1993 man that was a long time ago
hiking trip may long weekend 3 friends 60Lb backpacks 12miles mantario trail 5.5hrs later
bog rock swamp good old Canadian shield 8)the goal to fish one lake in the whiteshell trout stocking limited no where to camp tent right on a rock next to the water
start fishing almost right off the bat 23" brown
next buddy catches 27' brown new Manitoba lenght record at the time
last fish of the evening I catch 24" brown trout camp fire moonlit sky moose swimming across the lake pack of wolves howling nearby
didn't sleep much that nite sunrise comes early 5am
throw throw the bobber in before the crew is awake early bird gets the fish 300 fingerling tiger trout stocked in 1989 it fought harder than any fish [trout] i HAVE CAUGHT BEFORE
beautiful 21.5 '' TIGER TROUT
mounted the fish to remember the trip my good friend is an fish biologist produded his first tiger trout in 94 at the sportfishing park he was working at the time had a lot of fun with these fish in the 90s spurded intrest in these fish throughout this province {MANITOBA} stocking started 3yrs ago by the NR of Manitoba maybe I started something
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