28 Pound Rainbow - Idaho

[OCF]

Ran across this article - amazing 28 lb rainbow (steelhead) caught in Idaho. Hope this web address works for you!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/15/28-...d-breaker/
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[Kent]

Wow, what a fish.
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[utwalleye]

very nice rainbow, I don't think it's a steelhead, it still has it's adipose fin.
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[obifishkenobi]

I have fished the Clearwater River a lot and have caught many B run Stealhead out of it. I would say that fish is a resident rainbow it is much to fat to have traveled back from the ocean 600 miles away crossing 8 dams along the way. The fact that it has an adipose fin does not exclude it from being a stealhead though. Wild stealhead have theirs intact and that is why by the rules it had to be returned to the river, only hatchery stealhead can be kept.
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[SkunkedAgain]

Looks like a pond fish not a river steelie. Not long and lean like most Steelies I've seen. Wonderful fish though. Imagine the fight that would put out in a river. Amazed he could land it on 6 lb test. Guess it was caught downstream so maybe they get fatter before they make the swim up stream. Later J
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[wagdog]

That's a tank!
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[Majja]

Wow what a football the hog is. Very nice looking fish.
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