I have finally fulfilled one of my trout fishing goals!  I caught my first lunker, and it was a big one! 

     On the 23rd of July, my dad and I arrived at Montauk and headed out to the stream around 12 o'clock noon.  After entering the stream near the start of the trophy area, I hooked up with my first fish less than five minutes later.  I noticed right away that it was a big fish, and I called for my dad to help land it.  It looked like maybe a two pounder or so, somewhere around 18 inches long, but just big enough to give me trouble landing it by myself.  After five minutes of fighting this beast, my dad netted it for me.  I couldn't believe the girth on this fish!  Three people who were fishing downstream from us immediately came to check it out.  One estimated its weight at around 5 pounds, but all agreed that it was infact a lunker.  My dad and I headed down to the lodge to weigh this mighty fish, and were amazed at the size of it.  It was an astounding 4lbs 2oz and was 19 inches long!  A super fat fish!  Needless to say, I am still excited because this was my biggest fish yet and my first ever lunker!  I received a lunker patch from Montauk State Park, and added my name to the lunker board. 

I caught the lunker on a peach mini-jib with a white head.  It was a smaller hook, but it caught a huge fish.  The rest of the trip was very exciting, and people from the campground were coming up to our camper wanting to see the monster that I had hooked.  I continued fishing with my dad the next couple days and we had lots of luck throughout the fly stream in the park.  Numerous fish were caught on everything from the peach rednecks to the mohair leeches. 

This trip will be remembered for a long time to come, and it turned out much better than I ever expected.  Not all of our pictures are developed yet, but after our next fishing trip (in a week) they will be posted here.  Keep checking back for more fishing trip reports, hopefully I'll catch another lunker soon!