Comments on: PODCAST: Why Do Some Rivers Hold Big Trout? — S13, Ep7 https://troutbitten.com/2024/12/01/podcast-why-do-some-rivers-hold-big-trout-s13-ep7/ Life on the water | Fly fishing for wild trout. Tips, tactics stories and guide service from central Pennsylvania. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:31:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Charlie G. https://troutbitten.com/2024/12/01/podcast-why-do-some-rivers-hold-big-trout-s13-ep7/#comment-42459 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:31:20 +0000 https://troutbitten.com/?p=274111#comment-42459 Fishing at night was only briefly mentioned, but I think key to catching the biggest brown trout in heavily pressured water. A similar condition is when water is discolored from a recent rain storm. I believe the biggest trout come out to feed at night or in discolored water because they feel safer from predators, especially fishermen. As a case in point the only 20+ inch trout I ever caught in my local Class A non-stocked trout stream was taken when the water was so high and dirty I almost didn’t fish it. The big trout took a white jig streamer. I have fished this stream multiple times over the past 15+ years and have rarely caught a trout more than 13″.

]]> By: Matthew Wilson https://troutbitten.com/2024/12/01/podcast-why-do-some-rivers-hold-big-trout-s13-ep7/#comment-42456 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:53:29 +0000 https://troutbitten.com/?p=274111#comment-42456 Good stuff. I live in an area that doesn’t really have a river system that doesn’t have stocking or feeding influence. Some more than others. I try to stick to the least bastardized water ways There is a large tailwater that has very large “wild” fish in it. Everyone regardless of skill level that has ever spent a day fishing it has caught at least one 20” fish. No one mentions the feeders lining the banks. They love posting their 26 inch wild fish on IG.

This is a good podcast to recalibrate people’s expectations. Nothing wrong with having fun with these fish, but be honest to yourself and others about the legitimacy. If you wade a quarter mile of water and see 10 fish over 20” there is probably something off. Don’t tell me it’s wild if you pulled a 24”, five 18” and 10 fish over 16” out of the same run.

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