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The South Umpqua River apparently is saving its best for last.
LaPine resident Evan Smith caught a 26-pound wild winter steelhead Monday while side-drifting pink yarn from the driftboat of guide Casey Malepsy, a Shady Cove native.
Holy crap! That's all I got...that's a pig
No way could I kill a fish like that, legal or not. It's the fish of a lifetime, and will pass it's genes on hopefully for several more generations. Unlike salmon, steelhead don't die...that fish is an absolute tank.
That's not exactly true. While a good percentage of female steelhead make repeat spawning runs, only a very very small percentage of males do. Most males use all their energy to spawn with multiple females.
Looks a bit photoshopped. Holding a 26lb like that... uhh...Dude doesn't look like a bodybuilder to me. I am not sure a lot of us could hold an alive 26lb fish like that straight out.
Looks also a bit bigger than 26 lbs, also the depth of it looks wrong. If his arms where bent then the fish should look closer to his body...
idk.
If there was other pictures might believe it. Hard to believe there is only one picture of the a fish like that....
I see no signs of photoshop, the guy is just holding it funny. He's got his arms bent 90 degrees at the elbows (probably since that thing weighs a ton...). First if you don't have a photo now-a-days people don't believe it, then you DO have a photo and people yell Photoshop.
Next time I catch a nice fish I'll have it fin me a statement about itself, but then people will probably just want it notarized.