Huge brown trout pulled from Lake Tahoe (Modesto, Twin Lakes: water, fishing)

[.highnlite]

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One of the biggest brown trout in history at Lake Tahoe, just 5 ounces from the lake record, was landed last weekend amid a proliferation of giant fish at the south end of the lake.
The giant trout was 33 inches long and weighed 15 pounds, 9 ounces. The lucky angler was Gene St. Denis, who landed the fish after what he called "a hellacious 40-minute battle." It was netted at the boat by son Eric, who caught a 28-pound, 9-ounce mackinaw trout fishing with dad two weeks ago in the same area.


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[1AngryTaxPayer]

That's a nice brown. I wonder how long they've had lakers in there.

[Bulldogdad]

Nice fish, love Mackinaw fishing Tahoe.

The State Brown Trout is 27lbs from Upper Twin Lake.

[TrueTimbers]

Nice trout for that cold sterile water.... Bet that fish is quite old..

Just a minnow though, compared to great lakes browns..
41+ pounder.. It is all about the forage...

41 ½-pound trout caught off Racine is likely world record

[.highnlite]

Macks were, like Browns introduced to Tahoe in the 19th century, largest mack caught at Tahoe was 37 lbs 6 oz.

Largest mac ever caught (great lakes) 102 lbs.

There is a photo, which I cannot find on the internet, but I have seen it of a 30 some lbs trout caught in Lake Tahoe with one foot wide jaw marks on it........!

I do like this; The Modesto Bee - Google News Archive Search

[Hemlock140]

As a kid I used to fish off the boat docks at the marina at Carnelian bay and often caught 2-3 browns, but they were 8-10" long. Never went for the macks, as they are so deep you had to troll with a lot of weight, but have wanted to go out on a charter for them.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

As a kid I used to fish off the boat docks at the marina at Carnelian bay and often caught 2-3 browns, but they were 8-10" long. Never went for the macks, as they are so deep you had to troll with a lot of weight, but have wanted to go out on a charter for them.

Mickeys out of Carnelian is a good one. Always successful.

This was back in the early 90's though.

[CAVA1990]

Wonder if they feed on all those dead bodies that are supposedly suspended within the depths.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Wonder if they feed on all those dead bodies that are supposedly suspended within the depths.

Fredo has long since been turned in to fish poop.

[BlackShoe]

Tahoe is better known for it's Mack fishery than for brownies, and at 15+ pounds, while certainly a fine trophy, it is rather small compared to some of the brutes caught elsewhere. A few of the other High Sierra lakes, such as the Bridgeport Twin Lakes have given up browns nearly twice that heavy.