“Just feeling so blessed - and again, right place, right time. Though Babler is as good a fisherman as any, he retains his humble attitude. When all was said and done, Bill Babler was the new king of Taneycomo with a new state record 40-pound, 6-ounce brown trout, narrowly missing the world record 42-pound, 1-ounce fish from New Zealand. Two Missouri Department of Conservation biologists from the Shepherd of the Hills fish hatchery were called in to observe and take part in getting the official measurements. They immediately put as much of the fish into the live well as would fit, and it was off to the races to Lilleys’ Landing Marina where a holding tank and certified scale would be waiting. He did the same thing again and we were ready.” As the pair hoisted the monster fish into the boat, the net broke. We were not quite ready and back he went under the boat. It went under the boat and then came out with its head up. “The fish made two circles in front of the boat and then headed to the back. It just peeled off like string after a kite,” said Babler. “The drag was set perfect I never had to touch it. He turned his trolling motor toward the middle of the lake and let the fish pull drag with his rod tip high to absorb the pressure.
In all the excitement, it wasn’t long before Babler’s friend had reeled in his line and grabbed the net.Īs an experienced angler, Babler trimmed up his motor to avoid having his line broken on it. That’s when Babler knew that he had hooked a monster! The fish then dove and headed toward midstream. The fish immediately came to the surface and swirled. As a cloud blocked the sun overhead, Babler’s float vanished. This time Babler would get a chance to drop a line, and he decided to drift a pink Berkley power trout worm on a 1/125th-ounce jig head under a float. After guiding his friend through a successful drift, the pair headed back up to the end of the restricted zone to start again. On the morning of September 4th, Babler was out fishing Taneycomo with his best friend from grade school. This time it was local fishing guide Bill Babler who landed the fish and the title.
Now twice in one year, the Missouri state record for brown trout has been set. Photo caption: Sean Colenso of the Razza Bar and Bistro holds up the new world record brown trout, caught by a man who asked to be know only as Seamus from Turgani.State Record Brown Trout Caught Near Fall Creek Nearly Misses World Record Much has been reported about the 44.3-pound fish, but virtually.
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Read the full article from Field and Stream here. A new world record brown trout caught last fall in New Zealand has been certified by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA ). The fish was frozen and now is with O’Rourke Taxidermists. When measurements were noted, he took it to the Razza Bar and Bistro in Twizel where he told employee Sean Colenso that he wanted to donate his fish to the bar so the mount could hang next to two other locally caught beasts that were already on the establishment’s wall, a 38.9 and a 38.2 pounder. According to reports, the secretive angler was having difficulties sleeping, got up early, and not only went fishing-he went catching.Īfter landing the beast, the angler took it to be weighed on a certified scale. In late October, 2020, a man who has asked to be known only as Seamus from Turgani had been sleeping in his camper-van near New Zealand’s Ohau Canal, a known big-fish hotspot that had already given up a world record brown in 2013. Much has been reported about the 44.3-pound fish, but virtually nothing has been revealed about the angler. Anew world record brown trout caught last fall in New Zealand has been certified by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA).
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