Check out this fish story.... I have been pleading and badgering DNR and trout unlimited to reinstate a catch and release status on a local tailwater trout stream near my house In Montgomery county For nearly 20 years. It was a catch and release stream in the 90’s but was delisted because of some stupid reason unknown. Some years it’s stocked with fingerling trout, other years not except the few trout in the classroom stock. Well yesterday we finally met with DNR and Montgomery parks to electro shock the stream to see if trout survive and get an idea on abundance. I already knew there were adult trout in there as I fish it often but how many or what size was uncertain. The first two stations were very slow, then the third gave up a fish that dreams are made of. An absolute giant brown trout. Larger than the DNR has found anywhere except the north branch of Potomac. And guess what else, they compared photos of a fish that was sampled in the same area in 2010 (attached on the board). It's the same fish!! Compare the markings on the belly. In July 2010 the fish was 19.5” and yesterday it was 23.5” and as thick as a football. Absolute monster, king of the roost in a stream you could jump across in some places. He’s still out there and I’ll name him Eagor. I’ve fished his lair countless times and never knew he was there.
