03-07-2016, 12:37 PM
Thanks all for helping with some more accurate details. The more I think about it, that story I remember reading must have been written closer to 30 years ago, which makes me feel....old.
I do have a personal experience with hooking but not landing one of the biggest non Steelhead Rainbows I've ever personally encountered in the outflow of Lucky Peak in the Discovery Park area. That experience happened back in the mid 90's. I didn't have a landing net that day either and remember wishing that I would have because the fish had to have been 6+ pounds. I did hook and land several other fish that same late fall day that were around 20 inches but like most fishing stories, the biggest fish of the day got away [frown]. I fought that fish for what seemed like an eternity but it was probably only about 15 minutes and after I finally wore it down it was laying there on it's side next to the bank. I was looking at it and thinking this fish is a giant but as soon as I reached down and tried to get my fingers on it, the spinner I was using popped out of it's jaw and the fish swam away. What's kind of odd is I've never had another fishing experience like that in that same area of the Boise river right in the outflow of Lucky Peak. That fish is definitely one I'll always remember.
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I do have a personal experience with hooking but not landing one of the biggest non Steelhead Rainbows I've ever personally encountered in the outflow of Lucky Peak in the Discovery Park area. That experience happened back in the mid 90's. I didn't have a landing net that day either and remember wishing that I would have because the fish had to have been 6+ pounds. I did hook and land several other fish that same late fall day that were around 20 inches but like most fishing stories, the biggest fish of the day got away [frown]. I fought that fish for what seemed like an eternity but it was probably only about 15 minutes and after I finally wore it down it was laying there on it's side next to the bank. I was looking at it and thinking this fish is a giant but as soon as I reached down and tried to get my fingers on it, the spinner I was using popped out of it's jaw and the fish swam away. What's kind of odd is I've never had another fishing experience like that in that same area of the Boise river right in the outflow of Lucky Peak. That fish is definitely one I'll always remember.
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