Hey, I thought I'd share this with you guys. A buddy of mine came to the lake Sunday morning with his daughter and a friend of hers; so I joined them and fished with them. It just so happened that he hooked a fish of a lifetime, on trout gear. He spent at least 45 minutes fighting it, and landed it. I did however net the fish, and drag it on shore (I couldn't lift the thing out of the water, for fear of breaking the net). here's the pic:
This it it, right before the release.