Kansas Rainbow State Record

[troutfiend1985]

Hummm....I wish the pectoral fins looked that good on the MO brood stock. If that was here, I would say it is not a brood stock fresh out of the hatchery. MO brood strock pec fins are ususally worn down to little nubs or at least quite worn, this fish has some nice pointed ones. I've seen gut eaters in the parks and in Taney with a lot bigget guts than that guy. Maybe the fins grow back that good in 4-5 months??

I agree with Tim on this one that this is a run of the mill hatchery trout. I don't see any white on the tips of the fins, and they look pretty rough from what I can see. As far as the "hold overs" I couldn't imagine many. I'll see if I can find that article and link it up here.

[troutfiend1985]

"The trout that aren't caught usually die in the summer, though tagged trout have been found to remain alive in the lake for more than a year." Sounds like not many make it, but a few do. However I would think this fish is a stocker from this year, and without tags on it I wouldn't buy that it was a hold over.

That above is the major quote of the article, but if you want you can read more here:

http://cjonline.com/news/2010-10-30/lake_shawnee_stocked_with_trout

I would think the KDWP could tell you more, but I just can't imagine too many surviving

[flytyer57]

However I would think this fish is a stocker from this year, and without tags on it I wouldn't buy that it was a hold over.

So then the fish was a record when it was stocked? I don't believe it could have grown all that much in a few short months.

[troutfiend1985]

So then the fish was a record when it was stocked? I don't believe it could have grown all that much in a few short months.

Yep, they stock records. I try not to voice my opinion on the matters of records but this seems pretty hollow to me. It would mean a lot more if the record came from the mined lands area. But again, I've never caught a record fish so I should probably shut up

[Tim Smith]

Hummm....I wish the pectoral fins looked that good on the MO brood stock. If that was here, I would say it is not a brood stock fresh out of the hatchery. MO brood strock pec fins are ususally worn down to little nubs or at least quite worn, this fish has some nice pointed ones. I've seen gut eaters in the parks and in Taney with a lot bigget guts than that guy. Maybe the fins grow back that good in 4-5 months??

You could be right that it's an overwinter hold over.

Here's a picture of the broodstock from Norfork from a few years back and it seems similar in wear to the one in the photo above. This one's a male and probably amped up on sex hormones and sporting a really ridiculously outsized kype so it might be less active and less damaged.

They vary. Hard to know for sure.

[Greg]

I honestly didn't know they stocked any trout in Kansas. Nice fish even if it is a stocker. I caught a bow at Taneycomo that looked a lot like that one 7 or 8 years ago. I released mine but he was 8 or 9 lbs based on his length and girth. I knew by looking at him he was a brood stocker and not a holdover fish that had gotten big in the lake. But it was still a thrill to catch it.

Greg