Back off Nickers.. i was gonna try and score a few...

Yeah...right? Those are non-adronomous!!!

One summer night out on FG, we had a late night squall come in around midnight. I was a couple hundred yards off shore and it promptly took me many several hundred yards away in the blink of an eye and maxed out my safety line. You MUST tie off. 2 - 3 ft. white caps in an old float tube in the pitch black is kinda scary eh! Once it passed and laid down, I was able to scratch out a 10, 13 & 15 lb brown in about an hour. They went nuts after that wind blew all kinds of feed into the water. Good times but long ago. I wonder if it's still like that. Probably, because most people are sane and don't float tube at 2 am. All I know is that if you want big browns, you must fish at night and give them something meaty.

I bet there are 40 pound browns in FG...and yes, 3# kokes are the norm, not the exception.

Fish on...

Todd

There are - no doubt. I hooked into something one night that actually scared me. Never got it close, but it towed me to hell and back for about 5 minutes before it smoked my reel and broke 30 lb backing off the arbor. Easily north of 30. Easily. Made 15 lb. browns seem like a small puppy.

This has got me horned up for the old days. Trip planning starts now. Who's in?

Jesus, dood. If we did 1/4 the trips we talk about we'd have to live to be 150 to do half of them.

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. In.

Sounds like a chunky kokanee rigged Old Harbor style would be the perfect "meaty" bait for a BIG ol'brownie.

Qu

Quite a story! No embellishing.

Oh this is a fishing sight?

Plug cut..

Herzog did an entire feature article on the kokes in FG. The float tube fantasy sounds unreal!!

You are actually not far off. I used to really be into big Lakers in mountain reservoirs. 20, 30, 40+ pounds. in open water or through the ice. My personal biggest was around 35 lbs. Don't know officially because I couldn't get it through my ice fishing hole and I had to either break it off or kill the fish. Their is nothing better than ice fishing at 10K ft elevation in a January sunshine storm. January, pure brilliant sunshine, 65 degrees, 5 feet of snow, brats on the grill, beer in hand while waiting and watching tip-ups. The best big laker lure is a 4 - 5 inch white or glow tube grub w/ 2 - 3 oz lead inside, tipped with rotten sucker meat. Drop down and hold on. Also works for big bows and pike too.

+1

https://kutv.com/news/local/10-year-old-boy-catches-41-pound-lake-trout-at-flaming-gorge

There ya go.

Bigguns.

Fish on...

Todd

Wow! I've been shown up by a 10 year old kid, which is more than alright.
Nice going young man!

Says he released it, too.

5:4 odds says that kid not only showed you up, but will get laid before you do.

Book it!



Fish on...

Todd

Geez man....doubtful. But thanks for the sentiment anyway.

<insert snowflake emoji here>

See you in the morning, you can take out your frustration on a few sea dragons tomorrow.



Fish on...

Todd