Woman catches 30 lb RT in NZ.

[FarmerDave]

link

 

[wildtrout2]

Unique, but ugly as the day is long.

 

[Tigereye]

New Zealand gemmie

 

[FarmerDave]

Unique, but ugly as the day is long.

But is it as ugly as the world record brown trout, also caught in one of those NZ canals?link

 

[passionfly]

Those canals are pretty well known for producing some enormous trout. I'm pretty sure the trout are fed with pellets? Or is that another canal I think? One day I'll fish there...

 

[phiendWMD]

Those canals are pretty well known for producing some enormous trout. I'm pretty sure the trout are fed with pellets? Or is that another canal I think? One day I'll fish there...

The article linked in the OP says the same canals are used to farm salmon and lots of pellets get out of the farm pens.

 

[FarmerDave]

The article linked in the OP says the same canals are used to farm salmon and lots of pellets get out of the farm pens.

Yep. Both articles say this.

 

[redietz]

Those canals are pretty well known for producing some enormous trout. I'm pretty sure the trout are fed with pellets? Or is that another canal I think? One day I'll fish there...

Yes, although by accident. There's a salmon farm on the canal, and the trout below it get fat on the food that spills over. Fish over 20 lbs are common.

 

[Canoetripper]

Colorado has those dam release(I think that there are four of them) fisheries like the Frying Pan River where trout get big feasting on dam released Mysis Shrimp.

 

[a23fish]

That rainbow looks completely unnatural, as you would expect if it gorged on food pellets 24x7x365. However, I wouldn't care one bit about appearance if I had hooked and landed it.

 

[gulfgreyhound]

Some truly amazing fish come out of those canals. The whole country is amazing.GG