Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Thu May 31, 2012 6:14 pm

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire ... 07694.html

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Thu May 31, 2012 8:04 pm

Holy s**t it's so big it nearly looks fake :shock:

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Thu May 31, 2012 9:04 pm

paul skelly wrote:Holy s**t it's so big it nearly looks fake :shock:

man that is a monster didnt think trout even got that big..........

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Thu May 31, 2012 9:08 pm

Beautiful fish, Its a Ferox trout, different to a normal brown or rainbow...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferox_trout

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Thu May 31, 2012 9:59 pm

New target species for me from the kayak what a whopper fish

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Thu May 31, 2012 11:58 pm

I think the shot was taken in a way to make it look even bigger, because looking at the picture it looks about 40lb, I've seen 28lb carp that look half its size. No need for a false perspective shot with a fish like that, but my god thats a wopper!

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:00 am

Thats an unbelievable size trout :shock:

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:08 am

bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:30 am

lumpy wrote:bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

Ye that fish should have been released in my eyes :(

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:47 am

lumpy wrote:bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.


They're not that uncommon up there to be honest, there are dozens 15lbs and over caught and unreported each year.

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:00 pm

paul skelly wrote:
lumpy wrote:bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

Ye that fish should have been released in my eyes :(


+1

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:15 pm

I know Ceri well and to to be fair to the guy he releases plenty of big fish as well.

Lovely trout, but as said already, the arms fully extended is not needed for a fish this size!

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:56 pm

thats a fish worth getting mounted as said there not that rare there

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:59 pm

jacko1 wrote:thats a fish worth getting mounted as said there not that rare there



What's wrong with on a quick photo on the boat? and hang that if you want to.

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:25 am

Viper wrote:
lumpy wrote:bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

They're not that uncommon up there to be honest, there are dozens 15lbs and over caught and unreported each year.

Well, in fact even bigger ferox was caught just a few days later

http://www.salmo-adventures.com/blogs/i ... x-93-cm-47

And yeah, it was fotoed and released.

The Welsh guy who killed his trophy is a fotographer who works for British Trout Fisherman magazine and I'm surprised that he decided to do so.
Conservation status for trout ferox stands at 'data deficient' however surveys shows decline in numbers in Lough Corrib between year 2008 and 2011.

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:35 am

Super looking fish..well done for catching it but no need to kill it in my opinion.....the photo outside a pub looks poor...........

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:36 pm

Why kill that fish to hang it in a pub? Someone who earns a living writing about fishing? For the pot I can understand but that no. Ego? Have been reading about this and seen photos of the fish at the water it looks magnificent. Same angler has another of his captures stuffed on the wall already in that pub. The photo of the fish alive will be a much better record of the fish rather than the decomposing lump outside the pub baffles me and corrib stocks dropping significantly

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:06 pm

patk wrote:Why kill that fish to hang it in a pub? Someone who earns a living writing about fishing? For the pot I can understand but that no. Ego? Have been reading about this and seen photos of the fish at the water it looks magnificent. Same angler has another of his captures stuffed on the wall already in that pub. The photo of the fish alive will be a much better record of the fish rather than the decomposing lump outside the pub baffles me and corrib stocks dropping significantly




couldnt agree more cracking trout but it defo should have been released in my eyes than to be hung on a wall in a pub

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:59 pm

Tomaszek wrote:Well, in fact even bigger ferox was caught just a few days later
http://www.salmo-adventures.com/blogs/i ... x-93-cm-47
And yeah, it was fotoed and released.

Where do you see the facts here ?

Re: Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:56 pm

Sad, that such a marvelous fish was killed. Shame...