He started the day with his personal best of 19 inches on a panther martin spinner. Luke was alone and didn't want to miss some once in a lifetime opportunities so he took less than optimal photos.
He was not going to be asked where the photos were to prove his conquests.
Luke was happy with his 19 incher until 20 casts later he caught the pictured trout in this article. He measured it and it was an eye lash over 26 inches. He put his camera on timer and snapped a selfie.
Some may disagree with the way Luke handled this monster brown but trout are not made of glass and the extra large ones like this one have much stronger gill plates than tiny trout
Luke went to another small stream in the area I recommended for brook trout and scored another 20 inch brown.
All trout were released and swam away to fight another day.
a............... 19...... 26.... 20 incher.......all in one day alone on the snow covered banks of Crawford County in the heart of the driftless area.
