Last summer (2010) Brandon, Conner, Mitch, Sydney and I went up to Hyrum State Park in Utah to do a little fishing.  The lake contains Trout of several varieties, Largemouth bass,  Perch and a few Crappie and Bluegill.  This day we targeted Bass and Trout.

For the kids, Conner and Sydnie, who aren’t as experienced as the older ones, fishing for bass in the weeds does not take too long for them to loose interest.  And so we spent quite a lot of time shoreline fishing from the boat in likely bass hideouts.  We mostly used worms to get the bass to bite and of course perch love worms as well.  We had a ton of bites this day and the kids seemed to enjoy the time on the water.

When we get finished trying to catch bass, we switch bait over to a powerbait dough and try that.  It usually works pretty well to catch the trout in this lake and this particualar day was not an exception.  The trout are usually rainbows and their size is up around 17 plus inches.   Not huge fish, but pretty chunky and good to eat.  Usually we catch and release the fish and only keep the deeply caught ones.

Well, drifting along slowly in the early morning breeze, we enter into some pretty thick water weeds.  When suddenly Brandons pole heads for the water.  He has a very large fish on that is making a move quickly for the densest of the weeds and it succeeds quite well.  He fights it for a few minutes before I realize he really has a big fish on and I get my video recorder going.  The video you are about to see does not last long, as the fish spit the hook.  If you look closely at the water, where Brandons line is going into it, you will see the tail and a portion of the fishes body as it makes it’s last move back to freedom.

Zoomed, slow motion analysis shows it to be a Brown Trout and we guesstimate it’s size at 15 pounds.

Enjoy the video!

15Lb Brown

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