Whats the biggest rainbow trout you have caught?

[BIGHUNTERFISH]

I am really excited about the upcoming fly fishing season ,so I was wondering what the biggest rainbow trout you have caught is?I would love to see some pictures.:razz:

[ROEBUCK]

about 3.5 pound is my biggest so far, hope to beat that this year

[Tinney]

6 and a hair.

[Macgregor]

3.5 lbs. for me too. I've been fishing around the PG area for most of my life. I have to admit that I don't really go to the big lakes that hold much bigger fish but with the amount of fishing I've done and the fish I've seen caught I have to wonder about the amount of 5, 6, & 7 lbers I've heard about. When you're holding an honest 3 or 3.5 lb. rainbow it is a nice fish.

[tuchodi]

I haven't done much Trout fishing in the last 5 years but my biggest is aprox 2 1/2 lbs and I thougth it was bigger when on my flyrod. I will be doing more this year.

[Dannybuoy]

The biggest rainbow has been 14 lbs a few years ago here in the Okanagan . This photo is a 10lber out of kootenay lakehttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/Dannybuoy_bucket/085_85Small.jpg

[frenchbar]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/bedroom_001_2_.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8592&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent) 3 PD Dragon lk rainbow. My biggest was a 8and a half pder.

[betteroffishing]

oh danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling. 14 lbs thats a hell of a fish. my biggest is a 6 pounder out of sherridan 2 summers ago.

[srupp]

hmmm 14 pounds on Fly @ Forest lake...lost a even bigger one on SHERIDAN lake..biggest on lures was over 20# on Lake Okanagan back in a frostbite derby...
That same Forest lake I have a photo on my locker of a local fly fisherman and a 20PLUS pounder on FLY..its trophy only asnd very limited and fly only lake..Steven

[ROEBUCK]

that is a awesome fish!im seriously jelous
The biggest rainbow has been 14 lbs a few years ago here in the Okanagan . This photo is a 10lber out of kootenay lakehttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/Dannybuoy_bucket/085_85Small.jpg

[Shed Hunter]

dannybuoy, nice fish. mine was 9lb

[115 or bust]

So sea run rainbows count???? My best steelie was 23lbs. Waaay waaaay back.

[longwalk]

22" @ 5lbs

[Deerwhacker]

5 1/2lbs caught in jacko lake on the fly.

[kloosterboer]

Not exactly sure but it was 25" i'm guessing around 3.5lbs it was on the fly a couple years ago

[5 spike]

okanagan lake, grew up fishing that lake biggest 10 pounds. arrow lakes 12 pounds.

[Paulyman]

A 5 pounder out of the logan lake area.

[boomer]

how about a 6 lbs cutt Boys will this do.:smile:http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/image3.jpg

[horshur]

Nine or ten pounds on a dragon pattern I tied.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/akdana/Scan0003-3.jpg

[killman]

8.5 lbs in tweedsmuir park, must admit though wasn't on a fly:biggrin:. My dad had one on that was way bigger but unfortunately I knocked it off with the net. And ya I won the biggest fish bet:biggrin:

[115 or bust]

how about a 6 lbs cutt Boys will this do.:smile:http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/image3.jpg

Holy jeeze boomer I didn't even recognize you you skinney clean shaven bugger lol I was gonna quote this and say wow thats a hell of a fish and then I saw it said boomer lol wow!!! Hell of a fish too.

[hillclimber]

I pulled an 8 pounder out of sheridan last summer and hopefully i will get some more this week when im up there:-D

[ThinAir]

I caught a 32 incher in Hobson Lk a couple of years ago. Probably weighed between 10-12 pounds. Caught it just minutes before sundown with a beautiful sunset across the sky. The only problem was that I had lent my digital camera battery to my brother who was on a sheep hunt, and didn't get a pick!!:eek: Oh well... a memory forever.

[kenkell1]

Biggest on a fly was 6 1/2 pounds and biggest on a lure was 24 1/2. Both on kootenay lake.

[Tinney]

LOL horshur that fish is 5lbs max. Nice fish tho

[Tarp Man]

My biggest is out of the Fraser Valley. 22" rainbow out of a local lake. Nice and thick, but no picture. Caught first week after ice off.

[Untouchable]

you wighed it did you??
Nice fish Horshur, but like it was said earlier not a nine or ten pounder. When you have fished enough, and handled a lot of fish(not saying you haven't), a ten pounder has a real different look about it. Personally I haven't got a ten pounder on a fly rod, however, I've gotten a few with gear. I'd say that fish was in the neighborhood of five pounds also. :wink:

[horshur]

LOL horshur that fish is 5lbs max. Nice fish tho

Did you wiegh it???
Here is another shot...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/akdana/scan-1.jpg

[frenchbar]

Nice bow horshur.is it out of a lk or is it a bow out of the River.nice to catch it on your own tied fly.

[Wild one]

Bow river Alberta 34 1/2 inch on a blue and silver mepps

[horshur]

Nice bow horshur.is it out of a lk or is it a bow out of the River.nice to catch it on your own tied fly.

fish is out of a local lake...

I never weighed it but I have caught 4-5 pound fish plenty that have been wieghed....this fish is was much larger.

[Browningmirage]

i notice a lot of people posting sizes and yet no actual fish pictures...hate to say it, but without a pic, a 10 pound rainbow aint jack

first two are the same fish...24-25 inches, second one is smaller, around 22, but beauty colour


http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/browningmirage/100_4361.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/browningmirage/100_4358.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/browningmirage/100_4355.jpg

[kootenayelkslayer]

Thought there would be some more Gerard rainbows from Kootenay or Arrow lakes on this post. There must be someone out there that can catch 'em, sure as hell ain't me though.
Nice bows Browningmirage, must be polyploidy ;)

[ianwuzhere]

my biggest- 5 pound range. Anyone whos got some over 10 pound them are some true beauties... Someday id like to catch one in the double digits!!

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r141/ianwuzherephotos/17.jpg

[Tinney]

Bow river Alberta 34 1/2 inch on a blue and silver mepps

PIC. NEED A PIC. BS without a pic

[Derek_Erickson]

Not mine thought I'd throw it up there though



says :
24 lb Rainbow from Kootenay Lake


http://www.anglingbc.com/images/galleryraw/trout/ward.jpg

[Browningmirage]

looks real "fresh" from that pic

[Dannybuoy]

Tinney is the catcher
Yeah but are you talking about fishing ?:?

[pupper]

oh danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling. 14 lbs thats a hell of a fish. ...

my thoughts exactly, good work dannyboy

[Phreddy]

I feel very humbled by all the 23, 24, 34 inchers, etc. The biggest fish I ever caught in the Princeton area was only about 8 " long. I assume you chaps measure yours the same way we do ours....between the eyes.:biggrin:

[Dannybuoy]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/Dannybuoy_bucket/095_95Small.jpg


my thoughts exactly, good work dannyboy

Thanks pupper ... here's a "dolly" I got the same week as that rainbow
same size too ... 30" long 10 lbs
P.S. ignore my hamming it up for the photo-op

[diggerpax]

26 1/2 inches and 8 1/2 inches deep on a woolly booger- let it go- replica on the wall- measurements were 10-12 lbs range

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Here are my two biggest. Both were 26"x 15 1/2". First one was Thanksgiving caught on a size 16 micro-mini beadhead leech. Second was the following June and caught on a size 16 olive damsel. Excuse my fingers in the second pic and these fat buggers are a beetch to hold on to.

There are now landing 30-34" fish in that lake built like these guys:shock:. I think it's time to head back there.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/02-03-2008_01_48_38PM.JPG (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=7939&perpage=18&ppuser=1509)
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/02-03-2008_01_51_14PM.JPG (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=7941&perpage=18&ppuser=1509)


SSS

[Tinney]

SSS

Too much background in your pics, even I picked out the lake :|

:lol:
Niceuns

[Stone Sheep Steve]

SSS

Too much background in your pics, even I picked out the lake :|

:lol:
Niceuns

I'm not worried about you fishing there as they don't allow the use of finfish for bait in that lake.....wait a minute....they don't allow that at any lake in BC:eek:.

SSS

[Krico]

Well, at 4 years old my daughter officially caught one larger than any I have landed. Needed a lot of help from by buddy and I to get it landed-as usual the kids outfished the dads that day. Here she is with her little fishin buddy. If I remember correctly it was somewhere in the 26" range.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p306/fishmanning/Kidsicefishing-1.jpg

[kenkell1]

I didn't catch this fish my uncle did and it was from Kootenay Lake. It still stands as the record for that lake and it was a beauty. I'll never forget seeing that thing on their kitchen counter the day they caught it.
It's official weight was 35.12 pounds and was caught January 25, 1976.

[BCrams]

SSS

Too much background in your pics, even I picked out the lake :|

:lol:
Niceuns

I doubt it Tinney.

[Tinney]

I doubt it Tinney.

Shut.....up.....

[frenchbar]

Another Dragon lk rainbow.http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Dragon_lk.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8665&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)

[Wild one]

Sorry Tinny But no didgy pic but go fish the Bow river they are not that hard to catch that size there.I seen a fair number caught bigger than mine on that river in the five years I fished it.

[Tinney]

If you think 30" trout in the Bow are plentiful you are in for an awful reality check when you put one on a tape measure. The BIGGEST I have seen is a 30" monster monster monster broonie caught by a guide. Have a look on FFC

http://www.flyfishcalgary.com/board/

[snipeshow]

My biggest rainbow is 7 lbs.......off shore to boot! Also one of my buddies caught a 13 pound bull trout at the same spot off shore

[Trav]

snipeshow i might just know that spot!

[Tinney]

Hey bud this one is bigger than the one you got last time. You didn't forget this BAMF did ya?? There's a reason I call BROWNINGMIRAGE the DRAGON SLAYA!
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg126/Tako870/2007W-DL05.jpg

We put 'er @ 27" and pushing 7lbs

[BIGHUNTERFISH]

Hey bud this one is bigger than the one you got last time. You didn't forget this BAMF did ya?? There's a reason I call BROWNINGMIRAGE the DRAGON SLAYA!
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg126/Tako870/2007W-DL05.jpg

We put 'er @ 27" and pushing 7lbs

Nice Spawner.:x

[Browningmirage]

hey bud, if you think it was bonked, think again...have some faith, please.

[steel_ram]

I think the inches get smaller when when it's cold and the further East you live.

[.303]

Mine was probably 2.5 lbs about 10 years ago. I really haven't fished for trout in a long time.

I am in no way, shape or form impling that anyone is lying here in this thread, but it reminded me of a fishing plaque my Grampa used to have....


"You never know, maybe the fish goes home and lies about the size of the person it got away from". :lol:

[Tinney]

Just goes to show you how uneducated BHF is :roll: Fish don't spawn in Dragon, so unless you have something positive to say, butt out! :mad:

[Wild one]

Hey Tinny trout will take on spawing colors if they have a place to spawn or not and I 36000 rainbows in my back yard that can prove it.

[Deerwhacker]

Are the rainbows in that lake triploids?
I checked and the fish in dragon are triploids (non reproductive)
Nice rainbow by the way

[GoatGuy]

Hey bud this one is bigger than the one you got last time. You didn't forget this BAMF did ya?? There's a reason I call BROWNINGMIRAGE the DRAGON SLAYA!


We put 'er @ 27" and pushing 7lbs

How did it taste?

I've heard the fish in dragon are muddy.

[Tinney]

The 27" was released.

[Tinney]

Are the rainbows in that lake triploids?
I checked and the fish in dragon are triploids (non reproductive)
Nice rainbow by the way

There is quite the mix of stocking in dragon. There are triploid pennasks, triploid tunkwa, diploid pennask, tunkwa, blackwater, native dragon, gerrard and tzenaicuts and probably a wack of others. All kind of rainbows in dragon. Rarely do you catch two consecutive fish that appear the same. I believe the 27" fish I posted to be a tzenaicut or gerrard diploid. It is clearly not a tripoid. The fish may get coloured up, but they sure as heck dont spawn in mud :)

[Browningmirage]

How did it taste?

I've heard the fish in dragon are muddy.


Didnt bonk that one, it was too pretty. I have heard that they are muddy too, not to mention sewage leakage, etc, etc. Sewage affects bivalves/filter feeders, not so much organisms higher up the food chain.

I have bonked one out of there on a few occasions, and never had a bad tasting one (always icefishing), in most cases i leave the big ones, but sometimes i cant help myself. They taste just like any other trout i have ever had.

[Schutzen]

Know a lake where on an avg day you could load a small boat fly fishin. The bows we were catchin there were avg 4-5 lbs occasional larger. They took the fly in the air, some jumped and took it on the way down sumtimes several were chasing it at once! One time on my sloppy back cast my fly hit the water behind me and a trout got it before I could continue the cast. Lost it tho.
Water was so gin clear we could see them rising for the flies from 20 ft deep I think. Coolest trout fishin I ever did.

[hotload]

TINNEY CHECK OUT THE FISH I CAUGHT ON THE BOW. Look under the other section Fresh and Saltwater Fishing. Makes most look like a puppy.
2 different fish there take your pick. Looks like you saved your fish for years and took it out of the freezer for bragging rights. Did you catch it?

[Derek_Erickson]

he wont be answering anytime soon unless someone speaks for him he's been banned AGAIN!




TINNEY CHECK OUT THE FISH I CAUGHT ON THE BOW. Look under the other section Fresh and Saltwater Fishing. Makes most look like a puppy.
2 different fish there take your pick. Looks like you saved your fish for years and took it out of the freezer for bragging rights. Did you catch it?

[hotload]

It was bound to happen with an attitude and mouth like that. There you go SlickFork you called it. Good Moderators are what makes this a great site. Keep up the good work.

[Dirty]

Biggest trout was a 3lb Rainbow caught on Stuart Lake.

[kennyg826]

My cousin and I each caught a 10 pounder back to back from Donnely about 15 years ago. What a thrill. Kinda funny watching a salmon sized trout going half into a trout net.:lol:

[Fish Hound]

When I was a 16 we fished out of Belfour and I caught one 27lbs on Kootenay Lake in 1979. My biggest on a fly was a 17lber from Ritcher Lake in 1987. I caught 7 fish that night. Nothing less than 8lbs based on length and girth measurements. At the end of the evening the biggest one dophined away with lighting speed and screamed my reel to end of my backing in what seemed like 5 seconds. Then with one final leap snapped the backing knot off at the reel. It was almost 11:00. My creel was way overfull with only one fish and my arms were spent. Good memories!

[troutseeker]

12 pound rainbow on a black leech out of Langford lake in Victoria (a while ago).

I also pulled a 10+ pound rainbow from the CFB Lahr fish and game pond in 1986. I'll have to dig the picture out, I was really skinny then...

Troutseeker

[Moosenose]

This was a great day on the water, the big one was 20.0#, the other one 10.8#. A few celebration beverages followed this photo.

[BiG Boar]

First time ever flyfishing 13 years old. Couldnt even cast 20 ft. Caught and landed a 10lb rainbow in a lake in calgary. Saw a big gulp and I played it till I could no more. Pulled it onto the beach and my brother punched it to death cuz we had no rocks or clubs to kill it!!! Kept it in my freezer for a long time, never could get to eating it, too proud showing it off! Finally gave it away to someone who did. Got me hooked for a long time.

[JoshCampbell]

my biggest is 7 and half out of dragon lake with lots of 5 and 6 pounders

[nitro1970]

My Dad caught one years ago out of Okanagan Lake near Rattlesnake Island it was an 18lb 1oz, 35in male Kamloops Rainbow. I know you can't really tell by the pic it was that big but....

[Sasquatch]

I caught one a few pounds bigger than this one in Alberta about 20 years ago...can't seem to find a pic

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs449.snc3/25757_412432881082_589431082_5513397_6322757_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2861050&id=589431082)

[mark]

My Dad caught one years ago out of Okanagan Lake near Rattlesnake Island it was an 18lb 1oz, 35in male Kamloops Rainbow. I know you can't really tell by the pic it was that big but....

They are still in there, meathead cought this one this past winter and let it go, also 18lbs!!! :shock:


http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/data/500/medium/IMG_3676_Medium_.JPG (http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/showphoto.php?photo=19853&size=big&cat=500)

[308Lover]

I caught one so big you wouldn't believe me. Sorry I don't have a picture of it. It was one to dream about.

[walnutz]

Mine was a 5.2lbs out of hihium lake.

[hotload]

The biggest rainbow has been 14 lbs a few years ago here in the Okanagan . This photo is a 10lber out of kootenay lakehttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/Dannybuoy_bucket/085_85Small.jpg

Mine was 14 1/4lbs just a hair larger than Dannybuoy's, same lake,better lure.

[KB90]

Definitley Not the biggest I've caught but a nice one and the only one around when I had a camera. I don't usually weigh them but I have caught some good ones in dragon over the years.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Dragon.jpg

[model88]

Biggest Rainbow I caught was last summer in Red Lake, didnt have a scale so I conservatively guessed the weight around 6-8lbs. Put up a hell of a fight....was actually staying at one of HBC's members cabins up there.

88

[arcadia]

We lived in Nakusp in the 1960s. My Dad caught one about 24 or 26 lbs. in the Arrow lakes. The thing is there was a fishing derby on but he figured he wouldn't win so he didn't enter. He did make the front page of the newspaper though. Sorry no pics. I was 4 or 5 at the time. We had that newspaper photo for years. Probably lost now at Mom's house.

[dave_fras]

I caught one just shy of 18 pounds out of my kayak this past winter.

[.264winmag]

I caught one just shy of 18 pounds out of my kayak this past winter.
That's a beauty! Pic?

[dave_fras]

I have it on here..look up okanagan lake kayak.

[Fred1]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5920&stc=1
Not my biggest but my favourite for his colours! Okanagan pig!

[.264winmag]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5920&stc=1
Not my biggest but my favourite for his colours! Okanagan pig!
Real beauty, just like a steelie buck!

[fuzzybiscuit]

Definitley Not the biggest I've caught but a nice one and the only one around when I had a camera. I don't usually weigh them but I have caught some good ones in dragon over the years.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Dragon.jpg



Hey, whatever happened to Kyle? Over 2 1/2 years since his last post.

[Phreddy]

My biggest was only 4". You guys measure yours between the eyes too don't you?

[warnniklz]

14 out of "dougan" lake. Went back in the watee. That was a number of years back. Caught one two seasons ago now that was 30". That one had to go back as I already had killed a 27".