nice fish!

the secret to catching trophy fish in the white, norfork, and little red rivers of ark is learning to ignore the scads and scads of good fish while you search for the true "big fish" lies. if you allow yourself to get distracted by the dozens of 16 to 20 inch trout you will see all over the place, you'll spend all of your time catching them instead of finding that 24"+ fish that is most certainly nearby.

it's a good problem to have. if you're gonna fall "victim" to something, catching a couple dozen or more trout averaging 16" or so is a pretty good consolation prize.