Excited angler releases possible record bull trout; is 'bummed' he did

Excited angler releases possible record bull trout; is 'bummed' he did

Source: usatoday

4/17/2023

Excited angler releases possible record bull trout; is 'bummed' he did

Credit: David Strege

While casting toward a group of small, surfacing kokanee, Oregon fisherman Ryan Mejaski hooked into something so big that his reel began screaming, forcing he and his fishing partner to give chase in their boat lest the huge fish take all the line off his reel.

Clearly, this wasn’t a kokanee.

Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing on the Deschutes arm of Lake Billy Chinook on April 8 when the memorable battle with a massive bull trout unfolded.

Lake Billy Chinook

Trout, Bull

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