Cayuga 7/19 Big Rainbow

[58Johnson]

30 inch plus Cayuga Bow!

 

[Sk8man]

Nice going!

[alex1young]

Nice fish.

[ERABBIT]

Nice bow.....

[hermit]

Great fish! Nice!

[Xxx]

Congrats that's a dandy!!

[stinger]

_{Beautiful fish, congratulations. That size rainbow doesn't come along vary often.  It must have given you a pretty good show.}

[58Johnson]

Fish went back....It did the surface shark swim (Dorsal fin showing) for several minutes. I followed it until it swam down and seemed to stay down. The track on my fishfinder was a crazy squiggle track afterwards.

Edited July 20, 2016 by 58Johnson

[58Johnson]

_{Beautiful fish, congratulations. That size rainbow doesn't come along vary often.  It must have given you a pretty good show.}

 

It took line violently right off the bat. I reeled it in a little and loosened the drag to avoid a breakoff. It leapt out of the water like a whale, making a huge splash. A great look at a BIG fish.  A few more short runs to the left and right with an under/over on the mono dipsey on the right and I was able to get it to the boat.

The comedy show occurred when I tried to net it from the front/side/back with the 18 inch net. It dove twice but came back up along the same side of the boat and allowed me to ineptly try to net it. It was cleanly, well hooked so the unhooking and picture happened quickly. I got it back in the water in the net, but it was too big to drag the net through the water for long to help revive it. I stopped the boat and let the fish out of the net where thankfully it swam. I followed it for several minutes until it swam down and stayed down.

Edited July 19, 2016 by 58Johnson

[CatskillBob]

That's a beauty! Good going.

[suttontroller94]

Was a great day for the bows we landed 5 aswell as a 6lb landlock. What a day! Nice job

[lyk2fish]

What a great fish, and a great effort with success on your release. hats off to you

[G27boatman]

Very nice fish! Thanks for your time at the ramp to answer some kicker motor questions.

[quality time]

Nothing better than releasing a true trophy to fight another day. You might get another chance  to fight him again! Nice job!  Wes

[scruffytoad]

Great catch! Pretty exciting day! [emoji106]ðŸ»

[Iron Duke]

Great Fish !! Awesome job !!

Mike

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[goin hungry]

Way to go. You are a true sportsman for releasing that beautiful fish and taking the effort that you did

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[Fishmounter]

Gorgeous bow!

Nice release too!

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[Nautitroller]

Wow! Great fish! Nicely done releasing her.