Well I did it again yesterday: caught the SAME trout in the SAME pool on the SAME day. But this time; it was a MONSTER, well maybe not a monster but a nice fish that I would have hoped was a bit smarter than that.

When I released him the first time; I measured him against my rod and he came up to the second set of nodes on the boo I was fishing. When I got home and put a tape measure to the nodes on the rod it measured 20"!!

In any case; between this fish's first trip to hand and its second; I caught and released another fish slightly smaller at maybe 19" and a few others that were more the norm for this stream. While releasing another trout; I saw what appeared to be a big fish working the far bank. I switched files; made the right cast and...

...you guessed it; I caught the 20" fish again!

I knew it was the same fish because of markings I observed the first time I caught the fool.

This makes three times that I have positively caught the same trout on the same day. It sort of erodes my faith in the intellect of my favorite quarry.

How about you; any moron trout in your history?