Travis Swift 723 Report post Posted August 1 A friend of mine found a big dead brown this afternoon that was 30+ pounds. Hate to see it, look at the tale on that fish. Been awhile since we've seen a really big one show up, figured I would share. 2 1 snagged in outlet 3, Daryk Campbell Sr and JestersHK reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ham 4,775 Report post Posted August 1 Turtles and crawfish gotta eat 1 tjm reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lilley 5,276 Report post Posted August 1 Can’t see the adipose fin area but it looks to be snipped. Probably a triploid. Doesn’t look like Frank. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
netboy 1,437 Report post Posted August 1 What a shame. Hopefully it died of natural causes. I guess if someone caught it recently and then tried to release it we would have heard about it and there surely would have been pictures. 1 Daryk Campbell Sr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XP 590 82 Report post Posted August 3 That tail tells a tale 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snagged in outlet 3 7,497 Report post Posted August 3 What about the tail, @Travis Swift? Do you mean the adipose fin? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishinwrench 11,045 Report post Posted August 4 I went on a rant once about biologists clipping fins, and somebody, supposedly connected with MDC in some way, got on here and ripped into me big-time, claiming that nobody from MDC ever clipped fishes fins off. Does anyone, by chance, remember that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snagged in outlet 3 7,497 Report post Posted August 4 9 hours ago, fishinwrench said: I went on a rant once about biologists clipping fins, and somebody, supposedly connected with MDC in some way, got on here and ripped into me big-time, claiming that nobody from MDC ever clipped fishes fins off. Does anyone, by chance, remember that? I think I do. It was a looong time ago wasn't it?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
laker67 744 Report post Posted August 4 9 hours ago, fishinwrench said: I went on a rant once about biologists clipping fins, and somebody, supposedly connected with MDC in some way, got on here and ripped into me big-time, claiming that nobody from MDC ever clipped fishes fins off. Does anyone, by chance, remember that? I don't recall this, but the hatchery manager at sheppard told me in 05 that they had been doing a 4 year rotation of fin clips on brown trout for the past 12 years. That's how he knew at a glance that my fish was at least 12 years old. Maybe they do not consider hatchery people as MDC. 1 snagged in outlet 3 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travis Swift 723 Report post Posted August 4 All I meant by look at the tail was that it was a huge tail and was thick all the way to the tail. Just a huge fish. 1 snagged in outlet 3 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
