Strawberry 12/29 and the 27 incher

Well, I guess I’ll post my report finally. I have been up to the marina twice now, once on the 26th and now on the 29th. The first time Flycastin and I headed up there, there was still open water in the marina but we managed to find 30ft of water with a good solid two inches of ice. We iced easily 50 fish between the two of us and caught two or three that were a bit over the slot. Flycastin managed to pull out a nice 23 1/2 incher.
On the 29th we found that the whole marina had frozen over with about four inches and about two inches out in the middle. We headed out a ways and set up. Between three of us we landed another 50 fish, but the highlight of the day was when i hooked my biggest trout to date. I set the hook and held on for the ride of my life. He ripped line and went back and forth for about five minutes. When I finally got him to the hole he shook back and forth and thought for sure he would break me off. We finally got him landed and I just about pooped a twinky. A monster 27 incher with a 15 inch girth. What a beast!!! We also landed a couple more that went 23 inches. It was another fantastic day at the berry and a experience to remember. This fish just blows your average cutt out of the water, I’m getting a replica mount done so I’ll have to post it up when it’s done. I also found a six inch rainbow that was half digested in his belly. What a freakin day!!! If anyone wants to know any specifics, feel free to PM me.
Enjoy the pics!!!
Hookjaw

Yea that is awesome we had a great day there to but not that great i cant wait to see the replica mount :sunglasses:

Congrats on the big and beautiful fish!! Isn’t Strawberry just awesome?

Whoa! Thats a dang nice fish! Good on ya!

KF

Great fish,Got to love that head shake on them big fish up there.:sunglasses:

Holy Smokes , that is one Great Catch. Mind if I ask what you were using?Looks like the berry is beginning to come around. Great job guys.

      AFDan52

Total Photoshop job :face_with_tongue:, Just kidding.


Very nice fish that has to be the biggest Cut I have ever seen.


Congrats,

Nice fish Matt! Wish you could make it tomorrow.

Nice Toad dude. good on ya.

Thanks for sharing.

The only thing that needs to be replicated is the blood.[;)] Wish I could say that I’ve let all the big fish go that I’ve landed.

Super fish…Smile

Nice fish, I could only wish for a day like that…

craig

Nice fish, looks like you guys had a good day.

I’m going up new years day, I hope I have half the day you did. Nice job!

I kept him. I was originally going to get a skin mount done but it was a bit pricey and I have a friend that does really good replica mounts. I also really wanted to eat the bad boy. Man was he good!!! fed the whole family for dinner.

What a super fish! Thanks for sharing.

Nice fish!!! YOU ATE that thing, yuk!!! lol, maybe smoked could be ok, but thats it for me, I just don’t like trout to eat.
later chuck

Nice fish, that thing is a HOG…

That is a monster! congrats on a fine fish.

[;)]

Way ta,