Very amusing thread.
Toward the end of last winter a mate of mine took a few of us out to one of his regular trout spots near Lithgow. We were fishing lures and powerbait. The day was fairly slow, but I managed to get two small rainbows on powerbait. One of my mates pulled in a nice rainbow of around 50m which we all thought was pretty amazing.
About 30min later I was working a Rapala Husky Jerk back in when the line went tight and started peeling off my Daiwa Pixy combo. I tightened the drag up as much as the 6Lb line would handle and fought him through about 3 runs over 3 mins. By the time this massive Brown Trout got close enough to shore after the second run, we noticed I'd managed hook him right in the anal fin! It looked like it was just hanging on too, which made the fight all the more nerve-wrecking.
But, after a good 3-4 mins, he was in the net. My first ever Brown Trout measured in at 68cm and 4.5kg.
A bloody hard PB to beat!
The best part is that my mate videoed the whole thing! Have a look:
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Unfortunately for my mate that was kind enough to show us his spot, he got nothing all day!