State Record

[timinmo]

So I saw the news and pictures of the new state record Brown Trout and would like to congratulate the fisherman and others involved on the care they gave the fish to keep it alive and release it.  I in no way want to diminish what the angler did but my question is how important would it be to you to have the record?  Now I say this knowing that I will probably never catch a state record nor do I pursue records.  I tend to think that just knowing I caught it and that it was still swimming around would be enough for me.  Of course if I had it on the end of my line I may view the whole thing differently.  What do you think? 

 

 

[1farmer]

30 minutes ago, timinmo said:

So I saw the news and pictures of the new state record Brown Trout and would like to congratulate the fisherman and others involved on the care they gave the fish to keep it alive and release it.  I in no way want to diminish what the angler did but my question is how important would it be to you to have the record?  Now I say this knowing that I will probably never catch a state record nor do I pursue records.  I tend to think that just knowing I caught it and that it was still swimming around would be enough for me.  Of course if I had it on the end of my line I may view the whole thing differently.  What do you think? 

 

 

Don't say you probably never will we all have fate look our way at times. In February 1976 I caught a 4lb. 9oz. white bass which would have been an Arkansas state record. Didn't realize this till later so was no official verification, even though it was weighed on certified scales. If I'm not mistaken a 4lb. 15oz. was caught out of bull shoals in either May or June that same year.

[Seth]

10 hours ago, timinmo said:

So I saw the news and pictures of the new state record Brown Trout and would like to congratulate the fisherman and others involved on the care they gave the fish to keep it alive and release it.  I in no way want to diminish what the angler did but my question is how important would it be to you to have the record?  Now I say this knowing that I will probably never catch a state record nor do I pursue records.  I tend to think that just knowing I caught it and that it was still swimming around would be enough for me.  Of course if I had it on the end of my line I may view the whole thing differently.  What do you think? 

I'm not sure if you are insinuating that the fish wasn't released alive or what. This fish was given the utmost care during the process of getting it weighed on certified scales before it was returned to it's rightful home.

Here is how it all transpired.
1) Fish is hooked shortly after 3pm and landed around 3:30pm
2) Fish gets put in aerated livewell and rushed a few miles down lake to Lilley's where it gets put in a large aerated minnow tank being pumped with fresh water from Taneycomo.
3) It stays in there until 5:15 when Phil and his team get a large water trough filled to the brim with fresh water for transporting the fish to the hatchery where certified scales are waiting.
4) Phil, Duane and a few others put Dale Earnhardt to shame driving to the hatchery where they can get the fish weighed, snap a picture and get it back to Taneycomo.

I was around to witness nearly the entire process. If Frank does eventually succumb from stress, it definitely wasn't due to the lack of effort by the anglers, Phil, Duane and everybody involved! Somebody even mentioned that Bass Pro would likely pay some good money for that fish, but Paul only wanted to see that fish released back to the waters where it has resided for many years.

[laker67]

11 hours ago, timinmo said:

So I saw the news and pictures of the new state record Brown Trout and would like to congratulate the fisherman and others involved on the care they gave the fish to keep it alive and release it.  I in no way want to diminish what the angler did but my question is how important would it be to you to have the record?  Now I say this knowing that I will probably never catch a state record nor do I pursue records.  I tend to think that just knowing I caught it and that it was still swimming around would be enough for me.  Of course if I had it on the end of my line I may view the whole thing differently.  What do you think? 

 

 

There may be several anglers that would be pleased just to catch and release a record fish and that would be the end of it. But, I feel that it needs to be recorded and  entered into Missouri's fishing history. And I think that it would be especially important for Missouri's" trout fishing" history. The importance of catching a record trout would vary from angler to angler, but I feel most would be extremely pleased. A recorded record would show how Missouri's trout program has advanced Lake Taneycomo into the fishery it is today and the fishery it will become in the future. We just stepped into a "world class rating" with a 34lb fish. My considerable thanks to all MDC personnel involved with our cold water fisheries. And that includes past and present. On a side note, I am reasonably sure that Mr. Crews becomes the first Missouri brown trout record holder to release a confirmed record.  

[JestersHK]

I started getting texts as soon as word got out that a monster had been caught... For me at least I was super excited and couldn't wait to get all of the details. 

Myself personally I am looking for state or world record fish every single time I go to Taney or the White.  I enjoy catching trout, but I enjoy hunting for big fish even more.  

When Brandon and I caught our big brown this past December I have no regrets with only having a few pretty crappy pictures and not any official weight as it meant we got her back in the water quickly and she swam off strong.  I did upgrade my digital scale, measuring tape, and net for next time however  

Now she also wasn't a state record and honestly if I hooked a potential record fish at night when we are mostly chasing big fish, I'm not sure how that would work out with most of the world sleeping. I think I'd get the best measurements and weigh it as best I could and then have an "unofficial" record if it meant I could release it unharmed.  I'm hunting them for my self satisfaction, and could live life happy knowing what I accomplished and having a wicked replica mount made.  Then again I also see laker67's point in having it validated.  I'd likely have to go with whatever my heart told me to do at the time.  I know that last big one I caught I was a nervous nelly about getting the rainbow out of her gullet safely, and then getting her back into deeper moving water...

I will say Paul's circumstances are very remarkable, that he almost has a full documentary of the entire ordeal captured.  That is so awesome as he will be able to go back and enjoy that over and over, and then know his fish is still alive out there waiting to be caught again.  I know for me when I'm having a crappy day I'll go back and look at pics of our catch and relive the story and it always makes me feel better LOL.  But he's got the whole thing recorded in video to watch!  A very neat and unique experience.

As others have said before, hats off to all who made this story remarkable.  The handling as Seth stated was top notch. 

In some weird way I think those involved share that same connection to the fish as I do.  We spend allot of our lives chasing them, but when we finally catch them we give them the utmost care so that others can hopefully enjoy them through catching them as well.  Truly special fishery and community we have here... Overall the best story of 2019 so far!

 

 

 

[Harps]

I would definitely want credit for catching a state record, or shooting a state record buck for that matter (which would likely be a world record).
 

But I'm a big attention hog. 🤣

[timinmo]

I insinuated nothing, on the contrary, I commended and thanked all involved.  My statements were just that we all have different things that are important.  I always hope to catch big fish.    

[fishinwrench]

I noticed the hatchery guy lifted the tail and called Frank a triploid.    Do they clip adipose fins on trip's, or what was he looking for ?

[duckydoty]

He was looking at the adipose fin to see if it was clipped. They clipped that fin to mark them as trips.