25 Pound Brown Caught

[Bill Babler]

One of Lilleys' resort guests caught a 25 and change pound brown drifting orange and chartruse powerbait below the conservation ramp, at Cooper Creek, last evening.

Megan, Phil's daughter, emailed me the pic's to post, but I couldn't get them to come up at the proper size to post. I will try and get one of the office girls to post name and pics.

Unfortunatly fish this size, seem not to make it back to the water after a fatal mistake. ie Eating Powerbait.

Megan reports the guest is going to "Get it Stuffed". Apparently didn't know about replicas. Said he wished he had known.

I'm sure more details to follow.

In 35 years on Taney, I can count on both hands the number of Browns I have caught on Powerbait. This is truely a miricle, if it is.

[mosouthpaw]

too bad that fish is dead, but an awesome catch none-the-less.

pics would be great to see.

[Dawgsquat]

Cool. I'll await the pics.

[ekl-stl]

That is a giant fish.. there are more but I wonder if the fish would have survived if it was released..with the heat and Oxygen?? Powerbait seems like a natural choice for a giant brown trout

[97procraft]

Does anyone know how old a fish like that could be?

[Dumb to fishing]

We are all waiting in suspence to see this thing, sure it's not the loc ness monster

[FISHnOZ]

I have no earthly clue what a 25lb. brown trout would even look like...I cannot wait to see the photos...

[jefly77]

Wow, 25 lbs., that is a beast!! And on powerbait, I bet the lucky person thought they were hung up at first. My guess is it's about 35" long with a 22-23" girth. Can't wait to see a picture of the brute.

Jefly

[Leonard]

Here is the picture..

Rick Spegal, from Bowling Green, Missouri, caught a 25 pound brown trout

down stream from Lilley's Landing Resort & Marina.

He caught it on yellow and orange gulp powerbait on 6 lb line. It was 34

inches long.

[vanven]

Torn between "congrats" and "what a shame".

-Jerod