State Record Rainbow

[Feathers and Fins]

Just my opinion but I believe record fish should not be allowed from private ponds or parks, though they may well be a record I liken it to High Fence Hunting which is not allowed to be in record books. The animal may have been reared in captivity but should have been released into a “wild” place to live and attain the record size. I believe it lessens records to allow brood stock to be allowed from places that can grow monsters due to farming technology.

[Quillback]

When I lived in Washington state, the record "Rainbow" was caught. It was a triploid that had escaped from a fish farm net pen. Should not have qualified IMO, but it is what it is.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/mar1998a/

[Phil Lilley]

I don't think MDC has released any broad stock rainbows in Taneycomo for a lot of years now. They take them to the parks mainly. If you caught one, you'd know it. Nothing like a "normal" trout - no fight, no fins, color is terrible. They can develop into a nice fish but it would take years. When they were put in Taneycomo, they didn't last long at all. Caught out and kept by most as trophies. The last time I saw broad stock rainbows come out of Taney, they were only about 3-4 pounds. Not the 7-8 pounders we used to see back in the 80's and 90's.

[Bman]

After reading about Phil,s big catch, and recalling the story about the 17.5 lber caught just a few months ago. I am thinking that taney is on the verge of producing the next 18 lb rainbow. Last fall I witnessed the most large rainbows caught in several years. It reminded me of the 1988 season when 10 to 14 lbers were caught on a daily basis. Last fall, at least 6 fish were caught ranging from 12.5 to 15.5 . These six fish are the ones caught by Bman, Centerpunch, Brandon, Elke, and myself. And these are only the fish that I am aware of, I am sure others were caught from the main lake. When you look at this overall pattern, I am guessing that this might be the year for the state record to " rightfully" come to lake taneycomo. I am going out on the limb and saying that by new license time next year, taney will produce a record rainbow. It may come in the way of an unofficial record from phil or some of the c and r people on this board, but I thinki it will happen.

Hey Rick,

I believe you are right! That male 'Bow I released last fall was hanging out with a huge female, I belive she went at least 20. I had her on for a few quick seconds. I hope our paths cross on the water soon.

[LunkerB]

The trend of such beautiful, big fish being caught and also released is exciting. It makes me want to pack the truck and head out!

[laker67]

Hey Rick,

I believe you are right! That male 'Bow I released last fall was hanging out with a huge female, I belive she went at least 20. I had her on for a few quick seconds. I hope our paths cross on the water soon.

Well howdy Bruce, good to see you back on here. It has been a while. I remember you telling the story about that big female, and remember Matt saw one the year before. It is time for taney to hold both records.

[ohmz138]

Hopefully we can see some fish like that this year. That one I about hooked a couple years ago looked to be about 4 or 5 inches wide when looking down at it. That bad dude chased that streamer all the way to my feet pretty much before it took. I think I was having a seizure about that time, so I forgot how to set a hook I guess.lol.

[Bman]

Hopefully we can see some fish like that this year. That one I about hooked a couple years ago looked to be about 4 or 5 inches wide when looking down at it. That bad dude chased that streamer all the way to my feet pretty much before it took. I think I was having a seizure about that time, so I forgot how to set a hook I guess.lol.

Still a memory for a life time! I know that I will never forget the look on your face that early foggy morning!

[laker67]

Hopefully we can see some fish like that this year. That one I about hooked a couple years ago looked to be about 4 or 5 inches wide when looking down at it. That bad dude chased that streamer all the way to my feet pretty much before it took. I think I was having a seizure about that time, so I forgot how to set a hook I guess.lol.

Your dad and I could blame that on memory loss.

[mhall02]

I would love to work at a hatchery. What sort of line of schooling would one nneed to persue for that

I would recommend seeing if you can get on w/o a degree and work your way up. I tried it the other way around and it did not work.....