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RECENT UPDATES:
TTH NEWS:
August 11 - The west coast Trophy Trout world
is being turned on it's head by a father son team out of La Pine, Oregon. State record holder, Ron Lane, and his son Brandon,
have now landed 9 brown trout ranging from 11 to nearly 17 lbs in the last 4 months. Results like these are unheard of since
the old hay days of Flaming Gorge Res back in the 70's. Who knows what tricks these guys have up there sleeves, but I
tip my hat to them in congratulations. See all of the photos on the 2008 Photo Pages. Incredible!
May 13 - Brian Wildish has just made TTH
news again with an article published in the May issue of Salmon,Trout, Stealheader magazine. The article highlights
the catch of his monster East Lake brown trout caught back in September. Be sure to check it out!
March 23 - Trophy Trout Hunter hardcore, Brian Wildish just got the mount back of his monster 12 1/2 pound Brown Trout caught last September at East
Lake. See the photos at the bottom of this page. If you catch that fish of a lifetime, I would strongly recommend checking
out Fish Tail Gallery in Bend Oregon.
March 23 - I want to share a valuable resource
that will be an excellent tool for many Trophy Trout Hunters in the western United States, and will benefit others as time
goes on. Bathymetric Maps are now available for a good number of Trophy Fisheries. Crescent, East, Paulina, and Lake
Billy Chinook are among the lakes mapped, and Wickiup is in the works. These are large, laminated, full color maps which show
detailed depth lines, clearly highlighting structure and other points of interest. Check out the website for Mark's Lake Maps operating out of Montana. They are inexpensive and extremely useful.
TTH INTRO:
Hello to all and welcome
to Trophy Trout Hunter. I'm Dan McAllister, and I am an avid Trophy Trout fisherman. I have enjoyed contributing to this
site since it was started in 2004, by trophy trout veteran Jimmy Lewis, and I took over the wheel for Jimmy in the fall of
2006. It's been great to see other guys get involved by contributing their reports and pictures of big trout, and through
this it has grown from one man's fishing journal to an active community resource for up to date trophy trout fishing
information in Central Oregon.
We here in Oregon have been blessed with wonderful world class
opportunities for catching giant trout. If one dedicates themselves to spending time on the water and following some simple
guidelines, a trout over 5 pounds is very attainable in many waters.
I grew up fishing the lakes of central Oregon with my dad and
brother. We spent a lot of time on the water, but the tactics we employed were more geared towards catching numbers of small
trout on light gear. When the occasional big fish was hooked it was rarely landed due to the light 2 pound leaders we often
used. We watched the fishermen who trolled for the big ones and always assumed that they must fish all weekend for one fish,
if they were lucky. I now realize that there is plenty of action to be had while targeting the big fish, and it is amazing
how many small fish will get caught while applying tactics that up the chances of hooking and landing something huge.
My current goal for any weekend trip is one trout over five pounds, and that goal is achieved more times than not. In fact,
it is not uncomon to land several fish of that size or larger in a weekend these days.
I and most of the Trophy Trout Hunter contributors release
nearly all of the fish that we catch. I encourge all to consider doing the same to promote strong trophy trout populations
for the future.
Look around and email me with any feedback or questions you might have.
Tight Lines,
Dan
| I caught this killer hookjaw on August 24th, 2008 |
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| He went 28 inches, 9+ lbs and was released back into East Lake |
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| May threw me this 9 lb hookjaw |
| BWild with his sweet Paulina Lake brown |
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| This bad dude went 29 inches, 9 1/2 lbs and was released after the photos |
| 31 1/2 inches, 10 1/2 lbs |
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| Diane Hamman caught this amazing brown on 4-24-09 @ Crescent Lake |
| Congrat's Jordan Whitton on his first 10 + brown! |
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| This 10 1/2 lb monster was released back to Crescent on April 23, 2009 |
| Bret Martin with his first over 10! |
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| This 10+ dandy hookjaw was caught and released on April 23 from Crescent Lake! Congrat's Bret!! |
| The largest lure caught brown in Oregon for 2008 |
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| Caught and released by TTH's own Allen Dahlberg on Nov 22 from Crescent Lake.... 16 1/2 lbs!!! |
| R.D. with a killer March bull trout from LBC |
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| This fish went 9 1/2 lbs and he was released right after the photo |
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| My first trophy brown of the year. 7+ lbs from Crescent Lake - January 2, 2009 |
| Jimmy Lewis with his monster laker from Crescent |
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| Caught Feb 7, 2009 in shallow water. 38 inches, 23 lbs |
| Ron Lane with his big August 2008 hookjaw |
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| This amazing fish went 15 lbs 12 oz, and made number 5 over 11 lbs for him this year! |
| Niko Manos caught this amazing brown summer 2008 |
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| The 14 lb hookjaw was caught out of a lake in central Oregon |
| My nephew Spencer with his first big brown! |
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| This dandy hookjaw was 24 inches and 6 lbs. Caught at East Lake. WAY TO GO SPENCER!!! |
| This 9 lb hookjaw is as killer as they come! |
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| Congrats to Mike Scott on a hard earned trophy. 9 lbs 1 oz and released to keep growing |
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