Guest Sundancefisher Posted October 28, 2010 Posted October 28, 2010 Wow...to my backing 4 times...ran just under the water for 3 of them. Amazing power... When released...took off like a shot. Betcha she thinks twice before slamming a boatman again... Sorry...had a kid taking the picture which doesn't do the rainbow justice...perfectly shaped...30 inches long. Cheers Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted October 28, 2010 Posted October 28, 2010 net photo tons of spots...not a blemish...bright red stripe... Beautiful! Quote
troutlover Posted October 28, 2010 Posted October 28, 2010 One of the nicest i think ive seen from there. Well done. How much did it cost to stock steelhead? Quote
fishfreak Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Stop throwing steelhead into the lake! Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Stop throwing steelhead into the lake! Sorry...I did throw this steelhead back into the lake. I keep forgetting to keep the fun to catch again fish :-) Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Those fish are just redonkulous..... if I ever have to move to Calgary again I'll be looking at sundance for sure. Quote
fishfreak Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Definitely better than catching 3" perch, eh? Quote
SilverDoctor Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Got to convince the wife to move to a lake community. Quote
beedhead Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 No wonder it fought so good, It's shaped like a torpedo!!!...Nice fish man!!!... Cheers...Jeff.. *Edit*...Ummm, Just saw the full heading of the post, all I saw at 1st glance was the BANG! BOOM! SLAM! SPLOOSH!, after making my reply, I saw the Holy Torpedo Batman, LOL... ...I guess we kinda see things in the same way... Quote
monger Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Hope there is still some left by the end of next summer...they are slowly disappearing. It has definitely been an entertaining year! Quote
flyfishy Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Wow...to my backing 4 times...ran just under the water for 3 of them. Amazing power... When released...took off like a shot. Betcha she thinks twice before slamming a boatman again... Sorry...had a kid taking the picture which doesn't do the rainbow justice...perfectly shaped...30 inches long. Cheers How's the poundage looks like 9 lb nice job! flyfishy Quote
whataniceguy Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Boatmen on the stillwater has definitely been working well the last month. Hopefully get out for a few this afternoon. Quote
darrinhurst Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 Now that's a fish. Stocked or not, what a beauty! Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 How's the poundage looks like 9 lb nice job! flyfishy It was probably 14 lbs when it went in last year... Probably closer to 10ish now. I was dreaming of the surface wake last night when she ran full tilt just under the water. This is a video I took... from the second jump... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbx1-I0C3xo ...or simulated video... Quote
reevesr1 Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 This is the sub I served on in the 80's. This is an Emergency Blow picture from 1977 when she was doing acceptance testing. It was the Navy's sub promo picture for years. USS Birmingham, SSN-695. One BAD ASS piece of machinery. http://www.htc.net/~kutterer/blow.htm To get back to the original topic, Kevin, that fish is bad ass too! Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted October 30, 2010 Posted October 30, 2010 This is the sub I served on in the 80's. This is an Emergency Blow picture from 1977 when she was doing acceptance testing. It was the Navy's sub promo picture for years. USS Birmingham, SSN-695. One BAD ASS piece of machinery. http://www.htc.net/~kutterer/blow.htm To get back to the original topic, Kevin, that fish is bad ass too! Thanks...once you guys get Chaparral fixed...you too can get addicted to fishing within 5 minutes of the house. Quote
misterbig Posted October 30, 2010 Posted October 30, 2010 Thanks...once you guys get Chaparral fixed...you too can get addicted to fishing within 5 minutes of the house. Kevin, You should talk to the folks at Chaparral and see if you can get a consulting role. The lady told me that this year the put in small ones because they were cheaper. Last year I was C&R fish 20-23 inches. This year i only caught 12-16 inch fish. there are a few biggn's but more little fish now. m Quote
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted October 30, 2010 Posted October 30, 2010 WOW, great fish! no one is going to make a seaman joke for rickr? Quote
Taco Posted October 30, 2010 Posted October 30, 2010 Na them texicans is far too sensitive for personal jokes Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted October 30, 2010 Posted October 30, 2010 Kevin, You should talk to the folks at Chaparral and see if you can get a consulting role. The lady told me that this year the put in small ones because they were cheaper. Last year I was C&R fish 20-23 inches. This year i only caught 12-16 inch fish. there are a few biggn's but more little fish now. m Chaparral dropped the stocking rate from $20,000 year to $4000. The guys running the lake don't like fishing and no one is speaking up...at least not a lot of residents. It is a self fulfilling prophesy when you make the fishing crappy...people don't want to fish. I think they need to cut the limit to zero at their current stocking rate. Quote
reevesr1 Posted October 31, 2010 Posted October 31, 2010 WOW, great fish! no one is going to make a seaman joke for rickr? I've heard them all. And my family owned a bait camp/marina in Texas for a while. "Master-baiter" jokes abounded. Troutlover was trying to get involved in the Chaparral Lake management. I don't know if he ever did. Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 31, 2010 Posted October 31, 2010 this was taken by a spectator on the 2nd or 3rd jump. Quote
FraserN Posted November 1, 2010 Posted November 1, 2010 I commend you sir, for all the work you have put in to rid the lake of perch and produce a habitat that can produce trout of this size. That is just an incredible rainbow trout, Sundance fisherman. Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted November 2, 2010 Posted November 2, 2010 I commend you sir, for all the work you have put in to rid the lake of perch and produce a habitat that can produce trout of this size. That is just an incredible rainbow trout, Sundance fisherman. Actually...stocked this size...still lots of perch eating lots of insects. I don't think we can grow them that big..without giving them a head start. Some people actually think that the big ones grew from 5 inchers...but those little fish are minnows. Most lakes like these stock at 12 inches. to grow to 10 lbs...you need a very, very, very productive lake. Still removing as many perch as we have...allows these trout to at least maintain a livable weight...although we notice the 14 lbers drop in weight to 10 lbs. 10 lbers become 7 or 8 lbers... Not super chunky but more normal looking healthy trout. Regardless...you can't catch rainbows this size in Alberta without them being stocked that size or close to it...except in some rare lakes. I just like catching :-) Quote
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