BIG 24 INCH WILD BROWN TROUT OUT OF A DITCH?? 

For those commenting on the trash situation, this is far more complicated than a few fishermen leaving worm containers and empty energy drink cans on the banks. This is in an extremely impoverished area -- one of the counties in this region is literally one of the poorest counties in the USA. In many ways it is stuck way back in the last century when no one cared about pollution or litter. Not only are there thousands of sewer pipes going directly from homes into the creeks, but residents (the few who are left) just throw their trash into the creeks. There is no municipal trash collection and many residents don't have cars to take their trash to dumpsters. These aren't terrible people. But when they can barely put food on the table, keeping the creeks clean isn't exactly a priority. It is, as someone else put it, extremely depressing. Turning this around will require politicians actually caring about this area and these people, and investing in recovery. And, by investing, we're talking many, many, many millions of dollars. It would be great to see it happen because this area could be really special, but I'm not hopeful.

I FISH TINY TROUT STREAMS WHERE EVER I GO.IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME, WHERE PEOPLE DON'T FISH IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE MOST FISH. AND PEOPLE DONT FISH THE TINY STREAMS.BUT THE FEW THAT DO USUALLY LET THEM GO.THERES SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT IT AND I'VE BEN DOING IT FOR OVER 58 YEARS.THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT TROUT TO ME IS COLOR,COLOR COLOR AND THAT IS JUST WHAT THAT BIG BROWN HAD.

Subbing not only for great content but how well you handle the fish!! Soooo nice to see people really caring for the wellbeing of the fish, +1!!!

Man that is a heck of a ditch you have there. I wouldn't breathe a word of that to any one. That 24 incher was something else, but the rainbows were nice too.

Wow, you caught some amazing Trout in that tiny stream! Beautiful Browns! Thanks for sharing, and keep on fishing! Greetings and all the best from Vermont.

Great video, unreal trout, both rainbows and browns. Like others said respect for the way you handled the fish. I've been surprised by how large trout can get in some small streams. Fertile surroundings with lots of fly and small fish life, with enough deep water, plenty of oxygen and no fishing pressure I suppose. Many years ago I was fishing with my late dad in the west of Ireland(where I am) he stopped the car beside an overgrown tiny stream by the road much like your one.. We walked through the undergrowth and found a wide pool, well maybe ten feet "wide", but deep with fast water running into it and he told me to sit down and wait. A few small rises and then this huge trout(20 inches easy) rolled on one of the hatching olives and we watched him for about half an hour. I wanted to try drifting a fly over him, but it was too overgrown and my dad said to me to just leave the big old guy be and know that out in places like this, where anglers never go there are wonderful creatures like this. Before he married my dad lived in the States in New York for a couple of years and used to tell me of going into the "wilds" upstate fishing small streams for big rainbows. Funny enough he also fished a river in West Virginia while visiting a work friend who was originally from there. Sadly can't remember the name of the river, but I clearly remember it was West Virginia from the John Denver song popular at the time(I sound like Grandpa Simpson there...). Lucky bugger also lived in New Zealand for a time and fished chalk streams in Southern England. The lucky git, talk about being spoiled. 😁 Sorry for the essay(I'm Irish, can't help it 😁) Your video reminded me of that day, so thank you for that lads. 🙂 Subbed.

That's a gem of a stream! Very few small streams hold that class of trout. It's too bad about the garbage all around.

Are you kidding me?😲 What crazy fish!! Well done!🤩

Those are exactly the kinds of spots I like to fish. Nice video. Most people won't because of the difficulty.nice brownies.👍👌👏😉

This stream was stocked in the 80's by a broke down stock truck. It wasn't even on the stocking list because it's fed by open sewers, and so polluted. Wouldn't you know it, the trout flourished. They now spawn there and are a totally wild self sustaining population. For reference there are only about 3 to 5 streams in WV that have spawning wild rainbows and this sewer creek in Southern WV, is one of them. The rest are in the north eastern mountains, where the streams are clear, clean, and cool, running fresh out of mountain springs. This one runs out of a coal mine, is a public dump, and has open sewage running into it. DEFINITELY CATCH AND RELEASE HERE!!!

You guys are awesome! My heart stopped when that trout jumped out of the water!

I was born in Buchanan County, Virginia, but was raised in Pike County, Kentucky, across the Tug River from Williamson, in Mingo County, WVa. Went to Williamson High School, then to West Virginia University. Good to see you having fun, and releasing the fish. Good Men!!

Fertile water + little pressure = quality trout. Glad you guys got to hit this stream and are keeping it a secret.

I really enjoyed that video and well done for fishing a dribble 99.9% of anglers would ignore. I have come across trout in erosion ditches on the top of moors in the north of England. We found a hen brown trout the size of a salmon in a ditch less than 2 foot wide and barely deep enough to submerge the fish. Quite amazing.

Sick find... glad you guys take care to handle the fish respectfully. Not sure if you guys are into UL spin fishing overall, but if so, and in case you didn't know it, you can order replacement hooks from cultiva called the sbl-55m (barbless) or the s-55m (micro barb) hooks and that makes it even easier for them. (maybe you already know all about it. ) Great to see people seriously spin fishing on small streams. have fun out there!

I've enjoyed and liked all your videos that I have watched. Very inspiring!

A rare pleasure catching big browns. my biggest browns came out of old farmers ditches growing up.

Beautiful trout. Doesn't matter on the day as long as you're having fun with family. Great video.

Love the video. Really impressed how well you guys treat the fish you catch.

Another great video. Thanks for the safe releases.

Brought to the net quick nd released with utmost respect , I salute you guys respect from Scotland 👍

what a beautiful trout, never seen a 24" before. Thanks for the release, my thoughts are the best breeders are the large fish so return the big ones and keep smaller fish {assuming your going to eat them} Good video thanks

That was serious fishing, huge trout!

Well done fellows. Reminds me a bit of fishing native brookies in the narrow streams that run out of cranberry bogs on Cape Cod. Narrow and ditch-like, and all grown in on the sides, but with deep pockets. Now and then you'd encounter big sea run trout aka "salters".

Rock on you bros!!! That’s sick!! Loved it and live it

Hi guys. Thanks for sharing. omg, I have been witness to my brother catching a huge rainbow trout in literally 2 or 3 inches of water under a bridge. Not quite your 2 foot trout, but quite close. Thanks for sharing! Randy

Some very nice fish there fellas,we also have similar creek fishing situations here in New Zealand,generally around spawning time.

Nice brown bro i love chasing wild browns. Tightlines 1🎣🎣🎣🎣

The most beautiful healthy fish out of a litter filled roadside trickle of a stream. Wow.

Super awesome fish!!

Great video - love fishing for brown trout - we uses #1 gold blue fox spinner.....

Awesome!! Beautiful fish

Guys love the video and love the respect for the fish well being. Good stuff being from WV haven’t fished it but about to thanks for sharing

Nice video with some great fish. Good to see you released all those and how sad it was to see all the garbage along the stream... guess some people have no respect for Mother Nature!

Nice!!! I have a few secret "ditches" too. Lmao. Monsters get in a hole or culvert pipe plunge hole n just make it their home.

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Awesome stuff man!!

Nice job, reminds me of some of the small' creeks I used to fish in NC. Amazing that's not fished out, being next to the road....

really cool fishing there.! fascinating !!

Totally unbelievable stream. The beauty of that trout reminds me of the trout on the Kola peninsula in Russia.

Good handling of fish..respect

As much as I enjoyed this video and the beautiful trout that these guys were able to catch, i sincerely hope that these guys are helping to pick up some of the trash. very good video guys, never stop chasing them.

Great videos!!!

I like the way you guys handle your fish. Much respect!

Awesome video guys. That little stream is a gem. Obviously some cleanup would be nice, but it is what it is.

Awesome little fishing spot and great video

Awesome days fishing, and that big Brownie was a beast, great vid.

That's pretty cool! I can't believe their hitting spinners in that small of a stream. I'd have hit that place with some good ol worms and barbless hooks! Great Video!! God, what BEAUTIFUL fish!!

beautiful fish!

Pretty good little fishing hole guys. Those fish probably ran up that little stream from a bigger stocked stream below. The bigger brown you caught with its tailed ragged out tells me he's a stocker. Big browns like to wander and will travel distances. I fish similar streams that are not stocked and they have some nice fish in them. Fish that are raised in the stream and also some that have migrated in. There are some bruisers in these places and I fish big baits for them...4" hardbaits. I don't make videos because I don't want to come back and have people all up in my spots and ruining them. Have fun with your videos and watch out for putting anything recognizable in them. Tight lines!

Nice job! Beautiful fish!

Super fish and you handle the fish so respectful

That's a quality fish for a drainage ditch. nice catch

Well done boys! Nice watch.

Amazing! Congratz! However, the amount of junk in that creek/ditch depresses me!

Brought to the net quick nd with minimum fuss also released with the utmost respect, I applaud you guys across the pond in Scotland 👍

That was freaking awesome guys 😲👏👏👏💯👌 subbed instantly if this is what your vids are like ☺ ✌💙👍from Scotland 💙🎣🙋

Wow! Congrats man, that is absolutely unreal!

Holy Hardman, that's what I call a last ditch effort...nice S. Trutta!🎣

Awesome catches guys keep it up

Wild browns dude!!!! Gotta love it. Glad you released it that fish was probably at least 10 years old

Nice fish great catch!!!

Awesome stuff🤙

Beautiful Fish!!

What a wonderful quality of trout from this tiny water! It has to be fairly clean to sustain fish of those proportions. Well done to you both, you must have had a wonderful time. I would certainly keep the videos coming absolutely fascinating and astonishing !!

Sweet, and thanks!

Stream fishing looks so fun. I never catch anything when I go though

I am a firm believer in catch and release. Otherwise we have no fish, right? This is not hardly rocket science. I thank you very much for continuing to catch and release. To my mind, videos and photographs, done quickly, are good enough. I protect my fish when landed, and I quickly do the picture thing so that I always carefully release my fish, whatever the species. I love it!

Awesome job!

Keep going guys!🤘

Insane bro

I love the fact that your smart enough to release these fish.It is just as much fun to catch them a second time as it was the first.The only thing i would do differently is i would debarb the hook for an easier release.You will lose more fish but if your not keeping them then it really doesent bother a person much when they get away.Good job i will subscribe now.

This video is dope as hell. I understand the trash, people used to not care in my area and I’m 45 mins outside the city of Pittsburgh. Been to elk springs resort a few times. Maybe we can link up sometime! Great video.

You guys should contact trout unlimited or some fishing clubs to do some stream restoration in the area and have days scheduled to go pick up trash . It might take a while to get the streams cleaned up but it would be worth it . If there are not any fishing clubs around you guys should start one .

Damn. When it jumped out of the water was amazing. Big fish find spots in creeks and just sit there getting fatter. DNR has caught huge flatties in the creeks here. Great video.

What a gorgeous fish. Also nice to see the fish treated with care. Well done. Subbed.

That's crazy cool stuff.

Brown beast!so good to release that great catch

That water looks so clean & nice

Amazing fish from that size water. Any water for that matter. It's a shame there are so many culverts that cut off sections of stream to migrating fish. They do make for good washout pools though.

Nice job setting him free unharmed. Catch him again next season!

Greetings from the antipodes. Nice video. The big fish was a ‘Loch Leven’ brown. Quite rare and very beautiful. What it was doing in that creak is a mystery. Cheers, Craig

Amazing. Very entertaining.

Most colorful brownie I’ve ever seen. Congrats !

This video is awesome!

Never overlook those small spots!

Wow. Trout is here. Perfect fishing.

very cool!!!!!

I can’t believe a 24 inch trout came out of such a small pocket of water!

My biggest wild born trout was a touch over 25 and my biggest native brookie is 20 inches and my biggest wild born bow was 26 that's a life time of grinding. Best part is them little streams usually have tanks in my experience

That looked like a dang mini whale jumping out at first....'omgosh' is right !

Favorite part waa the music

Great vid boys.. John England u.k.. shame people don't know such beauty is on their doorstep... I'm sure they wouldn't leave trash behind if they did..... gorgous trout.

Nice fishing as always,great video

Beautiful brown trout guys

That’s crazy fish for such a skinny water

Awesome video. I dropped a like and Subscribed. And Niceeee fish.

It’s funny how the fish are still thriving in a creek filled with trash

You couldn't have handled those fish better. Awesome job and awesome fish!

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