Truckee River Brown 04-18

Was up in Reno yesterday to pay my union dues and get back on the outta work list. Afterwards, I hit the Truckee river(from shore) for some therapy. Tossing a cd9 rainbow, I landed this 27" 6 pound 10oz Brownie! No net, no pliers, a snapped line at my feet. Wish I could have let it go. New PB for Browns!Good luck, Eric

Red-
         Now that's a Brown Trout. great job on hauling in 27 in. of Mountain Monster.

WTG,

S.

What a beautiful fish!  I bet it put up quite a fight!

Your trout is PURDY, my trout was an obese mutant. 

Scott

Gorgeous trout, thats the real deal!

Man what a brute of a German.  Absolutely beautiful fish!  Job well done.

Wish I could have let it go.

Out of curiosity, since you mentioned it, what prevented the release?  I know for me it would have been quite a dilemma for sure despite the fact that I've started to release most of my catch.

Michael

Huge  Brown!
Did you get that down town by the river walk.

Beautiful fish.   

Yikes...! That's a fish... I only dream of browns like that... Way to nail it. 

Freddie

Coolest fish pic I've seen around for a while!!!! Nice Catch.

Yuuummm....Fiiisshh.....

  That's what I'm talkin about 

WTG! That is a beautiful trout.  I've done some electrofishing around that area and browns that size are rare. 

Jim

Thanks everyone for the kind words Imagine that perfect lie, 70 feet on the other side of the river. Visulize that lure hitt'n dead center....tap...tap..BAM!!! I had driven my wifes car to save gas, so I only brought 1 rod, my small box and license. When I beached the fish, the line snapped at my feet. I lunged down to grab it, smashing my knee on the rocks. The lure was stuck reely well and without my pliers it wasn't coming out. My criteria for C&R for Browns is 5-10 pounds, till I get one over 10. Also, I usually try to release most fish caught in creeks and rivers. It would have been sweet to release a PB Brown like this after a couple quick Pic's. Lesson learned:BE PREPARED! It pulled the wire out of the back and bent the front hook.Thanks again and Good luck, Eric    

That is an awesome fish. One question. What is that big thing on the very back of the fish?? The only trout that big that I have seen posted do not have anything like that. Not even close.  It sure makes for a purty lookin' fish.