The exact location is classified (even to me) but this bucketmouth came certifiably out of Fairy Lake in Huntsville. Caught by Matt and crew just last week. I believe it weighed in at over 5 lbs. He was using a tube jig. All I can say is BEAUTY!

Thanks for sending this to me Jon! Click on the photo for a larger view. Keep those pictures coming everyone.

I will put aside my jealously and post a couple of the pics that Darrell and Big Bill (my Dad) show off their 20+ inch walleye. That sounds like some lake guys! Click on the photos for a larger view. Maybe next time you could tell the rest of us.

Bill and Darrell would also like me to say a “BIG” thank-you to their mystery guide who took them fishing on his private lake.

A reminder for any of other visitors…send me a photo of your recent catch and I will post it – so long as it is ‘fit’ for family viewing.

…”It’s only been in the last couple of years that Mongolia has come into the scope of the average fly fisherman. Taimen seem to be the big buzz word lately, a legendary game fish that grows to monstrous proportions in the Mongolian equivalent of trout streams. These voracious predators have been known to attack ducks, lemmings, prairie dogs, mouse patterns and anything else they can get their jaws on … Taimen represent one of the last survivors of an ancient strain of salmonids whose genetic code helped establish the current salmon and trout populations around the world. The largest recorded taimen was caught in Siberia in a commercial net and weighed over 230 pounds. The taimen in these Mongolian headwater systems are generally smaller than their sea-run brethren found in eastern Russia. However, these headwaters represent some of the last remaining healthy concentrations of taimen populations in the world. While they average 30 inches and ten pounds here, monsters of up to 62 inches have been caught on dry flies. Mongolians traditionally don’t harvest fish and their rivers are considered sacred so these populations have stayed relatively healthy.”…

The Taimen (As seen on wikipedia)

You can follow their journey on the special blog they have created. Click here to visit their journal of their ongoing adventures.

They are also putting together podcasts for those of us who ‘Can’t Get Enough’! Click here for those podcasts.

Stay safe guys. Next time take me along. I would be happy to try and translate for you!

“The final tally after the 20-minute tussle to get the bruiser ‘bow to shore: 43.6 pounds, 38.75 inch in length and a girth of 34 inches. Should the numbers stand, Adam Konrad will hold the all-tackle world record for rainbow trout, eclipsing the 42-pound, 2-ounce standard that was set by a boy, David White, in June 1970 on Alaska’s Bell Island” Entire Article Here

After I read the story, I found another article about this fish. I regret that I lost the url that I had thought I had bookmarked. The article said that the rainbow trout are big in that lake because several fish escaped a farming pen due to ice damage on the pen’s perimeter.

I think I need to head out to Saskatchewan – ASAP!

“… But Mr. Grail says the bass he caught last Saturday likely constitutes a world record. He claims it weighs an estimated 12 pounds, four ounces – way more than the existing record of 10 pounds, 14 ounces set by a Tennessee fisherman in 1969. The Canadian record is 9.84 pounds.” Entire Article Here

The rest iof the article is a good read. Mr. Grail seem ‘upbeat’ about the whole thing. The people who will decide if it can be recognized are mulling over the facts – but probably it will not count as the record.

As much as it hurts – I agree. The record keeping and certification procedures need to stay air-tight to keep their credibility.