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Old 03-19-2013, 03:51 PM
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I was fishing the mouth of oyster bayou one WINDY day last spring. The tide was rushing in and being pushed by a 25mph south wind. I saw some mullet up on the shell corner on the left side going into the bayou. As I was drifting up to it I heard a splash and looked up and saw a huge fish flopping on the bank. I thought it was a red but upon further examination realized it was the biggest trout I had ever seen. I fired up the motor a ran the boat up to the shells and jumped out and grabbed her. She was just a hair over 29" and fat as hell. Took some quick pics and released her. I'm guessing close to 9#. I've caught 4 right at and barley over 7lbs and this girl made them look small. Wish I had a scale that day.
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:05 PM
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Nice Trout, and you caught it with your hands. Thats pretty cool.
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:09 PM
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:09 PM
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I had always heard trout didnt get that big by being stupid. I guess we need to re-evaluate that statement. You saved her life lol
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:31 PM
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She Seriously was 3 feet up on the bank she crushed that mullet with some force. I figured the trot gods would bestow good karma upon me for releasing her. Hasn't happened yet. Numbers but not size. I have t caught one over 6 in 2 years. I wish i would have had a scale. Her gut was huge like they had 12" mullet in it. I'm sure she was well over 8.
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:41 PM
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Can't be .......same spots as one I caught........







seriously......nice fish man
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:52 PM
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congrats on the release---i know where i'd be fishin for a while! had a friend do something similar with a flounder at the edge of the surf---he released it into the grease.
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:56 PM
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A Flounder would have received the same fate of grease bath or maybe a oven sauna.
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Nice 1!
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Old 03-19-2013, 05:37 PM
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Too bad the star tournament wasnt goin on! Lol
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Old 03-19-2013, 06:14 PM
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Too bad the star tournament wasnt goin on! Lol
Coulda entered the live release Calcutta and everything lol
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That's frickin crazy but cool as hell
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Crazy story, what I got out of that is big trout bite in heavy winds..
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Old 03-19-2013, 09:03 PM
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The waves and current were crushing on to that point and they had some big 10" mullet holding really tight on it.
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Wow, glad you released her. That surely is crazy.
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What a fish story. Helluva fish!!
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