Cheman Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 This was my second visit to the Motueka river since moving from OZ and boy was I not disappointed. I was using my tassie devils, as on my last trip I caught a nice 50cm brown on it. Found a new stretch of river that I have not fished yet and threw my first cast and bang Im ON! I saw a huge tail come out of the water as he smashed my lure. For the next 20 minutes I ran up and down the bank through shrubs and slid down a mud bank until he tired and came close to shore. When I picked him up I was amazed he was 77cm and close to 4kg and in perfect condition which was amazing as breeding season has just finished. This was the biggest brown I ever caught and a celebration dance was in order. Both my wife and I are holding the same fish. She could not believe it as she thought it was a Salmon because she has not seen a trout that big before in her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Wow Amazing mate As soon as I saw 77cm, my eyes lit up and I just said WOW That's an amazing fish and that is a trophy fish Treasure the moment Can't wait to wet a line for trout Well done Cheers thefisherman6784 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 New Zealand is renowned for it's abnormally large fish, guess that also applies to it's freshwater species too! Great catch and well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingGuy Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Amazing fish Mate! Cheers, FishingGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Beautifull looking brown cheman,gotta be happy with that, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Wow! A dream fish..... Amazing catch mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheman Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thank you all for your kind words. It will be hard to beat this fish with a bigger one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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