"riverman" wrote in message
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On Apr 5, 1:21 am, Jim wrote:
Novice angler catches this beaut in the middle of town. I can only
think that the fish was starting out on its spawning run as the area
is close to the mouth of a small tributary (a known spawning stream)
of the Manawatu river. Early spawning starts in March for browns
here.http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustand...6342a6003.html

Fish this size should be miles from here, in the head waters. It must
have been lost, dumb or both.

I bet he foul hooked it.

--riverman


....and the hook came loose when it was floppin' on the rocks.

Jeremy Moe