Monster NJ rainbow

[Chrisper4694]

Hard to describe this one in words...this thing put up one of the best fights i've ever had. I wondered into a new stretch of river hoping for the best. A cut out bank tree caught my attention and i took probably 6 casts at it before this beautiful beast put my lure to a dead stop...

i remember thinking i was snagged but my instincts kicked in and i just set the hook and this monster took me for a 4-5 minute battle! ran me through the overhanging shore brush...darted at my legs making me side step her. as i finally lifted my net under her my lure got caught on the outside...that's how close i was to losing this fight! Chalk up another PB for 2017!

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/5a1cad0a66b01a0af81ec2f3_800

hmm, close to 100 trout caught (mostly wild) over the past 2 years, none seriously harmed by the evil barbed treble plug...hmmmmmmm

[skippy]

That's a beast bro, nice job!!!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Now that's a beast Bow ladies and gents!!! Beautiful fall colors! Perfect full fins! Looking at the fins they appear to be a little flared up, swollen, suggesting an older more mature fish thats been in the river a while! That ain't no recently stocked fish! That's for damn sure! Great catch man!!!!!:D

[Eskimo]

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Wow! :eek: Nice trout.

How long was it?


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[acaravaglia]

Beautiful catch!

[Lard Almighty]

Jee-zuzzz! :eek:

[thmyorke1]

Oh ok. You weren't kidding by MONSTER.

Hah I bet you thought it was a pike at first.

[Castaway]

Beautiful fish! Congratulations.

[Rich196]

HOLY SHIT... BIGGEST Bow I have ever seen caught. AWESOME job Chris.

[NorthJerzyG]

Holy Moly!!! That's a monstah no doubt!! :eek:

[dakota560]

Chris wow what a trophy! Congrats your devotion to the sport pays off! Healthy fish with gorgeous colors, doesn't get much better. Fish looks to be feeding well, sure the big girl made your day!

[Riz]

wow dude nice fish, im impressed . thanks for sharing and congrats on the PB

[JDTuna]

Piggy! Big beautiful, bow. Doesnt get much better than that.

[BT67]

:eek:

woooow

[ScowardNJ]

Monster bow Chrisper! Congrats on that beast.

[Jigman13]

Dayyyum! That's a sick rainbow man! Congrats!

[Hookmanski]

I had to wait til my jaw came back up from the floor before writing this, awesome bow man!!!!

[Chrisper4694]

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Wow! :eek: Nice trout.

How long was it?


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I took a really quick tape to it in the net as it was resting (i have a pretty big floating basket net) looked like 22" but looking at the picture and remembering how absolutely thick it was, i feel like it had to be longer, but i guess i have to say 22" haha

[Chrisper4694]

Oh ok. You weren't kidding by MONSTER.

Hah I bet you thought it was a pike at first.

water was so clear and shin/knee deep so i saw it clear as day as seconds after it hit and started rolling on the surface. I knew what it was but i wasn't expecting it to NEVER SURRENDER! This fish had to have been living in the wild for a while imo, just based on the fins, color, and fight it put up.

4-5 minutes of intensity and then as soon as i took the picture and put it back it thumped my hand away and took off disappeared! didn't even need to be revived! I couldn't believe the stamina! I'm pretty sure this fish has defeated a few anglers in it's day. by the time i finally got the net under it, she was already unhooked, that's how close it was! Good luck to the next guy that hooks this beast. She's tough, but be careful with her :)

[Chrisper4694]

Chris wow what a trophy! Congrats your devotion to the sport pays off! Healthy fish with gorgeous colors, doesn't get much better. Fish looks to be feeding well, sure the big girl made your day!

made my whole season buddy!

[acabtp]

nice fish dude, great condition and excellent colors. bet that fight was intense. http://www.njfishing.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

[AndyS]

Congrats on the Monstah trout

[NJSquatch]

WAAWAAWHAT!! Colors are amazing on that fish....congrats on the catch of a lifetime

[Adrenalinerush]

Nice fish Chris, now we have to get you on a great lakes steelhead!

[antgogz]

Looks similar to the fish that brad pitt caught in the river runs through it except you didn’t have to swim in the water to fight the fish like he did. Great job man. That definitely would have made my season.

[Chrisper4694]

Nice fish Chris, now we have to get you on a great lakes steelhead!

Jd and i got on them in ohio 7 months back!