Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore
I won't make it to finish her this year but it will be ready fopr early spring.
Here is where I was hoping to make it for her maiden voyage and winterizing.
http://www.kootenayangler.com/
World's largest trout about 6-7 hours away.
Gerrard Rainbows: World's Largest Trout
Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, land of giants. Giant trout, that is ? colossal rainbows, known as Gerrards, that weigh in at 5 times the normal size of Kamloops trout. The secret of their super-size: ideal spawning conditions on a short, gravelly stretch of the Lardeau River, a tributary of Kootenay Lake, and a rich, gourmet diet of Kootenay Lake kokanee salmon.
The Gerrard trout, named for a small community on Trout Lake, at the head of the Lardeau River, is a genetically gargantuan strain of rainbow trout that averages 6.8 ? 9.03 kilograms in weight, compared to the 1.3 ? 1.8 kilogram average for the standard Kamloops variety of rainbow trout found throughout interior British Columbia?s lakes and rivers. (Rainbows are a landlocked version of sea-going steelhead trout, and share the same species classification.) The Gerrard strain spawns and rears in spring on a single 300 metre stretch of the Lardeau River, producing fish that have been known to reach up to 20 kilograms in weight. (The largest Gerrard ever landed is said to be a 23.6 kilogram fish caught in British Columbia?s Jewel Lake in the 1930?s.) Gerrards also live longer than other rainbows ? up to 8 years, compared to an average lifespan of 5 ? 6 years for standard Kamloops trout.
