Biggest trout in 118 years caught in west

[Doberman]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire ... 07694.html

[paul skelly]

Holy s**t it's so big it nearly looks fake

[lugworm]

Holy s**t it's so big it nearly looks fake

man that is a monster didnt think trout even got that big..........

[myworldfishing]

Beautiful fish, Its a Ferox trout, different to a normal brown or rainbow...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferox_trout

[chilly123]

New target species for me from the kayak what a whopper fish

[tomgrey]

I think the shot was taken in a way to make it look even bigger, because looking at the picture it looks about 40lb, I've seen 28lb carp that look half its size. No need for a false perspective shot with a fish like that, but my god thats a wopper!

[Big Bass]

Thats an unbelievable size trout

[lumpy]

bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

[paul skelly]

bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

Ye that fish should have been released in my eyes

[Viper]

bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

They're not that uncommon up there to be honest, there are dozens 15lbs and over caught and unreported each year.

[nicefish]

bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

Ye that fish should have been released in my eyes

+1

[MAC]

I know Ceri well and to to be fair to the guy he releases plenty of big fish as well.

Lovely trout, but as said already, the arms fully extended is not needed for a fish this size!

[jacko1]

thats a fish worth getting mounted as said there not that rare there

[nicefish]

thats a fish worth getting mounted as said there not that rare there

What's wrong with on a quick photo on the boat? and hang that if you want to.

[Tomaszek]

bigger have beeen released though, 25lb plus was released last year up there.

They're not that uncommon up there to be honest, there are dozens 15lbs and over caught and unreported each year.

Well, in fact even bigger ferox was caught just a few days later

http://www.salmo-adventures.com/blogs/i ... x-93-cm-47

And yeah, it was fotoed and released.

The Welsh guy who killed his trophy is a fotographer who works for British Trout Fisherman magazine and I'm surprised that he decided to do so.
Conservation status for trout ferox stands at 'data deficient' however surveys shows decline in numbers in Lough Corrib between year 2008 and 2011.

[carpets]

Super looking fish..well done for catching it but no need to kill it in my opinion.....the photo outside a pub looks poor...........

[patk]

Why kill that fish to hang it in a pub? Someone who earns a living writing about fishing? For the pot I can understand but that no. Ego? Have been reading about this and seen photos of the fish at the water it looks magnificent. Same angler has another of his captures stuffed on the wall already in that pub. The photo of the fish alive will be a much better record of the fish rather than the decomposing lump outside the pub baffles me and corrib stocks dropping significantly

[ste c]

Why kill that fish to hang it in a pub? Someone who earns a living writing about fishing? For the pot I can understand but that no. Ego? Have been reading about this and seen photos of the fish at the water it looks magnificent. Same angler has another of his captures stuffed on the wall already in that pub. The photo of the fish alive will be a much better record of the fish rather than the decomposing lump outside the pub baffles me and corrib stocks dropping significantly

couldnt agree more cracking trout but it defo should have been released in my eyes than to be hung on a wall in a pub

[Doberman]

Well, in fact even bigger ferox was caught just a few days later
http://www.salmo-adventures.com/blogs/i ... x-93-cm-47
And yeah, it was fotoed and released.

Where do you see the facts here ?

[standerus]

Sad, that such a marvelous fish was killed. Shame...