Trophy Trout Hesit

[yolo]

Should be Heist not Hesit. Typo.

http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/08/22/2507937/trout-taken-in-heist-at-friant.html

Now that's a first. Talk about some serious poaching.

[DarkShadow]

Wardens are asking anyone with information on the missing fish to call the department tip line at 1-888-334-2258.

Wardens are also saying they'll actually respond this time.

[Coefficient13]

Is 3 pounds a trophy trout?

Also, these scoundrels must pay.

[vortec_cruiser]

I sincerely hope these scum-of-the-earth get caught and imprisoned for many years with Bubba as a cellmate.

[yolo]

Is 3 pounds a trophy trout?

Also, these scoundrels must pay.

I don't know? Stockers I have seen are like 6" to 8" so a load of all 3 pounders is huge, lol. I'm no trout guy but the article made these sound special.

[Coefficient13]

I don't know? Stockers I have seen are like 6" to 8" so a load of all 3 pounders is huge, lol. I'm no trout guy but the article made these sound special.

Oh they're big stockers. Most fresh stock I catch are kinda sad to hook and might make good bait for our bass. I've just heard of 10 pound plus trout caught, I didn't know that I had caught what was considered a trophy size when I nabbed a 5 lb in lake Castitas in April. Then again a spotted or small mouth 5 lb is a trophy but a Large mouth has gotta be 10 if you want your catch and release pin. I have no clue who decides this stuff.

But I rarely go for trout, so I don't know.

[fishinone]

Is 3 pounds a trophy trout?

Also, these scoundrels must pay.

LOL! It is, if you grew up in the city.

[BufordT9]

Wow, bet they ended up in a pay to fish lake.

[yolo]

I bet they ended up in "ethnic" supermarkets. I doubt they were able to be kept alive.

[vortec_cruiser]

Wow, bet they ended up in a pay to fish lake.

The thieves used ice chests to haul them away, so they weren't destined for any body of water.
Most likely, yolo is correct.

[TheAsianGuy]

I love to fish and eat trouts. 6" to 8" is already at 3/4 lbs, depending on how much they free range feeding vs stuff feeding at the hatcheries. 3 lbs with stuff feeding at the hatcheries, they are freakishly huge bellies. Not much of a fighter, but good eating still. I prefer the wild brown and rainbow, that truly have firm meat. Lake Gregory normally stock a good count of 20 to 30 3lbs trouts during the derbies by the local fisheries. Man, I wish they toss a truck load of the bull and speckled trouts. They will give the native the run for their money.

[Jig-Guy]

:Sad:SAD!
A 3 pound trout would make many fisherfolks happy. If folks don't catch any fish they will not pay $60.00 for a licence. If the criminals get caught they will just be put on probation.
The fish are more important to us fisherfolks than the population of our country.
jg

[4_D_ HALIBUT]

Find them, prosucute them, and put them in prison. There they will have all the trouser trout they can handle!