Thursday
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July Slab of the Month Entry: North Idaho Bull Trout
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 12:00AM 
Whilst fishing for cutts, Riley Egan spotted a few of these. A well placed cast with some big fur named "the wrecking ball" landed him in good SOTM company.
Reader Comments (19)
hmmmm. the force is strong within you, young jedi.
great fish...but ehhh guys, not what we like to call a legal fish....
learn how to take a photo against a bank bro
serious question. is it illegal to target bulls in Idaho?
"There is no harvest season for bull trout. Any bull trout caught
may not be removed from the water and must be released
immediately."
I can't find the line that I was directed to a couple years ago, but it's not actually even legal to target Bull's in ID. It's a nice fish, but really wish that as an informed angler you'd heed regulations, particularly with a species that is on the brink of being endangered.
I can appreciate this young man's excitement, but it''s is illegal to target bull trout in Idaho. If you catch one unintentionally, it must be released immediately.
Clarification: I made a call, talked to Dave Parrish (Idaho Fish and Game) and while there is no open season on Bull Trout for take, you can in fact target them in a catch and release capacity. I stand corrected, and apologize for my previous post.
I hope you guys / gals that obviously were quick to comment, now come back and be quick to apologize for saying its an illegal catch.This excludes, Jeremy.
I agree with Cole, a lot of haters in here!
Nice, fish Riley!
beeeeeeeautiful dude
Nice fish, but I have to agree a little better eye on how to take the pic will go far in taking good shots w/o spot burning..lol.. not that I kneed or want to know where that is but there are some that would love to know where that it is ....
As a frequent northwest river go'er i was actually aware of the legality of going for this beaut. It would NOT be legal some miles to the east in MT unless you're on the South Fork. My apologies however for the overexposure, in the exitement a number of photos were taken but thanks to Digital programs all were lost but this Pic. For the record, we sat and watched him recover for over an hour and he swam happily back to his home..
I mean wow, the fish is not that big, and I'm sure he was really easy to catch, no biggie as anyone could of caught it. The photo is terrible, the specs on the rotary gerder from the end line is way off, and the exposure contrasting to the lens is just a poor play from behind the camera. As a perfectionist I could go on and on letting you know how to improve your game but you need to learn the hard way as I have.
I'm kidding of course. It is a little ridiculous how quickly people point the finger and try to find fault. I don't get it, does it make people feel better about themselves?
Riley, AWESOME fish and thanks for the picture, well done! If this were me I wouldn't be able to be in the photo. I would be in the bushes cleaning my pants!!!!
Is that the reflection of my cooler I see in the photo? Last time I heard it was seen headed south full of koks....nice fish
I love fly fishing more than anything in the world, but sometimes I just cant handle my fellow fly fishers. Lighten up jerks.
Congrats on an amazing fish man.
Riley, Congrats that is a beautiful fish i'm envious. The holding of the fish is excellent your not holding it to the camera trying to make it look bigger than it is you are also holding it with the dorsal fin vertical so you can really see the colors and depth of the fish. My three suggestions would be kneel down the shots always look better when you get down with the fish it also means they will not fall as far if you lose your grip. The next one is try to find an area that doesn't have such high dynamic range in english have the whole shot including the background either in the sunlight or the shade not both. One last one take a couple of shots with the flash on it would of taken some of the shadow off your face.
Congrats again on a beautiful fish and getting it back to the water healthy
Seriously, you guys are stupid! The only aforementioned problem with the photo was "spot burning," otherwise known as providing too much information to the location of the fish, not the photo itself. Nice photo and turbo slab, Riley.
shit!
jealousy sure draws some upset comments!
harry couldnt have said it better.
or maybe this video says it better.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
nice work riley. lets get into another one of those this fall eh?
look at how excited the kid is and you assholes tryin to bring him down! thats horrible! buncha debbie donwers..........