This right here is a great example of why we fish! The mystery of just never knowing what you could pull out of the depths on any given day! Congrats bro, beautiful fish
I'm watching this with a massive smile on my face. So rad that dude gave you a hand. People who fish are some of the nicest I've ever met. Epic video brother!!!!
Adam almost cost you that fish by grabbing the line (and dropping that gorgeous fish on a rock). Kids at home: NEVER grab light lines with big fish on them. The rod bend absorbs the stress and weight. The line itself will often snap the second you pull on it and transfer that pressure.
This is so great i absolutely love your excitement. Glad its on video and you can relive this experience. Even better show it to the little huumans in your life so they want to know how to fish.
That was AWESOME!!!!! An absolutely GORGEOUS fish, too!!!! Never even heard of a tiger-trout before!!!! That's gotta be the prettiest trout I've even seen!!!!
Tiger trout is the hybrid cross between a male brook trout and a female brown trout. (Salvelinus fontinalis) X (Salmo trutta). They are sterile and they are strong. Beautiful fish! One of the few inter genus cross breeds.
I’ve got to say the smile you have when you’re holding that fish shows that catching it meant way more to you than the potential views you might get. It’s why we do it. Thanks for sharing
I had never heard of a tiger trout, so I looked it up. Brook and Brown trout hybrid. 9 years in Wyoming and three years in Maine and never heard of such a thing. Beautiful fish.
Outstanding tiger trout Wow! Your strike indicator may have been spooking him a little bit which is why it took so long for him to eat it but nonetheless it worked out amazing! This really keys into the whole “fishing what in front of you first” not just trying to send your line as far out as possible. I see a lot of nice fish get scared away after the first cast due to people trying to send it all the way across the lake and not noticing the abundance of fish in the first 10ft of water, loved hearing that drag squeal when he took you for a run 🙌
Wouldn’t casting right on your fish or even being close enough to only have to cast a foot infront of you spook it way more than casting across the lake?
@@calebarritt4332 in most cases yes absolutely, I try to cast beyond the fish or plenty short so it has time to sink and get down to the fish without scaring it. This big tiger wasn’t going anywhere tho, coulda probably walked right in and grabbed him haha
@@hgflies Yup. In fact my buddy was good at catching nova scotia rainbows with his bare hands when they were hanging out under a rock. Well, at least one probably by fluke. Never heard of a tiger trout. That was nice eh.
Awesome fish dude ! If I didn’t know you got him, I was just waiting for him to come off ! Congratulations !!! It’s about the size of those dead ones you found before.
Amazing fish and you respected the fish so that someone else can catch him hopefully when he is bigger. You're a rare angler. Most would have manhandled it to death or kept it just for the bragging rights for the day. I would have let it go as well nothing more exciting than coming back there with a possible chance to catch him again
Wow congrats man! Tiger trout of a lifetime indeed...saw your previous grayling video. Seems like we'll be seeing more fly fishing videos this summer. Keep up the good work!
When he's to big for the net ! Heart rate goes up and the intensity is crazy fun love the feeling ! The anxiety until you land him oh brother ya sweat ! Great fish dude Thumbs-up !
First off congrats on the fish! Secondly can’t praise you enough for letting it go, so many anglers get caught up in their trophy and decide to keep the fish. Hopefully someone else will get to hook up on that trout when it grows even bigger.
That's the beauty of anglers that film I think Eddie. Footage of the catch and release is much more rewarding than a corpse of a specimen and can be more widely shared.
Great vid like the rest. You need a casting bubble dude. A-Just-A -Bubble is a good one, usually available at Walmart. You can partially fill with water to add weight and get your casts farther out, plus they are clear. Congrats on the epic Tiger.
Now that is an impressive trout man! And you pulled it off with a barbless hook on 4lbs test!! R U freakin kidding me??! Huge congrats and now I'm going to smash that like button!
I ve really come to enjoy this channel and your videos. I hit up my local river and ponds every day by myself sometimes even just for 15 to 20 mins while my wife runs into Walmart. I use anything I think will catch a fish. Sometimes I'm right and nail a tank most of the time I get nothing but I ve developed a special relationship with the outdoors that I'll never ever give up. And out side alone with my thoughts and a pole is the only place I feel right. Thank you for filming yours and letting all of us expirence your adventures. Great catch my friend hope to see many more.
I have fished in New Jersey, they stocked them a few years ago, and today they are still around today 2023, back in the 70-80s, I was there 6 yrs ago had 1 on my fly rod what a fighter and I use #22 flys bareless..
I had a same situation at Panguitch Lake, seen a Tiger swimming the shore in shallow water. I was using nightcrawlers and dropped it an inch in front of him. But he wasnt going for it, theres a reason why they get that big... cause they're cautious and smart.
