the rainbows that are in the great lakes are more what I suspect you'd call "fast water fish" even tho they live in a lake.

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I never weighted my fish. I measured length, the average size was about 20-25" in length.
Biggest one I saw was a little over 30".

Nice rainbow OP, how big of a river did that come out of?

Very Nice.

Mac

Really nice fish, Bigbuck!
This fish is not close to 8lbs, but has spent its entire life in a river. 23 1/2 inches

Nice! Looks like a good number of fish stacked in the pool behind you in the photo.

Would of made good flat head bait , just kidding, very impressive trout for sure

Good eatn ???????

Great fish you got there and I would not mount one either. That looks really healthy and fat, must be some good food for them in that creek. I see a small bass under you right hand in the first photo......jk