World Record Lake Trout

[severus]

While on my way back from LA to Reno today (wedding) my wife and I stopped at a small restaurant on hwy. 395 in Bishop, CA, called "Jacks", where I noticed some large fish mounted on the wall. In addition to a CA record 26 lb. Brown Trout, I was amazed to find this fish shown below. I presume it's authentic. How it wound up on the wall of an obscure diner in a one-horse desert town east of the Sierras is beyond me, but check out this football-shaped hog. Looks like the mud chickens are kicking some butt out west, and taking no prisoners.

Curt Bilbey
51.5 lbs.
Flaming Gorge, Utah
1989

http://www.picturehosting.org/images/severus/recordlaker.jpg

[Cpt.Chaos]

The trout is a very nice one, but it is definetly not the world record unless it is a line IFGA line class record. Michigan's current state record is 61-8

[Overdew]

:yeahthat:

[STEINFISHSKI]

What a hoss! Looks like it is the current Utah record fish

http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/fishing/recfish.html

[skamaniac]

That is a gorgeous mount!! Like to get ahold of the taxidermest.

[ausable_steelhead]

Very nice mount indeed!

[Dedge]

That is a gorgeous mount!!

I was thinking the same thing. A real beauty.

Dan

[mrymar]

IGFA all tackle record is 72 pounds even.

[gomer]

world record or not, thats still a big slab of grease!

[Sixshooter]

what was the world record in 1989.

If I recall correctly the michigan state record was caught less than ten years ago.

Whos to say it wasn't a world record when it was caught back in 89....unless of course there are some other dates I don't know about.

Nice fish anywho....

[MPsteelheader]

i think the world record all tackle came from great bear lake in then the northwest territories(now nunavut)...

72 pounds on the dot caught in 1995