Payden Hays was just hoping to help his Grandpa, George Hays, catch his first rainbow trout on Lake Taneycomo in Branson, MO this past weekend. George has fished his whole life, but at 86 years old, had never caught a trout. After multiple trips on Lake Taneycomo, Payden was confident he could change that and wanted to share in the memory.
After launching the boat from Lilley’s Landing Resort and Marina, they successfully had George on the board with his first trout near Monkey Island. When fishing slowed there, they decided to make a run down lake to a spot Payden hadn’t really tried before. It turns out that was a heck of a decision.
Immediately, Payden hooked into and broke off an absolute giant rainbow trout that was pushing double digits. His grandpa decided to get in on the action shortly after. As the video shows, it was a tense couple of minutes, but they successfully landed George’s second trout ever, a whopper weighing 3 pounds, 13 ounces.