-Trophy Trout Fishing! (05-16-09)-

[steelheadstlkr]

Daniel and I took a trip out to pursue some monster rainbow trout!! We ended up hooking seven and landing only three and when I say we I mean Daniel as he landed all of our fish :) I guess I wanted to be the camera man this time around. I did hook two fish though but not long enough. I will give you guys just a small peek into what we were chasing and no that is not a steelhead but close.

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2343/bigtrout.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigtrout.jpg)

This was not the biggest fish landed or the largest hooked! :clap:

[Kokanee Slow]

Wow! Very Nice Catching! Thanks for the Post. Guess you're not going to tell us what lake! :wink:

[cheeseburger]

I hate post where all thats shown is the fish, If you dont want anyone knowing where you caught the fish and on what, then why even post a pic...

[steelheadstlkr]

There is a way to know where I am fishing and what I am using unfortunately for Ifishers I'm not at liberty to say!

[Stowaway]

:flowered:There is a way to know where I am fishing and what I am using unfortunately for Ifishers I'm not at liberty to say!

First I'd like to say nice fish!!! Congrats on a good catching day for you and your friend.

By reading some of your other posts you've asked some questions and got answers back without hesitation. That could change!

Read some of his previous posts and you'll most likely figure out where and what .:twocents:

Granted it only took me 3 minutes to figure it out but he could just post the info and save people some time.

Hopefully all these Ifishers don't show up and take YOUR spot from you. :passout::flowered:

[steelheadstlkr]

:flowered:

First I'd like to say nice fish!!! Congrats on a good catching day for you and your friend.

By reading some of your other posts you've asked some questions and got answers back without hesitation. That could change!

Read some of his previous posts and you'll most likely figure out where and what .:twocents:

Granted it only took me 3 minutes to figure it out but he could just post the info and save people some time.

Hopefully all these Ifishers don't show up and take YOUR spot from you. :passout::flowered:

I have no problem people fishing where I was fishing. I was asked by many people not to give to much information about this last trip because of my website and the thousands of people who watch the videos. There have been quite a few places that are much, much more crowded now because of some videos I have made. Its just like people not liking the old fishing and hunting news, they just went around and showed great places to fish and sometimes the locals didn't like it. It was the same with this last trip. I have nothing against posting locations but this time was asked nicely from a quite a few people to not let to much information out. Its not really MY spot because I don't live anywhere near this place, more out of respect for locals. Of course if you watched the video or like you said above, did a little searching it wouldn't be hard to figure out where I was! :D

[cheeseburger]

There is a way to know where I am fishing and what I am using unfortunately for Ifishers I'm not at liberty to say!
If its unfortunate for ifishers then dont post it on ifish.

[Stowaway]

I have no problem people fishing where I was fishing. I was asked by many people not to give to much information about this last trip because of my website and the thousands of people who watch the videos. There have been quite a few places that are much, much more crowded now because of some videos I have made. Its just like people not liking the old fishing and hunting news, they just went around and showed great places to fish and sometimes the locals didn't like it. It was the same with this last trip. I have nothing against posting locations but this time was asked nicely from a quite a few people to not let to much information out. Of course if you watched the video or like you said above, did a little searching it wouldn't be hard to figure out where I was! :D

I'm not going to disagree with your reasoning! We've all seen it happen before. I could honestly say sometimes I haven't let the cat out fully either, but, I usually give a reason up front so people like me don't jump on you, so to say, to give us a little info....not all the info.

By the way, I won't be traveling there anytime soon or ever so I'm one you don't have to worry about....but I will check out some of your vids as I like fish movies!

Again, congrats on a good day catching and I hope to see some more pictures like the one above.

[steelheadstlkr]

I'm not going to disagree with your reasoning! We've all seen it happen before. I could honestly say sometimes I haven't let the cat out fully either, but, I usually give a reason up front so people like me don't jump on you, so to say, to give us a little info....not all the info.

By the way, I won't be traveling there anytime soon or ever so I'm one you don't have to worry about....but I will check out some of your vids as I like fish movies!

Again, congrats on a good day catching and I hope to see some more pictures like the one above.

You are right next time I will say that I was asked to not say where and just post pictures. I didn't think anyone would really care if I said or not. I just figured people would like to see some nice fish. People post pictures all of the time in the steelhead and salmon section and don't say where they are but maybe its different in the trout forum. I didn't mean to upset anyone.

[Hondo]

I think some people on the site think it's bragging if you post a pic without saying where you got the fish...I don't really get it, though. I don't know what difference it makes.

Personally, I love to see a report for a lake I just visited, with big, fat fish pics, though often I don't get so lucky. Sometimes it's good just to know that there are big fish in said lake, cuz I sure didn't see anywhen I was there, etc..! :)

Always good to see nice fish, even if they're not in my net!

[Stowaway]

You are right next time I will say that I was asked to not say where and just post pictures. I didn't think anyone would really care if I said or not. I just figured people would like to see some nice fish. People post pictures all of the time in the steelhead and salmon section and don't say where they are but maybe its different in the trout forum. I didn't mean to upset anyone.

I guess no matter which way you did it someone was going to say something. There are 2 sides to a fence, I just happened to be looking at one of them.

[steelheadstlkr]

Here is one more picture from the day!

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/267/image2bls.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image2bls.jpg)

Now, I'm getting packed up for Diamond Lake, whaaa hoooo!!!

[5-Cents]

I'm surprised to see a fish with the tail beat like that coming from Klamath Lake - is that from spawning? I didnt think they stocked them in there that big... that lake does grow some huge fish. My personal best rainbow came out of there at 27" long - hopefully I will break that record this year at Diamond Lake!

[steelheadstlkr]

They don't stock any in there as far as I know, its a native population and it might be the angle that makes the tail look like that.

[snowrdr]

I'm surprised to see a fish like that coming from Klamath Lake

Ah ha!!! :laugh:




j/k :D

Nice trout! :applause::applause::applause:

[wapiteaser]

Let's see, 46 total posts. I wonder how much you had to pay to fish that body of water? Maybe it's not that you don't want people there but that you fished a private pond loaded with big trout.

[steelheadstlkr]

Let's see, 46 total posts. I wonder how much you had to pay to fish that body of water? Maybe it's not that you don't want people there but that you fished a private pond loaded with big trout.

What does 46 total posts have to do with anything? And if you actually read all 17 posts in this thread you would see where I was fishing. You are so cool with all 1,178 posts, I only wish I spent that much time on ifish instead of fishing for these big trout :D Also, comments like yours is why I don't spend much time here.

[benny boy]

Nice fish. I just moved back from good ol KF and loved the fishing, managed to catch some truly awesome trout. Hard to fish lakes now and get excited about a 13 inch rainbow after averaging 4 pounders and bigger!

[steelheadstlkr]

Nice fish. I just moved back from good ol KF and loved the fishing, managed to catch some truly awesome trout. Hard to fish lakes now and get excited about a 13 inch rainbow after averaging 4 pounders and bigger!

For sure!! I will be fishing Diamond Lake a bit this summer and they are some feisty trout but they done pull like a steelhead does. Those big KF fish fight hard and filled the void temporarily from my depression of winter steelhead being over!! :D

[MIKED3323]

Nice Job on the trout
:meme:

[bwild]

Also, comments like yours is why I don't spend much time here.

Well played, sir. :applause: Well played indeed. That was funny! :D

[Klamanite]

Well played, sir. :applause: Well played indeed. That was funny! :D

:yeahthat:

That's a nice clean fish ya got there :applause:

I didn't realize my local waters had a trespass fee :passout: Guess I'll watch out for old man Jenkins next time I'm out at his "pond" :rolleyes:

[fish-on-bend]

Oh its hard for me to read some of these posts. I hate to see the "main forum" attitude seeping into our beloved trout forum. Sour grapes don't go down very well in this neighborhood,:flowered:

[negoc8]

Oh its hard for me to read some of these posts. I hate to see the "main forum" attitude seeping into our beloved trout forum. Sour grapes don't go down very well in this neighborhood,:flowered:

Amen fish on, I don't do a lot of trout fishing, but I do read this a forum often because it is such a great group of friendly guys that post here.

Nice fish!!

[steelheadstlkr]

Thanks guys!! I was beginning to wonder where all of the nice trout fisherman went :)

[Eagleclaw]

Nice fish thanks for sharing the pic

[SlamminKokes]

Oh its hard for me to read some of these posts. I hate to see the "main forum" attitude seeping into our beloved trout forum. Sour grapes don't go down very well in this neighborhood,:flowered:
I agree, this was beginning to reek like the main board!

[cheeseburger]

Let's see, 46 total posts. I wonder how much you had to pay to fish that body of water? Maybe it's not that you don't want people there but that you fished a private pond loaded with big trout.
Not trying to stir up things, but I have to agree. No way is that trout a native, most all the fins are damaged, thats a state hatchery fish, but still a nice fish, congrats!

[luv2catch]

good work taking the pics.... although catching them is much more entertaining, seeing you buddy hook and land trout like that is definitely fun!:applause:

[steelheadstlkr]

Not trying to stir up things, but I have to agree. No way is that trout a native, most all the fins are damaged, thats a state hatchery fish, but still a nice fish, congrats!

I think some of the locals could chime in on weather they stock any hatchery fish in the lake but I believe they don't and never have. They are native redband trout native to the area, but I'm sure some others would have more information about them.

good work taking the pics.... although catching them is much more entertaining, seeing you buddy hook and land trout like that is definitely fun!:applause:

I hate when he catches more fish than me!!! :D

[bwild]

Very NICE fish! :applause:

The comment regarding damaged fins, very rarely of the few larger trout that I've caught have they not had damaged fins. I feel it has to do with spawning, being in nature (kill or be killed), and a myriad of other things.:twocents:

Regardless if they were/weren't hatchery fish, I think they are still awesome and sincere congratulations are in order!:applause:

[goose]

sheesh!! pick, pick, pick.. can't we just be happy for the guy.??? looks like great fish and a great time.. keep posting the pics.

[steelheadstlkr]

Very NICE fish! :applause:

The comment regarding damaged fins, very rarely of the few larger trout that I've caught have they not had damaged fins. I feel it has to do with spawning, being in nature (kill or be killed), and a myriad of other things.:twocents:
:applause:

I know, I wasn't going to say anything just because its not worth it. I catch not only a lot of big trout but countless steelhead throughout the season and later in the season you will see all of the bucks get all sorts of problems and messed up tails and fins! The fish in that lake have just finished up spawning or are getting ready to spawn so I'm sure that's what caused it, one thing is for sure that fish was once 4 inches and grew to be that nice big trout!

Thanks for the compliments!

[deeptrout]

Nice fish. Does anything else really need to be said? there are always big trout available at Albertsons or Safeway. this guy has found a better way to get them, hats off to him.

[Hondo]

Nice fish. Does anything else really need to be said? there are always big trout available at Albertsons or Safeway. this guy has found a better way to get them, hats off to him.


:cheers::dance: Now you're talking! Klamath is famous for big fatties...someday I'll get down there to catch some, but in the meantime, I'm glad somebody's getting them!

[bwild]

Nice fish. Does anything else really need to be said? there are always big trout available at Albertsons or Safeway. this guy has found a better way to get them, hats off to him.:agree:

[byebyeducky]

Wow, this thread needs to be recognized as the most unusual thread in the trout forum! I feel like all it needs is a little gill-net, native C&R, and dam conversation to round it out! :whistle: I have to say, when I get tired of the bickering in the other forums, I usually find peace here. Now I will actually have to go fishing to find the peace!:D

Beautiful Fish! Enjoy your trip to Diamond, I will be there the first week of June!

[Klamanite]

Wow, this thread needs to be recognized as the most unusual thread in the trout forum! I feel like all it needs is a little gill-net, native C&R, and dam conversation to round it out! :whistle: I have to say, when I get tired of the bickering in the other forums, I usually find peace here. Now I will actually have to go fishing to find the peace!:D

Beautiful Fish! Enjoy your trip to Diamond, I will be there the first week of June!

I know what you mean :hoboy:

It's been kind of a bummer lately :shrug:

[Wild Chrome]

Nice post Steelheadstlkr. If some iFishers get mad b/c there's just a beautiful fish in the photo, that's their problem.

[wsuweston]

Nice fish, I have never caught a 2+ lb trout yet. Can't wait till I do.:excited:

[steelheadstlkr]

I will be at Diamond on Tuesday with my grandpa and I cant wait!! There should be a few 2 lb trout around this year :)

[BigSteelyHead123]

Nice fish Chad!

Some of you should be ashamed.. it's cause of you lots of guys like me (and probably chad) stick to sites like Oregon Fishing Forum.
Didn't know there was a rule you had to post location, bait, and all info just to make a post on here!?

[McSteelie]

Nice fish. There are lots of lakes with lots of fish and many that have trophy size fish. Lots of ways to catch large fish. I don't care whether people tell where they caught a fish, But I always enjoy the "how", as that is educational.

[davidlee]

I will be at Diamond on Tuesday with my grandpa and I cant wait!! There should be a few 2 lb trout around this year :)

Probably quite a few bigger than that... last year during the derby the top 15 or so fish were around 3 pounds. I think the post-treatment record is about 7 or so. Knowing what they stocked after the treatment, they're saying that it wouldn't be surprising if someone catches a 10 pounder this year. :thisbig:

Once the campgrounds clear up i'll probably head down there again. :D

[pharmseller]

Nice fish Chad!

Some of you should be ashamed.. it's cause of you lots of guys like me (and probably chad) stick to sites like Oregon Fishing Forum.
Didn't know there was a rule you had to post location, bait, and all info just to make a post on here!?


:yeahthat:


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[steelheadstalker31]

Yep, it was fun doing battle with those fish. Chad said they fought like steelhead, but I was quite skeptical. I must say they did put up quite a good fight, and I really wanted to land that last one, because it would have been my biggest trout, even though we planned on realeasing it. It is still nice to get a quick tape on it, just to see what you caught. :D

[USMCfisher]

Probably quite a few bigger than that... last year during the derby the top 15 or so fish were around 3 pounds. I think the post-treatment record is about 7 or so. Knowing what they stocked after the treatment, they're saying that it wouldn't be surprising if someone catches a 10 pounder this year. :thisbig:

Once the campgrounds clear up i'll probably head down there again. :D

I fished diamond last year and i think all my fish were close to 4#

[stillwater97]

Since when did Klamath Lake become a zipper lip?

[Wreckless]

Steelheadstalker that's a nice fish, I don't care where you caught it!

I'm with you Stillwater. There's NO need to keep Klamath a secret. It's a TOUGH lake that will hand you your @$$ one day then give you 5 world class trout the next!!!! Then KICK YA in the _ _ _ _ _ again as soon as you think you know what you are doing.:passout: Having said that I'll be spending a couple weeks in God's country in June:meme:

Again NICE TROUT!

[cheeseburger]

Nice fish. There are lots of lakes with lots of fish and many that have trophy size fish. Lots of ways to catch large fish. I don't care whether people tell where they caught a fish, But I always enjoy the "how", as that is educational.
Exactly what I was thinking when I first commented on this thread. I just hate brag posts. I dont care where a fish was caught, but a story is always nice, not just here is a pic of my fish, and thats it. Sorry If I made anyone mad or upset. Brag posts are just the one thing that irratates me on ifish. But I will say again, It was a nice fish, and congrats!

[steelheadstalker31]

Steelheadstalker that's a nice fish, I don't care where you caught it!

I'm with you Stillwater. There's NO need to keep Klamath a secret. It's a TOUGH lake that will hand you your @$$ one day then give you 5 world class trout the next!!!! Then KICK YA in the _ _ _ _ _ again as soon as you think you know what you are doing.:passout: Having said that I'll be spending a couple weeks in God's country in June:meme:

Again NICE TROUT!

Thanks, they are some truly trophy trout. I'll be back to battle them again soon. I just wish you could fish for them at night. Thats when the real monsters are out feeding. Just look at those guys in BC catching all those monsters, and mostly all at night. How do we talk to someone in Salem and get them to change the regs for this lake?

[Wild Chrome]

Cheeseburger,
Brag posts are not my favorite either, but it's been explained to me by an iFish moderator that iFish is intended to be very brag-friendly. Kind of a forum for fishermen's tales (and fisherladies too, of course). Regarding the photos though, don't you think hero shots (like the one on your avatar) are more of a brag than photo's of the fish alone?:wink:

[steelheadstlkr]

Here let me do this correctly, I caught this nice 23 inch trout at Klamath Lake and I look so cool because I'm in the picture! :D You cant tell but I'm bragging to myself on how nice the fish is and I think I will make a video about how cool I am so everyone can see that as well!! :D :D :D Now this is how I should have stared the thread, everyone knows where I caught the fish below, I put my pictures in it so now its really not bragging and you might even be able to see where I was fishing exactly, the only thing missing is the lure in its mouth and a description on how to use it correctly so those not so talented anglers can learn to do it too. :D

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3554/klamathlake.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/my.php?image=klamathlake.jpg)

Anyone who actually knows me knows that I didn't put these pictures up here to brag, if I wanted to brag I would post pictures of nice steelhead that I caught this year not some trout!

[Klamanite]

Here let me do this correctly, I caught this nice 23 inch trout at Klamath Lake and I look so cool because I'm in the picture! :D You cant tell but I'm bragging to myself on how nice the fish is and I think I will make a video about how cool I am so everyone can see that as well!! :D :D :D Now this is how I should have stared the thread, everyone knows where I caught the fish below, I put my pictures in it so now its really not bragging and you might even be able to see where I was fishing exactly, the only thing missing is the lure in its mouth and a description on how to use it correctly so those not so talented anglers can learn to do it too. :D

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3554/klamathlake.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/my.php?image=klamathlake.jpg)

Anyone who actually knows me knows that I didn't put these pictures up here to brag, if I wanted to brag I would post pictures of nice steelhead that I caught this year not some trout!

Congratulations, you have now been assimilated :passout:

No more being you, just post the way the guy that whines the loudest would :hoboy:

All he did was honor the request of who he went fishing with to keep it on the down low, is that so unreasonable? It doesn't matter if Klamath is zipperlip or not. If someone took me to their "secret" spot I would honor it in the exact same manner. If 10,000 other people consider it their "secret" too, so what?? His friend asked and he complied, pretty respectable if you ask me :applause: If you don't like the way he posts, easy solution, don't read it and move on.

[Too Much Lead]

Very well said Klamanite! I would respect that of my fellow angler as well!:twocents:

[Green Eyes]

Just keep posting beutiful pics, we can guess where, can't even believe where this thread went. :twocents:

[upperklam]

Save me a couple!! I'm going this weekend, and I'll post a report.:D

[fishmanmike]

Save the ******* and whining for you wife. Just enjoy this guys good fortune. Nice fish Bro!

[JKW]

Wow, this is one of the longest threads I have seen on the trout fourm, all good reding of course. Nice fish, it is always nice to see pics of big rainbows whether they are hatchery or not. I guess I need to stop chasing chinook and steel and get back to trout fishing.:applause:

[Finscent]

WOW! Great fish. Thanks for sharing:D I have yet to catch a trout that big.

[packer]

More fuel to the fire , went fishing two days this week east of Bly OR after i heard some rumors of some good fish coming out of lofton res. First day ,first fish was a football 23.5 in 6lb redband finished the day catching and releasing four over 20" and about 70 total , most on a black and orange #12 bunny leach built on a rickards pattern . Yesturday only managed two over twenty . For you guys planning on fishing Klamath Lake the water has been really dirty because of all the dike work on the Williamson , but Agency is looking really good . ODFW bio said the fish coming out of Diamond lake are stuffed full of damsel nymphs . Trolling small green flys should really produce . The guys are right though , one day you can fish klamath and get 10 whoppers and not get a hit the next three trips . but the occasional 32" more than makes up for it . FYI they do not plant the lake as the parasitic disases in the lake are 100% fatal to planters . All the fish are native redbands .

[cheeseburger]

Cheeseburger,
Brag posts are not my favorite either, but it's been explained to me by an iFish moderator that iFish is intended to be very brag-friendly. Kind of a forum for fishermen's tales (and fisherladies too, of course). Regarding the photos though, don't you think hero shots (like the one on your avatar) are more of a brag than photo's of the fish alone?:wink:
No I dont, because I was not advertising it on a post with a heading with an exclamation point just to get people to open it, see a pic of a fish, and get no information about it. And yes, I agree with you on what the moderator said, but there was no "fishermen's tale" to go a long with this one.

[cheeseburger]

Here let me do this correctly, I caught this nice 23 inch trout at Klamath Lake and I look so cool because I'm in the picture! :D You cant tell but I'm bragging to myself on how nice the fish is and I think I will make a video about how cool I am so everyone can see that as well!! :D :D :D Now this is how I should have stared the thread, everyone knows where I caught the fish below, I put my pictures in it so now its really not bragging and you might even be able to see where I was fishing exactly, the only thing missing is the lure in its mouth and a description on how to use it correctly so those not so talented anglers can learn to do it too. :D

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3554/klamathlake.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/my.php?image=klamathlake.jpg)

Anyone who actually knows me knows that I didn't put these pictures up here to brag, if I wanted to brag I would post pictures of nice steelhead that I caught this year not some trout!
Congrats! Thats a very nice trout. I love the green on those fish you catch on the Klamath.

[Klamanite]

Congrats! Thats a very nice trout. I love the green on those fish you catch on the Klamath.

Feel better now? :bearhug:

[Kokanee Slow]

Very nice fish, keep up the good fun!:applause:

[cheeseburger]

I always feel better..lol...and it is a very nice feesh

[5-Cents]

I like the glasses on the outside of the hat! :D Nice fish - my biggest rainbow comes from that lake - good memories down there! :applause:

[alumacapt]

For sure!! I will be fishing Diamond Lake a bit this summer and they are some feisty trout but they done pull like a steelhead does. Those big KF fish fight hard and filled the void temporarily from my depression of winter steelhead being over!! :D

steelhead are awesome athletes but your also dealing with current, I wonder how those KL trout would feel if caught in a river?

[Klamanite]

I can vouch for the Klamath River Rainbows. I have caught fish the same size and bigger out of the canyon and Steelhead have nothing on them. Those are some tough, acrobatic fish :applause: