View Full Version : Monster Brown Caught! May 2010
Eat Sleep Fish
05-11-2010, 04:31 PM
Last weeks 14 lb. 14 oz brown trout out of Twin Lakes in Bridgeport set a pretty high standard for Eastern Sierra big fish honors this season. Not even 10 days later, the bar has been raised with this 15 lb. 10 oz. brown trout caught from June Lake last Wednesday...on Powerbait of all things!
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/dan-blanco.jpg
Also, several 4+ pound browns are showing up from Crowley on up to Bridgeport. The Bishop area has already seen 2 fish (Rainbow Trout) over 8 pounds and several in the 4-5 pound range.
So far, a great season for big fish!
Get out there and get some!
-ESF
Trout-Slayer77
05-11-2010, 05:02 PM
that brown is a true trophy trout. gonna look great on the wall at june lake ! congrats to the lucky angler.
Sierra_Smitty
05-11-2010, 05:19 PM
Freeking awesome.
BrandonFish
05-11-2010, 06:23 PM
huuuge brown!
hologramSAM
05-12-2010, 05:13 PM
talk about catch of a lifetime,niiiice! congrats to that fisherman.
Troutman65
05-12-2010, 06:39 PM
AWESOME !!! :Envious:
All Bent 360
05-12-2010, 06:54 PM
WOOOWW!!!!!!!!:Shocked: I cant wait got a week planned for the sierras heading up the first weekend of june!!! Hoping to get a wild monster!!!!!
Marley
05-12-2010, 09:00 PM
That's a nice fish. Shortly after iceout, shortly after a plant, windy day. Perfect!
TopwaterTony
05-12-2010, 09:41 PM
That is one beautiful fish. Thanks for the porn link.
Eat Sleep Fish
05-12-2010, 10:55 PM
That's a nice fish. Shortly after iceout, shortly after a plant, windy day. Perfect!
= Brown Trout...BIG Brown Trout.
a321eric
05-12-2010, 11:00 PM
= Brown Trout...BIG Brown Trout.
thats awesome. 2 lb test...40 min battle! WHAT A CATCH!
tpfishnfool
05-13-2010, 07:27 AM
Fish of a lifetime !! But red powerbait ?? Mmmm. I guess anything is possible??.. Does Berkley pay for a fish like that ??
Eat Sleep Fish
05-13-2010, 08:17 AM
Fish of a lifetime !! But red powerbait ?? Mmmm. I guess anything is possible??.. Does Berkley pay for a fish like that ??
lol they should give some prize huh hahaha
well that new red powerbait they have out is loaded with salmon egg flavor. the big boy probably thought it was a salmon egg. still weird that it hit it, i heard it was just chasing freshly planted stockers by the shore.
Big Country
05-13-2010, 08:19 AM
Regardless...heck of a brown...Nice catch from a kayak
numbnuts
05-13-2010, 10:12 PM
Nice fish..too bad he killed it
corkoner
05-13-2010, 10:53 PM
what a monster. nice fish...
billy b
05-14-2010, 06:00 AM
Brown's out of June are a rarity ... plus a brown on power bait is also a rarity.
outcast
05-14-2010, 10:39 AM
Get in the Brown Bagger club anything over 10lbs does it .
adiablo420
05-15-2010, 10:05 AM
Wooowww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sierratroutslaya
05-15-2010, 03:52 PM
I don't understand the mentality in killing a fish like this. There are not many fish like this, especially one like this in June Lake. I have been fishing June Lake for 20 years, and can count how many browns I have caught on one hand from there. This fish had many years left to live, and from the looks of it, this was a female in her breeding prime.....I would be ashamed. Catch, photo, release all day.
MammothMagic
05-16-2010, 10:07 PM
WOW That is one amazing fish, I sure do love a full tail.
thedeadone
05-16-2010, 10:19 PM
What is up with the full tail mammothmagic?????? I have read other posts that mention full tails.
sierratroutslaya
05-17-2010, 02:22 PM
What is up with the full tail mammothmagic?????? I have read other posts that mention full tails.
A full tail is a characteristic of a native fish. It means that the tail is unbeaten, clipped or split like a hatchery fishes fins usually are from being corralled together and from being reared in concrete pools.
F.Y.I - A native fish is one that has not been planted, but is from a natural spawn. Fish stocked as fingerlings or small fry can also have these characteristics.
Just another reason why this fish should have been allowed to live.:Sad:
thedeadone
05-17-2010, 05:15 PM
thanks slayer.
flytyingreloader
05-19-2010, 10:58 AM
Yeah, I would have CPR'ed (Catch, Photo, Release) such a fish also. I'm not into taxidermy, and big trout (over 4# or so) tend to taste pretty strong. I guess if you catch a fish of this size, you are entitled by law to keep it/kill it. I just view the issue in a differing light, I guess. Since it may have swallowed the Power Bait, it might have been unreleaseable/injured. Hard to say.