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Grnwtrs, there was a 30” fish in the big pool under the falls just above the bridge on Nelson Creek. I spoke with the gold miner that got it. In the 60’s, I used to go up to 3 Lakes in my ‘56 Ford, ex-PG&E pickup. Once, I broke the front springs going up. There were golden trout in the upper lake, but they are probably gone now.
A friend with whom I was fishing hooked a 30”+ fish from a deep pool in the Middle Fork drainage. He wanted me to climb down the to the pool and wrestle that big, hooked-jaw brown. I politely declined in view of those big teeth upon which I was focused. It turned out he hadn’t really hooked the fish, rather it was trying to eat the 12” fish he had hooked. With the frenzy that thing was in, I’m sure it would have taken a bite out of me.
Another friend rappelled into a hole in that area and caught a 30 incher. While hiking out, he was dragging it out by the jaw. When he got up the hill, he noticed his fingers were all bloody from those sharp teeth. He hadn’t even noticed in his excitement.
I caught a big one in that drainage on a Royal Coachman and was so worked-up that I forgot to measure it. We threw it on the barbeque and all six of us got some delicious fresh trout. Only then did I think to measure it. With the head and tail intact but a bare skeleton between, it measured 28”. I don’t know it they shrink, stretch or stay the same after they have been cooked and picked clean.
The divers studying the effects of the white water releases in the North Fork of the Feather report some 30” fish there. I’ve never seen any that big rise though.
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