Bill Garret, a close friend, of Houston told me that in April of 2002 that he caught and released a 11 1/4 lb trout on the East Shoreline. The week before he caught two 10 lb class trout on the same trip. He had them both mounted together on a table mount. He chose to release the 11 pounder and not kill another big fish. Bill targets big trout and will wade all day for 1 bite...
He told me he thought the Lake record was over 12 lbs. He was thinking about the state record from Ponchartrain. True, its a fish story with no proof. I know a new state record trout resides in Big Lake at this time. It will come from Feb thru the first full moon in May. After that they are all spawned out, skinny, and eel like.
Big Lake does not have the numbers of big trout that in the past due to fishing pressure and anglers killed way to many big trout in the past. It will eventually take a toll. Keeping 6 to 8 lb trout trout will make it more difficult for the 9 & 10 lb sows to show in any great numbers. Thats my 2 cents worth... Good Fishin!!!
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