Huge Trout Landed

Alan Kettle-White, Senior Fisheries Biologist at the Argyll Fisheries Trust, recently took a 30lbs 10ozs wild brown trout from Loch Awe, Scotland. This incredible fish was just (!) 95cm long – the photos below demonstrate how its vast weight is in its depth and breadth. The fish is thought to be the third largest wild brown trout caught in the UK. The fish was returned to the Loch carrying a radio tag; it is one of four fish tagged this year by Alan in a study to identify ferox spawning sites around Awe. The Trust can then work to ensure access to these sites is kept open and protect the habitat of these extraordinary trout populations. A day on Awe with Alan also featured in the WTT 2012 auction – could that lucky lot winner see a fish like this…?