Huuuuuge rainbow trout

[nate01]

Well I absolutely demolished my personal best trout...with a monster 24.5 inch rainbow. I couldn’t believe this thing lives in a New Jersey stream. Most of the fish have been in slow pocket water with the streams running high, but this one crushed a plug in the main current. My hands were shaking while I tried to fight this thing and land her with my bare hands...remind me to bring a net next time! Though I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t have fit in my trout net anyway haha. It was battling so hard I was convinced I was going to lose it, what a relief when I finally got my hands on it. Released to fight another day.