Monster trout pics--check these out!

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Actually, they aren't triploids. Almost all of them naturally spawn in the Lardeau River. They have tried to plant the Gerrards in hundreds of lakes all over the world, even New Zealand, but the only successes have been Pend Oreille and Jewel Lake. The main reason for the recent success is that they have dumped 47 metric tons of fertilizer in the lake for the last several years, trying to negate the planting of mysis shrimp years ago, and the zooplankton numbers have exploded, and the kokanee did the same, and finally, so did the Gerrard rainbows. The lake is about 15 miles north of Coeur d' Alene. The area is beautiful. Every time we have fished it, we have not seen more than a couple of boats the entire day. If you suspect tricky photography, utube "Kootenay Lake", and watch them coming to the boat. The guide sites have video also. Mike
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