Hi TyroneFly,
The largest trout I've caught was a 7.25lb brown, also in the Waiteti, about 5 or 6 years ago. The average size of the browns they were measuring in the fish trap on the Ngongataha stream (next one over) was 7.5 lbs!
- Jeff
P.S. I just estimated the length of the fish above, and it's about 50 cm, or just shy of 20 inches.
P.P.S. Hmmm, after calculating the condition factor with those values, I suspect my estimated length is a bit short. 500 mm and 2400 kg puts it in well into "exceptional, trophy fish" condition acording to the chart I found on the web and that seems a bit much, given some of the footballs that get caught.
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