The New Very Large Trout Lovers Thread

Found a lake where the rainbows have a golden tint.

Taimen, Onon Gol, Mongolia. Sept. 2024

Wow Pete that’s quite a large fish. I never thought of going to Mongolia to go fishing. Nice.

Jabroni McChufferson wrote:

Need a golden for the slam.

Dana frok, what a dream boat

Never a chance of a golden on the Dana fork so for that creek, it would be a grand slam.

I don't believe there are any goldens left in Tuolumne.  It used to be mostly brookies but those have been mostly displaced with brown trout now that the summer temps get so warm.  Goldens are easy to get to out of Lone Pine though.

Also, that Taimen is pretty small compared to how large of ones they do catch. Still is a beautiful fish and I'm sure was fun to catch.

Jan Mcwrote:

I don't believe there are any goldens left in Tuolumne.  It used to be mostly brookies but those have been mostly displaced with brown trout now that the summer temps get so warm.  Goldens are easy to get to out of Lone Pine though.

Also, that Taimen is pretty small compared to how large of ones they do catch. Still is a beautiful fish and I'm sure was fun to catch.

Doesn’t really count as Tuolumne, but you can catch goldens at conness lake and Odell near saddlebag for the slam.

It’s been a while since any posts on this great thread so I will post this Wind River Brook trout fry picture so we remember summer in the Wind River Mtns is only 4 months away.

Norm Larsonwrote:

It’s been a while so I will post this Wind River Brook trout fry picture so we remember Wind River summer is only 4 months away.

Decent sized looking brook trout 

Speaking of Wind River, I caught these chonks on it just last weekend. It’s starting to feel like spring, although I'm sure the next blizzard will hit soon enough...

Just got back from Pyramid Lake, NV.  Caught and released some beautiful Lahontan cutthroat trout.

An illustration I created a few years ago.  11” x 14”.  If anyone is interested in a print, I have a handful remaining.  $40/shipped.

Hey all, I’m going to be hiking kings peak at the end of July this year and was wondering if anyone could tell me which flies to try, any advice in general is welcome whether it’s fishing or backpacking. I’ll be fishing either way, still deciding whether to fly fish or just a bring a spinning rod. 

Eli christensenwrote:

Hey all, I’m going to be hiking kings peak at the end of July this year and was wondering if anyone could tell me which flies to try, any advice in general is welcome whether it’s fishing or backpacking. I’ll be fishing either way, still deciding whether to fly fish or just a bring a spinning rod. 

Haven’t fished that area in particular but generally in the Uintas:

Renegade, parachute adams, elk hair caddis, stimulator, humpy, olive/black wooly buggers

Should be all you need. The fish don’t tend to be picky

Caught in Arkansas R b/t Leadville & BV

Spots like a brown but the larger “scallops” and yellow coloration throw me off. What say you?

JF Mwrote:

null small trout ID question

Caught in Arkansas R b/t Leadville & BV

Spots like a brown but the larger “scallops” and yellow coloration throw me off. What say you?

That’s about as brown trout as you get in the Ark

Cool thanks.  I hadn’t seen one with that coloration before.  

Love this thread 

The Blue can be crowded and tough but it definitely has some Very Large Trout