I’ve already caught more of these particular fish than I did all of last year, but I can’t get too excited. These are stocked fish, fat, dumb, and hungry. That explains a lot.

FYI, this is a lovely tiger trout, caught in Grew’s Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts. A tiger is a cross between a male brown trout and a female brook trout, from the Sandwich Fish Hatchery, in this case, the oldest in the country. They do a bang-up job, as you can see.

Now below you see a guy who looks like he has caught a fish before. That’s because he has, plenty of them. I have noticed that Capt. Bob Belekewicz (lemkeanncharters.com) always seems to catch a lot of fish, at least when I am around. That is a mighty fine rainbow trout he has here.

Photos courtesy of Andy Nabreski of On The Water magazine, who also seems to catch a ton of fish. How do these guys do it?