Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 31, 2015 Root Admin Posted August 31, 2015 A friend from KC shared this on FB. This is his son Chris posing with the brown we found dead just above our dock in either 1998 or 1999. mic 1
Seth Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Was this the 38 pounder? I think it sometime around that time when a very decomposed 28 or 29 pound brown was brought in to the Lazy Valley dock while we were there. Dad probably has a picture of us standing by it stashed away somewhere.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted September 1, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted September 1, 2015 No... this one never made it to Lazy. Measurement on this brown were bigger than the current world brown at that time. Estimated weight was over 44 pounds. Seth 1
fishinwrench Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Was that the one that MDC shocked and it didn't recover ?
Mitch f Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 I enjoy seeing a huge fish that is long with great DNA, as opposed to a short, fat fish that just gorged themselves. "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted September 1, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted September 1, 2015 Was that the one that MDC shocked and it didn't recover ? No.
Seth Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 No... this one never made it to Lazy. Measurement on this brown were bigger than the current world brown at that time. Estimated weight was over 44 pounds. The one I was referring to at at Lazy was a different fish and was much more decomposed than the one in your picture. I am not sure if it was before or after the one you have in the picture, but it seems like it was around the same time frame. I need to talk to dad and see if I can find that picture somewhere.
Travis Swift Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Think we will see one this big again? How many browns do you think are in the lake over 30 pounds? There are some really deep holes that I think could harbor these guys, especially down stream from the landing. I would think once they get over 20 or 30 pounds they just lay in these deep holes and feed on little stocker rainbows anytime they want to. Man I would love to see one in person sometime! Phil Lilley 1
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted September 1, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted September 1, 2015 I think you're right, Travis. On the White River, they've been documented to feed on dead or dying stockers released by fishermen. Trout sink when they die. As for how many of these are in Taney - I bet none. The 2009 flood gate event wiped out most of the bigger browns. This brown had to have been stocked in the early 80's. Not sure when browns were first stocked here but he had to have been stocked early to get that big. Taney does have the potential again, just not sure when that will be.
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