Hand Eater!

[Big Sky]

I always love being surprised by a decent sized brooke trout. There aren't a ton of them around here, and usually they are tiny when you do catch them. However, there are a couple places where one has a chance to score on a fish is over a foot long. This male I call a Hand Eater. I can't believe the size of the mouth on this thing. I was actually careful when removing the hook as I didn't want to add my fingers to the list of things he has put a hurt on.

While not quite as exciting I also caught a half a dozen browns as well. I only grabbed a couple quick pictures of two of them as I was more interested in fishing than playing photographer.

Still they are pretty buggers. I kind'a like the dark colors on this one.

 

[teamhoyt]

Very nice as always

 

[Festus]

Sweet!

 

[Nameless Range]

I think a big brookie may be the prettiest fish in Montana. Nice picture BigSky

 

[dcopas78]

My dad caught one like that in Wyoming last year. I couldn't believe the size of it. I have never caught a brookie bigger than 10 inches, and all of the ones I have caught have been out of the Smoky Mountains. They are beautiful fish.

 

[Big Sky]

I have one seriously nice brooke trout. He is a beast and I have yet to catch or even see a bigger one. He is one of the very few fish I've ever had mounted. This is kind of a lousy cell phone pic of him, but he is 24" and somewhere between 5-6 lbs. In my mind a true monster for the species from an inland lake in Southern Utah.

 

[bwcatripper]

thats a dandy brook trout...what color was the meat? in northern MN, the meat gets this awesome pumpkin shade.

 

[Big Sky]

I don't remember it was a long time ago.

 

[Southern Elk]

Beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing.

 

[MT_elk]

Great pics. That is a huge brooke trout you have mounted. Breath taking!

 

[bailey68]

Both of those Brook trout are impressive

 

[Big Sky]

Thanks guys. I'm hearing German brown trout call my name. Methinks I will answer their call after work today and tomorrow.