Awesome fish man! I got one last Summer right at 19" and had a tag on the fin. They're retired brood fish. Just like humans, once fish reach a certain age their ability to successfully reproduce declines. I wish some people would better understand this before they go off wanting to hang me or threaten me (it has happened) over keeping a 3 pound Smallie.
A buddy of mine caught one a couple weeks ago in there that was 21.5" with NO TAG!! That's a special fish for sure, it was a rainbow. That means it was stocked as a smaller fish and has lived in there for a while in the wild eating a real diet and survived. He said he was really close to keeping it but didn't have a stringer with him. That fish would be butterflied and smoking over some apple wood had it wound up in my kayak!
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Jimmy
I feel bad for people who don't hunt and fish. They never get to experience God's creation the way we do.
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