Despite the beautiful weather, Hailey and her husband Shane, himself a veteran angler and former state-record holder, weren’t having much luck on Henrys Lake, according to the Idaho Fish and Game Department. They decided to raise the anchor and try again somewhere else on the lake, but then Hailey hooked something. And it was heavy.
After a "stressful" minute, Hailey and Shane reeled in a rainbow/cutthroat hybrid trout so big it hardly fit in the net they used to scoop it up.
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Lake Amador, one of the lakes I used to fish for BATs (Big Ass Trout) at in California had its own hatchery for that hybrid they called a Cut-bow.
They wouldn't even put them in the lake until they hit 3 pounds, then those fish grew incredibly fast. I wouldn't even keep anything under 5 pounds or 24 inches.
They were a hard fighting, aggressive fish too - if you were baitfishing, you kept a grip on your rod. If you didn't have a hold of it when the fish hit, you'd lose that rig.
Fishing with a spoon or Rapala was the best, though. When they hit, it was hard and fast and you had a hell of a fight on your hands.
But yeah, I'd fish for a couple three hours, then leave with my limit of 5 and have 30+ pounds of cleaned fish for the smoker when I got home.
