Bob R
3/22/2011 5:14:00 AMWe've caught quite a few trips over the years, don't think it's a trip, doesn't have that classic "football "shape, but that is ONE FAT FISH!Congrats to your wife, Bob r
Rob G.
3/22/2011 7:25:00 AMMost definitely a trip...u can tell by the tail being all beat up, it happens when the fish are in the net pens. Congrats to you bro, the wife thinks she hooked a great fish, but I bet now she's the one hooked!
basser90
3/22/2011 10:57:00 AMYou can also tell when you cleaned it. If it had 2 huge, long white 'fat' sacs running the lenght of the gut, then it's a trip. No reproductive organs. Looks like a trip to me.
Bob R
3/22/2011 1:33:00 PMStocking records for the state of WA. for 2009, 2010 shows NO stocked triploids in American Lake. Split tail fins are not tell tales for trips as all pen raised fish will show this. Just sayin, facts are in the state website.Still a great fish. Bob R
Spiegel
3/22/2011 1:49:00 PMI doubt it's a trip, most likely what we would call a "brood stock" at Beaver, though they are not released at American. However, brood stock are nothing else than regular bows 3 to 5 years old that were used in hatchery for breeding, so I would say that she simply found a fish that had been around for a long time and avoiding being caught for at least 3 years... all the more reasons to congratulate her, she caught what no other managed, a very finicky and smart fish.
bionic_one
3/22/2011 4:16:00 PMIt's a typical American Lake trout. They are generally fat once they reach 20+ inches on that lake. They are raised in net pens by Bill's Boathouse and released in the late spring / early summer when they are over 12 inches so the bass don't gobble them up. Last I checked, Bill's releases 3000 of them a year. Raised in net pens, but not triploids.
snake7676
3/22/2011 4:40:00 PMAwsome catch I have caught 2 of them bad boys from that lake my last one was in actober I think it was like 27inches the meat was bright red cool fish thanks for the report!
bionic_one
3/22/2011 4:57:00 PMIt's a typical American Lake trout. They are generally fat once they reach 20+ inches on that lake. They are raised in net pens by Bill's Boathouse and released in the late spring / early summer when they are over 12 inches so the bass don't gobble them up. Last I checked, Bill's releases 3000 of them a year. Raised in net pens, but not triploids.
fatbuds421
3/22/2011 10:55:00 PMThe Internet reports do not account for what private clubs and organizations put into lakes. Also from what I understand from a conversation with a trout truck driver last year at a local lake not all triploids are raised in net pens. It depends on the hatchery. There is also a couple private companies that sell fish for stocking too
fatbuds421
3/22/2011 11:32:00 PMThe Internet reports do not account for what private clubs and organizations put into lakes. Also from what I understand from a conversation with a trout truck driver last year at a local lake not all triploids are raised in net pens. It depends on the hatchery. There is also a couple private companies that sell fish for stocking too
f1sh1nf00l
3/26/2011 6:38:00 PMThe army base also raises fish in their pens to stock in the lake, and I dont believe any of them are trips either. The state mostly just stocks fry every other year in American, so I would agree that it's most likely just a good holdover from years past. American will put out some monster rainbows.