Tactics For Tailwater Trout

[old sailor]

[QUOTE=browntrout;28025]Here is one from 2008. I dont know any info about this fish. It was posted on the Centerhill Corps Facebook site.

Thats the one. I was with him. Never take him fishing again.

Didn't know about that pic.

[browntrout]

[QUOTE=old sailor;28028]

Originally Posted by browntrout

Here is one from 2008. I dont know any info about this fish. It was posted on the Centerhill Corps Facebook site.

Thats the one. I was with him. Never take him fishing again.

Didn't know about that pic.

I wondered if that was it. 1 dandy fish. 1 day, 1 day, 1 day.....

[old sailor]

Yeah me too. Ralph Dallas mounted that fish for him.

[TroutFiend]

I will try Happy during the day then. This is where I mainly fish at night and the bite usually is consistent. A friend if mine owns the property from the left of ramp and upstream a few hundred yards. Thanks for the advise.

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by browntrout

Here is one from 2008. I dont know any info about this fish. It was posted on the Centerhill Corps Facebook site.

Roy

I remember that fish.

Sailor, correct me if I am wrong but I believe Joel told me that guy was high water trolling and only kept it because he thought it was a state record?

There was another caught since then at 18.5 below the Dam on generation. It used to have a photo floating around as well. That fish was caught on I believe 6lb test, spinning rod and inline spinner.

The largest one on the fly I have heard was either last year or one before way up in the teens or bigger as well. That one was a streamer on high water fish too. Jim down at Fly South said the biggest one he's heard of to come out of the river came on a fly.

[Travis C.]

Here's the other one:

http://twraonline.org/Fish/images/Matt%20Clinard.JPG

It was 8lb test.

18 1/2lb & 35"

[old sailor]

Originally Posted by Travis C.

I remember that fish.

Sailor, correct me if I am wrong but I believe Joel told me that guy was high water trolling and only kept it because he thought it was a state record?

There was another caught since then at 18.5 below the Dam on generation. It used to have a photo floating around as well. That fish was caught on I believe 6lb test, spinning rod and inline spinner.

The largest one on the fly I have heard was either last year or one before way up in the teens or bigger as well. That one was a streamer on high water fish too. Jim down at Fly South said the biggest one he's heard of to come out of the river came on a fly.

Not true. Don't know what he told folks though. One generator, bait, 1st trip. Fish eat right away. Way it usually happens. I've beat the water to a froth since then and have not reached 20 lb mark. I weighed fish on my boga grip and it was tettering on 20 lb mark. Could've been a little more or less, but was a niceun !

Regards

[MNfisher]

Wow! Did you get a length on that one Old Sailor?

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by old sailor

Not true. Don't know what he told folks though. One generator, bait, 1st trip. Fish eat right away. Way it usually happens. I've beat the water to a froth since then and have not reached 20 lb mark. I weighed fish on my boga grip and it was tettering on 20 lb mark. Could've been a little more or less, but was a niceun !

Regards

Thanks for clearing it up.

[old sailor]

Originally Posted by MNfisher

Wow! Did you get a length on that one Old Sailor?

No sure didn't. But it was not overly long, very healthy. He was not going to release fish either, never considered it. Don't blame him; I'd probably still be sleeping with it!