Sept. SOTM Entry: MT Brown
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 12:00AM
I'm speechless. This is best left said for the man himself...
This fish means a lot to me. I caught it the other day at my own bachelor party (note the classy bachelor party issue wife-beater, which each of us were wearing at the time) while being rowed by good friend Adam Debruin. At first jolt I yelled “trout” and then started to doubt the troutiness, thinking I perhaps snagged a pike. I took the wood to it really hard, and brought it to the surface about 20 feet from the boat. We both saw it’s massive tail and then the whole of it’s body and a string of obscenities were yelled so as to be heard by the other boat in our group that was fishing the other side of the river from us. This fish brawled hard and I finally brought it boat-side and Adam netted it on the first try. We quickly pulled over and snapped a few pics, took a quick measurement (33” and we figure around 15+ lbs.) and released into cold water. No shit, this fish’s adipose fin was as big as my hand, and it’s other fins were like sheets of paper. It was barely hooked inside of the mouth. 3 seasoned trout guides and one fisheries biologist stood there completely impressed and fairly certain that we will never see a Montana brown trout like this again. When we reached the take out we were so belligerently drunk that we fell out of the boat, fell on and destroyed a cooler and Adam got a serious gash on his face from the gunwale. Photo Cred: Will Plumhoff.
brown trout, slab of the month in Contests, History, Rivers, fly fishing
Reader Comments (20)
I'd take that over a stripper any day! Congrats on both accounts!
Super nice fish brother, and great write-up on the story. Not a moment too soon eh?
Holy crap! "Fish of a lifetime" would be an understatement...much less Slab of the Month. Congrats!
It's all downhill from here, pal.
That's the sickest brown I've ever seen. Not the biggest, but the sickest for sure.
F-ing awesome bachelor party billy brown. Got my vote for sure man. Congratulations on both tying the knot and getting a huge brown to boot. Sweetness!!
WOW! is that only thing that comes to mind. My brain is in awe. AWESOME fish!! Probably the best bachelor party EVERRR!!!
What happened to your sleeves?
WOW
Well, unless someone sticks a 70 lb permit or something else batshit insane in the next few days, I'd say we can close the book on this month.
That's one serious predator. Nice catch.
Rockin' a Buff and a 'Beater...sartorial risk-taking = SOTM. Nice work. You got my vote.
Awesome catch. Fish of a lifetime fo' sho'.
Just wondering if this might be the same fish that Eric Paulson caught back in November.
http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2010/11/10/nov-slab-of-the-month-entry-mt-monster-brown.html
Dang... that is the fish that ATE Waldo, I believe... that's why no one can find him. That's one giant beauty of a fish!
Oh My Goodness!! You are the man. Congrats on two great catches.
Hey FlySwinger,
The fish you are talking about was caught hundreds of miles away from each other, I also think that the most recent one is a lot bigger!
Def not the same fish as paulsons
slab of the year, fish of a lifetime. that is a slob of a fish. congrats!
Lucky bastard. At least he knows that as those matrimonial manacles are locked tight and the rods are stowed forever in the basement he got it done anyways. Oh the joy! Slab of ta life. Job done.
Nice fish there Benny Boy!
I woulda clubbed that big sombitch, taxydermied his big brown ass and framed him over the mantle!
F'n well done. Thank you for keeping the genetics in the river.