My Trophy Mccloud

[jim m]

One more point is that trout tend to swallow bait (nightcrawlers, soft plastics, and such) deep into their gullet, significantly increasing the odds of mortality.

Artificial lures (and particularly flies) are most commonly hooked into the mouth, making it much safer to play and successfully release.

Snobishly,

-TwoSheds

that was what I meant, haven't used bait for trout in almost 30yrs.

the point of this post was about a truly trophy fish of a lifetime. just think about it, a pure strain of McCloud river trout born wild and raised wild in a small Missouri stream. there are people that come here from all over the U.S. for a chance to fish for them. I am not an avid trout fisherman but man what a trophy that was, and by the way the fish was hook in the side of the jaw and the hook was easily removed

[lee G.]

We are just joking about the fly fishing-bait deal. That was a amazing fish from Crane, and one of a life time from what i read!

[Andrew324]

Thanks for the story Jim. A friend of mine who grew up in Hurley said he used to catch real big-un's on worms in the 70's.

[3wt]

Trout are supposed to be reserved for us snobs.

“If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know

how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.”

-Norman Maclean

[rayfromcrane]

324 i have been told after it was blue. was told of 10 lb till bait was TAKEN IN ON PP. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. SORRY I get mad. Lot of fish in cc. Know trapper that can trap cc. Do not mess with his traps. UNLESS YOU LIKE OTTERS. RFC

[Chief Grey Bear]

I like otters just fine. They are native. Trout not so much.

[rayfromcrane]

The otters are killing the fish, and not just for food. Only good otter dead otter. rfc

[creekin bassnerd]

otters are really cool animals, I love seeing them when Im on the river. They deserve to be there as much if not more than humans.

[rayfromcrane]

I think they are cool to but I am on cc alot and when I find otter scat The fish start to leave. May be they moved to Branson. SORRY. I just know the damage they can do.They have taken over to many streams. Except for trapping I no of no other way to keep them in balance. Any body? rfc

[Chief Grey Bear]

Odd?? Otters and trout, or any other fish, used to live in complete harmony before we came along and fixed everything.