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Barhopr wrote:Don't ask me why the picture is so small. To start it is a digital picture of a print copydon't know how big but my biggest. Panacea in or near 1999
And I still have the hat
I remember seeing a ole monster trout in there that I never could get to bite,that was the year that the trout stayed in there from early Nov till mid March,could stop and in 10 to 12 casts have my limit of 10 every day,with all the boat traffic now and fishing reports in the papers I doubt you will ever see that happen againFUTCHCAIRO wrote:MY BIGGEST TROUT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WAS 32" ,9.2 # CAUGHT UP IN STONEY ON A 52 M 24 MIRRO-LURE, MARCH OF 1995, DO NOT REMEMBER THE EXACT DAY. LARGEST I HAVE EVER CAUGHT WAS OVER IN BANNA RIVER BACK IN THE LATE THIRTIES, SHE WAS 36 " AND WEIGHED 10.8 #. ONLY HAVE PIC. OF THE ONE I CAUGHT AT STONEY BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW OT POST IT. COMPUTER ILLITERATE.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA
I don't recall the net being that big. I seem to recall something more along these lines:Chalk wrote:Same "bait net" (in picture) netted those two minnow
I don't recall you using it properly ...I do recall you slashing at a nice trout with my net until you successfully beat it off my lure 
I was a little frustrated over the whooping I'd been taking all day.Chalk wrote:
