Hi in a little place in the middle of new zealand we have browns to 30 pounds.
they so big no one wants them, so they left alone. that is untill a poacher hits them
they just sit there at the bottom of the hydro and eat any thing that smells like food and man they are big. i landed a nice 14 pounder on 6lb fluro carbon one night. all the browns i hook go back now, i landed my big brown trout. now to get a nice 12 pound rainbow that swim in the same place to take my offerings