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Pirate Pete
07-05-2011, 19:15
I had an RDO today & managed to coax a couple of mates to bring their Kayaks to Lake Barrington.

We peddled or paddled about 14Ks for the day & got this.

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About 80cm of Brown Trout that went 3.2Kgs gutted.

When we got back to our launch point we caught up with some other fishos in their power boat & they reckon it would have to be one of the biggest brown trout they had seen.
polyFrank
07-05-2011, 19:24
Very nice PP, I see it has the hooked mouth that old brown trout get.
I think when they get that old they are called Doug trout.
Giffo
07-05-2011, 20:23
Geez PP,back in from the wilderness in the dugout !You been quiet lately.Very nice fish,how are they on the table?.

Hey Polyfrank,isn't "Doug trout" a vermin species ? introduced from overseas !laugh1
Bones
07-05-2011, 20:49
Well Done Pete.
Fantastic project Boat along with a great fish.
Also weather looks ideal.

Now back to work young fellow.

Cheers Bones
Wilco
07-05-2011, 22:58
Very nice Pirate very nice
Doug
08-05-2011, 10:00
Leaving aside the gratuitous insults for the moment, I'd suggest that was a "spent" old fish, Pete. Looks like he's done his stuff up the streams and has come back to the lake to recuperate. Just like Giffo really.

Or he is a VERY old fish and is just buggered. Just like me really.

Good catch all the same , but did he fight much?
Pirate Pete
08-05-2011, 12:43
Its a she.

But I do agree its an sad old fish . . . . . BUT A BIG ONE
chin
08-05-2011, 14:33
Nice catch Pete. :)
She sure is a prehistoric looking old girl. Good to see you blooded the yak too.
Pirate Pete
08-05-2011, 19:07
Nice catch Pete. :)
She sure is a prehistoric looking old girl. Good to see you blooded the yak too.

It has already had salt water fish blood on the deck but this is the first bit of Trout blood yippy yippy yippy
Doug
09-05-2011, 15:46
It's a "she"? With a mandible like that? I want DNA.
Pirate Pete
09-05-2011, 18:19
It's a "she"? With a mandible like that? I want DNA.

It had orange row in it when I gut it.

I still have the head in the garbage bin I will post it up laugh1 laugh1 laugh1
Doug
09-05-2011, 19:55
I suspect Tassie trout all marry their sisters, but in NZ a trout with a hooked jaw like that would be a boy (in fact an old man). You sure you weren't seeing "boys' roe"?
polyFrank
09-05-2011, 23:10
Yes your right their Doug, it is an old man trout. Have seen DVD’s pictures etc.
But PP’s is the first one I’ve seen in the flesh so to speak.
Doug
10-05-2011, 09:07
"Yes your right their Doug" or "Yes, you're right there, Doug"

'Course I'm right. Haven't made a mistake since September 23rd 1973.
polyFrank
10-05-2011, 19:48
So what happened September 23rd 1973? Doug.

Let me guess….You got married.
I got married 12th August (the glorious 12th) 1972.
chin
11-05-2011, 10:08
Take your new girl friend fishing, if she likes it, shag her brains out.
In the boat?
BarryJ
11-05-2011, 19:59
Definitely looks like a male fish to me as well Pete. Shame it was in such poor nick; had it been in good condition, it would probably have been well into double figures (I still measure my trout in pounds - they sound bigger).

Well done on catching it from the yak though.

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Pirate Pete
11-05-2011, 20:32
Definitely looks like a male fish to me as well Pete. Shame it was in such poor nick; had it been in good condition, it would probably have been well into double figures (I still measure my trout in pounds - they sound bigger).

Well done on catching it from the yak though.

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I agree Barry but it had to sacks of little orange balls in it that look like roe to me . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes dad has a "Monster" on his wall that is about 700mm long but about 3 times the girth of my 800mm one.

I dont know what a pound is. . . . . . . . as a kid I can remember being measured in stone & now every thing is in Kgs

I would be lucky to have caught 30 trout ever so this is going to be hard to top.
BarryJ
11-05-2011, 23:28
Certainly hard to argue that it is a male when it quite definitely does appear to have been carrying roe!

Edit: I wonder if it was an old brood stock Atlantic salmon? Edit 2: Since they are fed pellets daily, fish which wouldn't survive in the wild because of a deformity survive longer. Could also explain the poor condition as the brood stock Atlantics generally don't feed in the wild as the pellets don't appear twice a day!

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Pirate Pete
12-05-2011, 08:26
Certainly hard to argue that it is a male when it quite definitely does appear to have been carrying roe!

Edit: I wonder if it was an old brood stock Atlantic salmon? Edit 2: Since they are fed pellets daily, fish which wouldn't survive in the wild because of a deformity survive longer. Could also explain the poor condition as the brood stock Atlantics generally don't feed in the wild as the pellets don't appear twice a day!

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I have caught Atlantic Salmon out of Macquarie Harbour & this is definitely a Brown