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    Beautiful fish and streams!!

    I can't handle a fly rod anymore and have to drag hardware behind boats now.

    These cutthroats were caught at Pyramid Lake NV and range from 8 pounds to 14. There is a slot limit at the lake. Keepers are from 17" to 20", then fish over 20" to 24" must be returned unharmed for spawning. The slot goes Keep two from 17-20 or one from 17-20 and one over 24".

    The 17"-19" fish are good eating. I like to bake or poach them. The big ones are best smoked, but finding ZigZag papers big enough is a problem.







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    Quote Originally Posted by luv2safari View Post
    Beautiful fish and streams!!

    I can't handle a fly rod anymore and have to drag hardware behind boats now.

    These cutthroats were caught at Pyramid Lake NV and range from 8 pounds to 14. There is a slot limit at the lake. Keepers are from 17" to 20", then fish over 20" to 24" must be returned unharmed for spawning. The slot goes Keep two from 17-20 or one from 17-20 and one over 24".

    The 17"-19" fish are good eating. I like to bake or poach them. The big ones are best smoked, but finding ZigZag papers big enough is a problem.







    Great trout and great photos. Shame we didn't have Cutthroats introduced here. We did have Mackinaw introduced but unfortunately the truck taking them to a selected lake crapped out and the young fish were released into a shallow lake by the roadside. Lake Pearson in Canterbury. They seem to be extinct there now but were caught for many years in small numbers and never attained the size of their progenitors

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    Picked up these 2 night fishing a Taupo stream mouth with a mate.
    Was cool standing there in the darkness listening to roaring stags
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    This is my 53rd trout landed for 2021 on spinning gear.Name:  picture 01 3101.jpg
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    @Dundee can you fish through the winter or do all your local streams close?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wsm junkie View Post
    @Dundee can you fish through the winter or do all your local streams close?
    Manawatu river is open all year except above a bridge about 13ks upstream from me.
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    Another fatty on the home made soft bait from Cohen Mcormick. Got a vid of the catch on fb
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
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    Went out for a quick fish after lunch. Turned out to be very quick. 2 Salmon (bag limit) in 3 casts.
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    Finally got one in May. Been chasing ducks and roaming the hills between work so haven't done much at the river this month.
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    57th trout I've landed on the Manawatu River this year.
    Battered trout.
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    This one chomped on a pink mepps.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Quick flick with #no.3 black fury
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    At the river waiting for ducks,multi tasking.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Anyone got any tips for trolling Lake Dunstan? The fish there don't seem to like anything I offer.

 

 

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