f1sh1nf00l
5/19/2009 4:57:00 PMTriploids are just genetically enhanced rainbow trout that grow and at an increased rate, but are sterile. Most trips that they plant start at a pound and go up from there, as opposed to the regular planters which are more like 1/4 lb. The thing with trips is, that they can gain alot of size over the course of a year and turn into those hogs you come across from time to time. I believe that the name referes to them growing at triple the rate of a normal rainbow trout.
powerhause
5/19/2009 7:21:00 PMWell in that regard, it would appear that I have yet to tie into a triploid. I have fished this lake off and on for about 4 years and have not caught one. I would assume that there are quite a few trips in this lake still, if that is so than my "hog" quest continues for the elusive triploid...lol. Thanks again for the information.
ameluke
5/19/2009 8:16:00 PMThe difference in a day is just enough for the fish to turn on to one thing and off to another that worked only the day(or even hour) before. The only advice I can give you applied to everything that swims. Find what they want and use it. One day it might be spoons, the next powerbait, the next spinners, or even up a natch spinners fast and not slow or vice versa. It all varies from day to day. Good luck out there and keep catchin them.
Trout Master
5/20/2009 2:04:00 PMtriploids dosent mean triple the growth rate, trips are genetic altered rainbow. They have three chromosomes <sp? rather than two. They cannot reprduce. You most likely have caught trips and just dont know it. They spend their energy in eating rather then reproducing. Thats why they get big. Ps.s keep releaseing them and you will catch a big one
powerhause
5/20/2009 2:32:00 PMYeah I release everything I catch there and I encourage everyone else I fish with to do the same. Being only 10mins from my house this has become one of my favorite lakes on the south end of the Island. Deere lake is fine but more often than not it seems like a trout farm at times where you can catch your limit in an hour and a majority of the fish are not that big 8-12 inches. I like the fact that when fishing at Loan lake you can regularly catch 15+inch trout, to me it's more fun.
f1sh1nf00l
5/20/2009 5:05:00 PMThanks for the correction Trout Master. It's been a while since I read about them on the WDFW web site, all I remember is that they said that they were sterile, and they grow faster. They are definitely more aggresive feeders, I had one absolutely hammer a spoon last weekend, had a heck of a time getting that treble hook out of its mouth with all three barbs burried good. But he lived to hammer somone elses lure.
