Couple of nice browns

[Joenothum]

Had a buddy come down and fish this weekend.  I had not been on Taney to fish for trout in at least a couple months, (even though Taney is literally in my back yard).  We boat up around Fall Creek to target bigger fish.  My third cast I caught a really nice brown, and after that it was dead for an hour.  All of a sudden we started hitting a few smaller fish and Cody hooked up with a good one.  Of course this is the story about the one that got away but the fish came unbuttoned at the boat and we both agreed it was in the 7-8# mark.  Literally 5 casts later Cody catches a beautiful brown that had some size to him.  We didn't weigh our fish but both were 3.5-4# I would guess.  Didn't catch a whole lot but we were after bigger fish and found a couple.

[Mitch f]

Very nice! I'm always struck by how beautiful God's creatures are!

[Johnsfolly]

Congrats those are great looking brown trout! I would always like larger if fewer fish especially if they are the ones that you guys caught on this trip.

[Joenothum]

Just now, Mitch f said:

Very nice! I'm always struck by how beautiful God's creatures are!

These were colored up really nice, I'm sure the one was still trying to spawn.

[ruthead]

Gorgeous fish! 

[Phil Lilley]

You guys throwing stick baits?

[Joenothum]

3 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

You guys throwing stick baits?

Yes we were throwing big jerkbaits, I like the deep diving ones.

[cracklebak]

Nice fish! I hate to hear the big one got away. He's probably back under Phil's dock 'til next year now lol! Seems being near the bottom is a recurring theme. I just fly fish, what do you all consider stick baits or jerk baits? I picture a bass lure when I hear that?

[Joenothum]

6 minutes ago, cracklebak said:

Nice fish! I hate to hear the big one got away. He's probably back under Phil's dock 'til next year now lol! Seems being near the bottom is a recurring theme. I just fly fish, what do you all consider stick baits or jerk baits? I picture a bass lure when I hear that?

Cracklebak that's exactly what I throw.  I probably look odd floating down the river using my baitcaster but its much easier throwing them that way. 

[Seth]

@Joenothum what size line are you using on your casting setups? I usually throw 5" husky jerks on a medium/fast spinning combo with 6# mono when I fish down on Taneycomo. I've always thought about throwing my bigger jerkbaits that I use for bass on my casting gear, but I haven't tried it yet. When bass fishing, I throw 10-12# mono on them so I was wondering if I needed to drop down to 6-8# for Taney's crystal clear water.