Gonna grow up to be a big boy!

Another nice one PSU.

I was always under the impression that "big headed" trout were actually older fish. That is the body once likely matched the size of the head, but as the fish aged, it lost a small portion of its body mass, thus resulting in the "big headed" look. Have no clue if that's accurate or not I guess, but seems to make sense if the fish can't keep up with the caloric needs of its body size.

Who knows though...that fish certainly looks like a healthy adult fish. A lot of times the old big headers look kinda scraggly in other ways too. Maybe the head is the first thing to grow during a growth spurt too?

Yeah I was under that impression as well but it doesn't make sense with this fish given that the stream is a limestoner that has produced fish up to 19" for me...certainly enough food! You can't see it that easily in the pic but this fish does have a big scar toward the back of his head. Maybe that injury temporarily stopped the body from growing? idk.