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Message Subject: Green Bay Rainbow Trout
Grey Wolf
Posted 7/20/2005 11:12 AM (#34413)
Subject: Green Bay Rainbow Trout


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Ok guys, I need some help here, as I am not a trout fisherman. While pre-fishing for the MWC on Green Bay last week, I caught fish that was huge. I thought that is was a Rainbow but was not positive. I knew it wasn't a lake trout. I have since verified the pictures and it was a Rainbow. So anyhow, it filled my large or extra large Beckman Net, it made my 30" Judge Ruler look small. I am guessing that the fish was over 36" long. Because it was so big, I put it on my7 digital scale, and it registered 22 LBS. Even if my scale was wrong by a pound this is a big fish. I did some checking last night and see that the WI record Rainbow is 27 LBS. Several of my buddies gave me greif telling me that I should have kept the fish, I did not, she is still swimming. My question is, was this fish a trophy woth getting a replica of, or are that size Rainbow common on the Bay? For you guys that fish trout, is it possible that a 36" plus would go 22 LBS. It had a huge belly on it.
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Jayman
Posted 7/20/2005 11:22 AM (#34414 - in reply to #34413)
Subject: RE: Green Bay Rainbow Trout



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At 22 #'s, chances are more likely that it was a King salmon. I landed a 10.5 # King the weekend before the MWC. At any rate you should of kept it....they taste good.
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bagz
Posted 7/20/2005 12:08 PM (#34416 - in reply to #34413)
Subject: RE: Green Bay Rainbow Trout


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Location: Port Washington, wisconsin
I have seen alot of rainbows go thru our smokehouse here in port washington, and I would say it probably was a salmon also. Rainbows are typically long and skinny. The large belly you describe would be common on the chinook salmon. A rainbow that size would have probabaly escaped the bait it had choosen to eat. They are nasty fighters.
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