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[Uchytil]

The salmon are in da rivers, eh...My number two son last weekend near Manistee.

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Very nice eating fish there! Do not tell me his name is Dave? These creeks around here you can jump across at certain areas. When these fish come in, its like a shark! This young man appears to have worked out a lot, or rides dirt bikes?

 

[BadgerMan]

Speaking of the Manistee river, did you see this news story?

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Ludington Daily News has learned that what appears to be a new world record brown trout was caught in the Manistee River this morning.

Grand Rapids area resident Tom Healy caught the 41-pound, 7.25 ounce monster on a crankbait while fishing with Tim Roller’s charter service. Michigan DNR fisheries biologists Mark Tonello and Todd Kalish weighed the fish after leveling the certified scales and determined the weight. It is the new record hold for Michigan. Upon the second weighing with the scales leveled, the weight was determined to be .75 ounces heavier than originally determined. The fish was 43.75 inches long.

The fish is 1 pound, 3.25 ounces heavier than the reigning world record German brown trout, a 40-pound, 4-ounce fish caught in Arkansas in 1992 by Howard “Rip” Collins who used an ultralight rod and 4-pound test line to catch that fish. Healy will have to apply for certification to be declared the world record holder.

The state record German brown trout until today weighed 36.81 pounds and was caught in Lake Michigan in Benzie County in 2007. The next three places in the state record books were held by Lake Michigan browns caught in Manistee.

For more see Thursday’s Ludington Daily News.

There's a photo on this site......wow!

http://www.bettsguideservice.com/report.html

I caught a 17 pound lake run brown one time on an 8wt fly rod. I thought it was the biggest hawg ever......not even close.

 

[Uchytil]

Wallhangers! That Brown is something else for sure. I'd rather eat the smaller ones though. John Jr. already grilled some and said "mmmmm".

 

[flyaway]

that's a beautiful fish! Good for him :)

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

There was a guy, fishing in the harbor of Burns Ditch, illegally. Landed a 14 pound or so, walleye no less. Would have been a state record. He told the truth about where he caught it, no record, no fine. Thorman had a story about his son, caught his 5, helping a friend land his fifth, and the sneaky game warden who was fishing by them, he slaps a 250 dollar ticket in his hand. Assisting someone else after your total was caught? Getting as bad as Wisconsin, they would have seized their vehicle!