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Anyfishisfine
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.
One other thing that doesn't add up is how hes holding it, its hard enough hold a 10lb dead fish like that, throw one in that appears to be extremely top heavy and supposedly very much alive...
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.
I dont see an arm stretch I see a guy trying not to bear hug a stealhead for a picture. His arms are at a 90 degree angle holding a monster fish. I really do not understand why people would critisize the largest steelhead they have ever seen. Bottome line I have been fishing steelhead for 20 years and have seen thousands. NEVER HAVE I SAW ONE THIS BIG. take a look around the internet and post 5 fish that are bigger caught in recent years. have fun
NEVER HAVE I SAW ONE THIS BIG.
Hope you guys never catch a monster steelhead, so that people do not talk crap about your fish. That fish is clearly bigger then any other steelhead posted on several PNW boards. And yet you guys cry about how the fish is held. If you cannot hold 2.6 gallons of milk at arms length then I suggest you guys get some excersize . Clearly some jealousy going on here. You can tell by the head of the fish its clearly over 20 and bigger then any other 20 lb fish caught in recent years. I say 26 no problem.
After looking at the fish again I think the haters are completely NUTS. That fish is HUGE look at the fork on the tail prob ten inches or more. Look at the girth on that thing probably more then 24 inch girth . MONSTER fish
I just looked back through this thread and only found 1 post that said they thought it was photoshopped. Everybody agrees that it was definitely a big fish, just held at a weird angle. It's definitely a fish of a life time for the large majority of steelheaders.
That being said...There's never a reason to long arm fish for a photo (especially one that large). They'll look plenty big in a normal pose, and you can still make them look bigger than they actually are.