That sounds like some awesome trout fishing. Pins Minnow is the best brown trout lure!! The faster you twitch it and reel it, the better they hit it :) Too bad those big ones got away. I could see those hooks bending out, they are so thin. I had a fish rip the rear treble hook right off the bait one time when the rear of the lure split open. It wasn't even a big fish, but those baits just don't take abuse very well. Browns sure love them though.