Roaring River Trout Over 3lbs,

[timsfly]

this is a link to the 10lb fish that was caught, you can continue to veiw fish in my album, there are several that

are nice sized, I have over 70 pics but I only have a handful on right now.

Check em out.

[loo10]

Nice pic Tim...thanks for sharing.

I need to come down there and fish RR sometime.

I've never fished it.

Always was a Bennett man and now I always go to Taney.

I'll be sure to stop by and have you steer me in the right direction.

Rich

[timsfly]

[hoglaw]

Maybe MDC should consider just selling its trout to these people. Could be a better revenue stream than licensing.

[Phil Lilley]

Where's the fun in that?!?

[Trav]

How many that size do they release on a monthly basis?

I have been to roaring river. They didnt grow that big in the stream.

[timsfly]

There is no schedule on when they put big fish in, they just do it sometimes, fish do get big in the stream, there have been several fish caught in the river over the years that have attained their size in the river, now they may have been stocked at 3lbs but they can make it a few years and some do, they can get big pretty quick. We watched trout in the area that is now the C&R area, it wasn't then, it was big rainbow, we watched it and fished for it for 2 years, and when a friend of mine finally caught the trout she was almost 15lbs and not a mark on her, she had reverted back to wild as much as any pen raised critter can. Browns in R.R. can get big quick, the hatchery actually stocks them small on purpose, they told me they will get bigger faster in the river, as much as 1" per month till they hit the 18" mark, and you know as well as I that a 18" fish, rainbow or brown is a much tougher fish to catch if they have been out on their own for awhile, I guess any pen raised fish or animal can turn feral, quickly after being turned loose to fend for itself.

But you are right most are killed right off the bat, but a few make it, and they are the real trophies.

I saw a pic of a brown caught in the Zone 3 area of R.R. on sunday, it was a beautiful trout, had to 8lbs or better, the guy had caught it on a rebel crawfish, he turned it loose, he is supposed to send me a pic, but this fish was beautiful and had to have been out on its own for awhile.

[Greg]

That's a great answer Tim and I agree with everything you said.

I'm nowhere near the expert you are but I have been fishing for trout in MO (including the parks) off and on for 30 some years. Most fish are caught right off the bat in the parks. But I feel there are more holdover fish than people realize. And those holdover fish do act more and more like wild trout as time goes on. On any given day at Bennett, RR, or Montauk I generally always catch a few that I feel have been in the river a while. Their coloration is more vivid and they fight harder.

But regardless they are all a lot of fun on a fly rod or UL spinning rod.

Greg

[mbgrulz]