Huge Lake Trout from Stannard Rock

[wishen4fishen2]

Man beautiful trout guys!

[48sabian]

I am a catch & Release guy, I don't keep any fish. I caught and released 122 legal bass this past season, 22" small mouth the largest. I keep a fishing logue every year.

[twhite101]

It sure would be nice to see some of these big fish released... Killing them is only going to destroy the rock fishery. Not only are you harvesting major spawners but also you're taking out the genetics that make the rock fishery so amazing! I wish more people understood this. Everyone has an excuse for killing these fish (i.e. wouldn't survive if released, mounting, etc.). The truth is lake trout can be released if played slowly and replicas beat a dried out skin mount any day!

[chickenmeniscus2008]

@twhite101

If you want to see the fish being released all you have to do is go fishing with us. All of the big ones go back with 2 exceptions: 1) if the fish dies, which is pretty rare; or 2) if the guy wants to get it mounted, which is also rare.

[twhite101]

Very cool... I'm glad to hear that! I know other captains that fish out there that don't share the same conservation mindset. I hope that will change with time. Thanks for your reply.

[redarmyF]

@twhite101 This C&R is now coming over to Germany, where it is striktly prohibited. Fish are no "toyz for big boyz". If I go fishing , I prefere "Catch and EAT", and I don´t take more as I can eat! Why you Americans spread bullshit and war all over the world? Keep it in your stolen country, we don´t need it!

[519btbam]

@twhite101 seriously, get used to it, its life and thats what people do, you gotta nice catch like this u wanna mount it or eat it, or some people may let it go... btw u have no clue what they did with it..

[hihaaf3]

i live in faroe island and i am knowed to catch big trouts, butt that one beats all i have ever caught. my biggest 7,8 Kg, got it in my first trow

[CalebHaggard5]

smaller than fwjaj but nice

[yorkshireangler]

Wow nice Trout mate

[jangus894]

30 yrs old? well mabye but the bigger the fish does not not mean older they have genetic differences just like us, plus environmental factors, so bigger=older means andre the giant was like 300yrs old!

[wickers06]

@jangus894 but when the average temperature at depth is as frickin cold as Superior, those fish will be very old.

[55Snakes]

@jangus894 That fish was at least 30 years old, if not more.

[iDoWutiWant1]

@chickenmeniscus2008 so you were on surpirior

[chickenmeniscus2008]

@iDoWutiWant1 Yes, Lake Superior out of Marquette, Michigan.

[warriorps3101]

i live in chicago and i love fishing on lake michigan. but ive only seen two fish that might rival your catch. youre lake trout is a great catch and a good looking fish congrats!

[chickenmeniscus2008]

@warriorps3101 Thanks!

[iDoWutiWant1]

is this in one of the great lakes?

[chickenmeniscus2008]

@iDoWutiWant1 Yes, the largest great lake which happens to have more water than all of the other Great Lakes combined!!

[iDoWutiWant1]

@chickenmeniscus2008 yeah we take charters on Lake Michigan and got 5 lakers this year but also 25 salmon and 2 steelheads in only 5 hours!

[johannrecht67]

30 years old, and you killed it?

[chickenmeniscus2008]

@johannrecht67 They're a dime a dozen out there......once in a while one is harvested for a wall-mount.

[quiny0883]

i have acsess to a private lake via canoe ONLY. and had no idea for the longest time that it contained lakers until i hooked one up almost by accident fishing with a crankbait. It wasnt big but its a very deep lake and i have reson to belive there might be some monsters in there. problem is i dont own a down rigger or electric motor therefore trolling is not really an option. does anyone have any tips on how i can catch some lakers from a canoe without a down rigger? thanks in advance.

[bswl1985]

@quiny0883 jig with crippled herring, swedish pimple, or 4" white tube jig and a half of a smelt or minnow.

[xXMozManXx]

NICE

[asianboy9821]

Nice laker!

[TheRdjj4]

Nice! Theres lots a them down deep I think. What hook did u use?

[chickenmeniscus2008]

That fish was caught on a 4 oz bucktail jig while drifiting. Fish was probaly 150' down or so.

[TheBigfishcatcher01]

lovely fish

[findingmyway123]

lake erie has some nice walleye. i love fightin them bastards:)

[dwetick]

We have them that big in Lake Erie and no one even fishes for them.

[31AntonioCromartie]

I caught a 1,000 lb trout once in this creek by my house. I used my neighbors chihauha for bait.

[SuperFishfan]

Wow you're really funny.

[johnaruak]

pretty nice, ive seen, last week i saw the biggest ever, it weighed 53 punds and fr the nose to the tail 47 inches long an inch short to 4 ft it was the winner 10 grand.

[chickenmeniscus2008]

where?

[johnaruak]

Arviat, Nunavut, Northern Canada i can email u a pic of that fish if u gimme ur email

[zmiali]

Biggest ever was caught in Great Bear Lake, Alaska. It was 72 lbs.

[lh141]

@zmiali that was the largest caught with normal tackle one was caught in a net that weighed 102 pounds i think it was in northern canada but im not posotive where.

[bptchargers]

@zmiali damn my biggest was like 8 lbs and was in lake geirge new york but im only 15 lol

[19thepyrochilibean]

@zmiali you're wrong about the location. great bear lake is 100% in northwest territories.

[leester2234]

that thing is huge! Nice Fish indeed.