04-03-2008, 12:59 AM
[cool][#0000ff]If it is not a prank, my apologies. I used to subscribe to Amato's publication but it has been awhile. I could not find anything on a current edition, so I blew it off.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What makes me skeptical is that I lived in Sacramento and fished Tahoe for years...and knew many of the guides. A 30 pound mack from Tahoe was huge...State record was about 37 pounds...and was and OLD fish that would have been much heavier from most other mack lakes. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The "accepted" theory is that the lake is "dead" below about 400 feet deep, with not enough oxygen to sustain life. It is rare for macks to be caught anywhere near that deep. Most are taken at around 200 feet. And, that is a high altitude lake with not as much forage as other mack holes. Lots of kokanee and rainbow but they usually hang out much shallower than the macks. The tui chubs that sustain the macks are not very big and not very thick.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Another "red flag" is that a trout that size would make headlines all over the fishing world and would result in MANY new website links. There is NOTHING anywhere that makes any mention of such a fish. I know that the Sacramento and Reno papers would have been all over it. NADA...ZIP...ZILCH.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I would have to see a certified report and credible photos before I would give that story ANY merit at all. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What makes me skeptical is that I lived in Sacramento and fished Tahoe for years...and knew many of the guides. A 30 pound mack from Tahoe was huge...State record was about 37 pounds...and was and OLD fish that would have been much heavier from most other mack lakes. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The "accepted" theory is that the lake is "dead" below about 400 feet deep, with not enough oxygen to sustain life. It is rare for macks to be caught anywhere near that deep. Most are taken at around 200 feet. And, that is a high altitude lake with not as much forage as other mack holes. Lots of kokanee and rainbow but they usually hang out much shallower than the macks. The tui chubs that sustain the macks are not very big and not very thick.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Another "red flag" is that a trout that size would make headlines all over the fishing world and would result in MANY new website links. There is NOTHING anywhere that makes any mention of such a fish. I know that the Sacramento and Reno papers would have been all over it. NADA...ZIP...ZILCH.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I would have to see a certified report and credible photos before I would give that story ANY merit at all. [/#0000ff]
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