First fish of the year.

rovercanus

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I caught this one in the national forest on Jan. 1st. Glad I didn't get drunk the night before. First decent fish on the new 6.5' 3 weight.
I doubt I can top this for a native trout this year.
 

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rovercanus

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Two Cold Soakers said:
How did it taste.
Don't even tell me you put it back.
Native don't ever get kept. Stocked fish are a different story, if I ate fish or fished for stocked trout, I might consider taking them home.
 

msggunny

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rovercanus said:
Native don't ever get kept. Stocked fish are a different story, if I ate fish or fished for stocked trout, I might consider taking them home.

Ya didnt eat it but you let it beat the shit out of its self on the rocks........

Nice fish by the way.
 

rovercanus

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Nope, it laid there pretty quite. Pulling them out when the water temps are in the 30's is a bit different then pulling them out when they are in the 60's. When I released him he swam easily back to where he came from.