[twistedcatfish1971]

Last Friday after work (6/17/22) I did a river walk in the Cuyahoga downtown Kent. Small micro lures/spinners and plastics. Came away with a variety of fish. @ 8:30 pm I was around the area of the 59 bridge and was casting a Walmart pink jig with white body...2nd cast into heavy current and halfway back retrieve I get something???

Rainbow!

Honestly @ the time It didn't hit me as a rare catch for area. I WAS surprised for sure though!

...anyway I tried calling ODNR with a couple different numbers and got only machines (no humans) I will be making a call tomorrow morning (6/20/22) from work when they are open to report my catch and whatnot.

I'll report here with this post of my findings. Picture is the fish in (question)

Enjoy the night and happy Father's day to all who are just that with reading this 😁

Don.

 

[twistedcatfish1971]

...back bottom fin is somewhat ripped up or (clipped) I actually just noticed with looking at picture. Could be just stress related with swimming against current or a clipping from a stocking...

Kinda excited with phone call in morning.

Don.

 

[Buckeyefly]

Last Friday after work (6/17/22) I did a river walk in the Cuyahoga downtown Kent. Small micro lures/spinners and plastics. Came away with a variety of fish. @ 8:30 pm I was around the area of the 59 bridge and was casting a Walmart pink jig with white body...2nd cast into heavy current and halfway back retrieve I get something???

Rainbow!

Honestly @ the time It didn't hit me as a rare catch for area. I WAS surprised for sure though!

...anyway I tried calling ODNR with a couple different numbers and got only machines (no humans) I will be making a call tomorrow morning (6/20/22) from work when they are open to report my catch and whatnot.

I'll report here with this post of my findings. Picture is the fish in (question)

Enjoy the night and happy Father's day to all who are just that with reading this 😁

Don. View attachment 490217

Wouldn’t a steelhead have to jump the Gorge Dam in Akron to make it up to Kent?

 

[twistedcatfish1971]

Update:
Cannot get in touch with anyone. I left a text message and an email. So will wait for a response with that for now.

If anyone knows someone who knows someone lol...feel free to continue this quest to place report with ODNR.

All information is in above post with picture.

Don.

 

[Hawg Wobbler 52]

Update:
Cannot get in touch with anyone. I left a text message and an email. So will wait for a response with that for now.

If anyone knows someone who knows someone lol...feel free to continue this quest to place report with ODNR.

All information is in above post with picture.

Don.

Probably off for Bidens new holiday Juneteenth

 

[fishcrazy20]

And your point is? So many people come to OGF to get away, share their catches, outdoor experiences. But someone comes along and has to... Tired of coming here and seeing post going political, derailed.

 

[troutmcallister]

Looks small to be a stocker

 

[SConner]

And your point is? So many people come to OGF to get away, share their catches, outdoor experiences. But someone comes along and has to... Tired of coming here and seeing post going political, derailed.

Agreed, stay on topic and leave politics at the door. Topic here is an unexpected fish caught upstream of dam. Looking forward to hearing how it got there, nice catch!

 

[M.Magis]

He was on topic. OP was complaining about not getting in touch with anyone in a State office and he was explaining why. Its not hard to understand unless you’re looking for something to whine about.

 

[floater99]

Blue Pike

 

[Hawg Wobbler 52]

And your point is? So many people come to OGF to get away, share their catches, outdoor experiences. But someone comes along and has to... Tired of coming here and seeing post going political, derailed.

It a holiday today. State offices were closed.

 

[Sonder]

Wouldn’t a steelhead have to jump the Gorge Dam in Akron to make it up to Kent?

In a few years that dam will be gone, but they will still need to get over the other three falls to include the one that dam is in front of! lol...

 

[Dane101]

He was on topic. OP was complaining about not getting in touch with anyone in a State office and he was explaining why. Its not hard to understand unless you’re looking for something to whine about.

To many old PC women on here. Ooooh, don't hunt my feelings.😆🤔

 

[mas5588]

Do you not like the holiday because it's for people that don't look like you?

I'm genuinely interested to know why this official holiday is a problem, as opposed to Veterans Day or Columbus Day?

Insert giant Ducking eye roll

 

[One guy and a boat]

Cmon guys, why you got to screw up Don's thread. The man caught a trout in the Cuyahoga river. You know the river that caught fire. Let a good story play out and start your own thread

 

[mas5588]

Cmon guys, why you got to screw up Don's thread. The man caught a trout in the Cuyahoga river. You know the river that caught fire. Let a good story play out and start your own thread

True story. Just frustrated.

I live near Kent and would have been floored to have caught a trout there. I was surprised when I caught a small walleye a couple years ago.

 

[steelheadmagic]

What a surprise/mystery catch! I was fishing with a friend near the mouth of Conneaut in Ohio for steel and he caught a stocked brook trout which PA stocks but not Ohio. That little fish traveled quite a distance in a few days. Released him to continue the journey

 

[akeybrake]

He was on topic. OP was complaining about not getting in touch with anyone in a State office and he was explaining why. Its not hard to understand unless you’re looking for something to whine about.

agreed

 

[twistedcatfish1971]

Update part 2:

Just talked with Joe from ODNR. Interesting find/catch for sure in that part of river. I sent him the picture with exact location/time/day...whatnot.

Was very nice and will look into the catch. We didn't get deep with conversation. But I felt better talking to him (human) than the past few machines.

Thanks for the replies and feedback with this post and always appreciate it! I will post up if I get any feedback from Joe.

Stay twisted...

Don.

 

[RedJada]

Update part 2:

Just talked with Joe from ODNR. Interesting find/catch for sure in that part of river. I sent him the picture with exact location/time/day...whatnot.

Was very nice and will look into the catch. We didn't get deep with conversation. But I felt better talking to him (human) than the past few machines.

Thanks for the replies and feedback with this post and always appreciate it! I will post up if I get any feedback from Joe.

Stay twisted...

Don.

Emailed my contact at ODNR and here is his reply.

"Hi Patrick: We are not sure where that fish originated from. Our best guess is that the fish may have been transferred by an angler fishing nearby at Monroe Falls Lake, where they were stocked in the spring. There are currently no rainbow trout stockings in the Cuyahoga."

Perhaps this trout use to be a white snapping turtle? The mystery goes on.....