I don't do Facebook, so I cannot check the original Mass Wildlife post.Does it say how big the fish was in inches?Sorry, but fishing smaller streams, I cannot even imagine how big a 13.5 pound trout runs.I need the length in inches to translate it into terms that are "real" to me.Funny story along those lines - - Years ago, I was fishing the Deerfield with my Dad and a couple other friends. An older guy and a college age kid (an exchange student from Wales) put into the stream where we were fishing in a canoe. As they did so, they asked us what we were fishing for, and my Dad said "trout." The college age kid asked how big the trout typically ran, and my Dad said "about 14" - - meaning inches, but the kid asked "pounds?" Needless to say, we all got a good chuckle out of that exchange.
Didn't say but but judging by the browns I have raised to 12 pounds, that were more rotund than this fish, I would guess around 32 inches?
lowaaccord66,Which do you prefer? A king salmon or a brown trout? For me I'll take big browns hands down over a king. For some reason kings don't do much for me although they are much easier to paint than a brown trout as a taxidermist.
Browns for sure. Ive caught Kings, they are cool but I prefer the browns.
There was one 18lbs in there that died a month or so ago. A fisherman found her and gave the carcass to masswildlife to analyze.
I've caught some big ones out of comet pond through the ice, one 5lb fish had 3 hooks with two leaders attached. If you ever fish the swift river in the catch and release zone its like going to cabelas and looking at the fish tank. Monsters but been caught so many times that they are just weary of anything from what I gather. Its been a while since I fished it. But Flaggs in Orange sells no 18- like 22 nymphs to fish it.. Its open all year long...
Yup to fool those fish, especially this time of year, it is long leaders, light tippets and tiny flies. Some old timers tie on size like 28s. It also takes them about 2 hours to tie them on but they tend to work.
Yawwwnnn. Right about now you should be able to get them to eat a streamer.
Trust me I've tried. Perhaps under the cover of dark they would but with the gin clear water coming out of quabbin it's pretty hard to trick them. I saw a guy using pieces of garden worms on spinning gear and 2lb line hook one but broke him off almost instantly. Below the C&R section for those worried. A local guide landed a 17.10lb brown in the swift on 3x this February. Used a T&T Contact rod...figured you'd like that tidbit Jon.
What do the browns eat in the river? They can't get this big on insects. Of course once they get that big they can feed on stockers.
They’ll eat almost anything. Major predators. Frogs, crawfish, juvenile brooke trout - no shortage of forage for a decent brown in that river