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17 1/2” 1.8 pound trout caught - Jnicholes - 01-31-2021

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Caught this today. Took me a minute and 30 seconds to bring it in. 17 1/2 inches, 1 pound 12.8 ounces.

3rd biggest trout I have ever caught.

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Here is the meat color. I am pretty sure it’s a stocked trout. Still, it’s a nice big fish! Having it for dinner tomorrow!

Jared

RE: 17 1/2” 1.8 pound trout caught - wiperhunter2 - 01-31-2021

Way to go Jared, were you ice fishing or fishing open water?

RE: 17 1/2” 1.8 pound trout caught - Jnicholes - 01-31-2021

Actually, it was open water. Stocked pond in Boise. Just jigged a worm off the bottom, and got it.

Would you mind actually helping me with a conversation between me and a friend of mine? He says this is a stock trout, but I can’t tell if it’s stocked or wild. The meat color is throwing me off. I assume from the meat color its stocked. Is my friend correct in saying it’s a stocked fish? Is there any way to tell besides the meat color?

Stocked or not, it’s a good fish.

RE: 17 1/2” 1.8 pound trout caught - wiperhunter2 - 01-31-2021

(01-31-2021, 02:51 PM)Jnicholes Wrote: Actually, it was open water. Stocked pond in Boise. Just jigged a worm off the bottom, and got it.

Would you mind actually helping me with a conversation between me and a friend of mine? He says this is a stock trout, but I can’t tell if it’s stocked or wild. The meat color is throwing me off. I assume from the meat color its stocked. Is my friend correct in saying it’s a stocked fish? Is there any way to tell besides the meat color?

Stocked or not, it’s a good fish.
Recently stocked trout have white flesh, they turn orange when they start getting a wild diet of bugs and other natural food. Just by looking at the fins you can tell it is a stocked fish, wild fish normally don't have a rounded tail like that one.

RE: 17 1/2” 1.8 pound trout caught - Jnicholes - 01-31-2021

Thank you for the input. I appreciate it. Just finished cooking it, and it taste phenomenal.

RE: 17 1/2” 1.8 pound trout caught - meancuznalfy - 01-31-2021

Nice fish