Rainbow trout!

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by tim3516

Thanks guys. I was squeezing that thing for dear life in those pictures. It would have had to come out like through my fingers like spaghetti to get away hahaha. It was 17 1/4", might not be much to some but it's a monster compared to the 8 inchers I've always caught

That's a very nice fish for NC. By September/October in Colorado, almost all the trout are over 16" in some of the reservoirs. They stock 10" trout in late winter and by fall they are 16+" and 2-3 lbs. The ones a year older are 24+" and 5+ lbs.