survive the release?
Fish was exhausted from being fought on 6x. They still could have tried though. Chumps having it mounted.
DallasLopez1 no it seemed to be doing great when it arrived. Bill only fought it for about 4 minutes so the thinking is the fish wasn’t healthy in he first place. He started faltering, dying before this video was shot so they wanted to get it weighed quickly.
@@PhilLilley Phil, that fish didn't make it to that age over night. He may have been old but showed no signs of poor health. Fish of that size require massive amount of dissolved oxygen in the water. To each their own. He caught it, it's his fish. Just pains me knows fish with those genes is out of the pool.
jakejakejakejake15 he was sterile. Triploid.
Man... Now I'm sorry that I brought this up. Phil, we've spoke before. I'm down there at the end of the month and wouldn't mind catching up with you for some fishing.
The fish didn't survive. They tried everything. Every available chance given to the fish.
We'll do better next time. Build a concrete pad closer to the tank. We already have a bottle of O2 on hand to help put more O2 into the tank. But honestly... if there is a "next time" and we get a 42-pound-plus brown brought in, what are the chances the fish will be alive. How many people have live wells big enough? There is so many things against any of these big fish if they're hooked and landed... it still amazes me Frank (34-pound state record caught 2/19) survived being certified and released.
Such an incredible fish . Amazing . I'm a disabled vet and me and my wife are moving there in the next few months just to fish . I can't wait .
Look at how many times they handled the fish, of course it's not going to live
Lake water quality was very bad - low DO. Live well was only big enough for its head... short ride to the dock. The fish already exhibited stress marks when brought in. Big browns are very hard to revive after a fight, although this fish didn't fight... 4 minute from hook to land. it probably wasn't healthy when caught. Having to "run" it up to the scale looks bad... but the area was the closest level spot for the scale. We tried to keep it alive but it was evident it wasn't going to make it by the time we got it to the tank.
@@Lilleys_Landing and that is why people need to drop pride sometimes for the sake of a fishery. It’s the equivalent of the social media problem in the younger generation, y’all just want a picture to show, plaque to embellish, and fame. The best fisherman are the humblest clean and clear. As a steelheader I hope you never fish the coast.
@@Avicados You understand this is a put and take lake. Everything in here is stocked. There is virtually no natural production. Trout are not native to the Midwest - anywhere. You're comparison of your awesome steelhead fishery and or lake is apples to oranges.
This brown was at the end of its life cycle. It was dead the minute it took the pink worm. It did not fight because mainly because of the low DO in the water but may be because it was just too big and old. It lived on trout scraps from dock cleaning stations.
We have a good fishery, but it can't be compared to natural fisheries that produce great sport fish like yours. In saying that, we do the best we can to promote catch and release for what we would call trophies and educate the best we can proper ways to handle fish when releasing. But again, a lot - most - of the people who fish were fish with salmon eggs, night crawlers and corn and aim to keep and eat their limit. We never have or will promote this fishery as something like a river in Washington state or even Alaska, where I frequently fish for wild rainbows.
The dude never replied after that one did he boss ^^^😂😂
shamefull wasted genetics. But its a farm fish