Huge Trout Dingle Oceanworld

Olwas2014

I was in Dingle Oceanworld aquarium in kerry with my TY class and I saw huge char, brown and rainbow trout in a huge tank. Some where more than a foot in length. Luckily I am doing work experience here so I may get to feed them etc by the way I doing work experience as I want to not just to see the trout. Here's a pic of a brownie

dodderangler

A foot is only 12 inches that's only a 1 1/2 pound trout.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

A foot is only 12 inches that's only a 1 1/2 pound trout.

You're being generous Dodder. A 12 inch Brownie ranges from 9 to 11ozs depending on conditon.

Olwas2014

Ledger Polite Mud wrote: »

You're being generous Dodder. A 12 inch Brownie ranges from 9 to 11ozs depending on conditon.

Oh they were more than that is say 6 lbs give or take

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Oh they were more than that is say 6 lbs give or take

Give or take 5lbs or 12 inches?

A 6lb Brown Trout is at least 24 inches long.

ComfortKid

The trout in the picture is definitely not 6lb.

Hard to tell with nothing in it for scale, but looks about 1lb.

Cracking trout for most anglers though.

Olwas2014

ComfortKid wrote: »

The trout in the picture is definitely not 6lb.

Hard to tell with nothing in it for scale, but looks about 1lb.

Cracking trout for most anglers though.

The rainbow trout were 6lb+ not the brownies although there was some bigger brown trout

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

The rainbow trout were 6lb+ not the brownies although there was some bigger brown trout

A Rainbow of 6lb would still need to be over 2ft long. Those fish in the picture were not anywhere near 6lb.

Olwas2014

Who said the brownie in the picture is 6lbs he is just one of the smaller ones. There was rainbows 2ft

endacl

Olwas2014

Yes the rainbows were that big

endacl

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Yes the rainbows were that big

Really? The man in that picture is only two feet tall.

Olwas2014

Are u sure hes only 2 metres tall

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Look, does it matter what size captive trout in an aquarium are?

Olwas2014

Srameen be nice i was just letting ye know

endacl

I was in the zoo a few weeks ago. There's a hippo there that's exactly the same size as a hippo.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Srameen be nice i was just letting ye know

Not being un-nice. Just saying it's not worth getting bothered about. They were just captive trout and will seem huge to the average angler in Ireland.

Olwas2014

Ok

Zzippy

Hope you enjoy your placement in the aquarium Olwas, it's a great oppportunity. If Kevin Flannery is around take the opportunity to talk to him and learn from him, he's a wealth of information.

Olwas2014

Zzippy wrote: »

Hope you enjoy your placement in the aquarium Olwas, it's a great oppportunity. If Kevin Flannery is around take the opportunity to talk to him and learn from him, he's a wealth of information.

Who is Kevin Flannery?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

He's a Marine Biologist in Dingle. Major expert on Irish marine life.

Olwas2014

Ledger Polite Mud wrote: »

He's a Marine Biologist in Dingle. Major expert on Irish marine life.

Does he work in oceanworld?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Does he work in oceanworld?

He is the Founder.

dodderangler

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout
My pb

Olwas2014

dodderangler wrote: »

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout
My pb

Is that you? What a lovely fish. Was t on the fly?

Auldloon

Pellet pig! Trout looks a bit over fed 2! only joking D that's a great sized trout stockie or not.

endacl

dodderangler wrote: »

That's 3 times the size of a 6lb trout
My pb

I'd love to see the size of the frying pan!

dodderangler

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Is that you? What a lovely fish. Was t on the fly?

Yeah 8 years ago in clondalkin.
Tbh I'd have gotten a much better fight off a 3 lb wild browny.
Caught on a gold head bloodworm buzzer.

dodderangler

endacl wrote: »

I'd love to see the size of the frying pan!

Eat a stocked rainbow years and years ago and I'd ever eat one again.
Tasted like mud. Very soft meat and not enough salt and vinegar in the world to make it taste better

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

Yeah 8 years ago in clondalkin.
Tbh I'd have gotten a much better fight off a 3 lb wild browny.
Caught on a gold head bloodworm buzzer.

Agreed. I don't see the attraction of going after farmed Rainbows. They'll more or less take anything and give a very poor fight.
Give me a wild brownie any day. Indeed, any wild fish.

Olwas2014

Ya I know wild brownies do fight better but I'd never eat a wild on except if they didn't go back for some reason all catch and release for me even with sea trout