Super User Lund Explorer Posted September 10, 2009 Super User Posted September 10, 2009 Rockford angler Tom Healy just may have caught the world record brown trout at 41lbs - 7oz! Here's the whole story as report on MILive.com.... http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/09/rockford_angler_tom_healy_hook.html Wow! Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted September 10, 2009 Super User Posted September 10, 2009 Geez... ;D ;D ;D Quote
D4u2s0t Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 did he paint a musky to look like a trout lol. that's a hell of a fish Quote
jeosbo01 Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 That thing is a beast!!! Congrats to Mr. Healy for a truly special catch! Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted September 10, 2009 Author Super User Posted September 10, 2009 did he paint a musky to look like a trout lol. that's a hell of a fish Maybe not painting a musky, but the last State record had to go into the DNR's lab to make sure it wasn't an Atlantic Salmon. These big lake run browns have a bright silver color until they make their fall spawning trip up the river. From the color of this one, I'd have to say its been in the river for a few weeks. Here's a picture of that previous record..... Quote
chubaka Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 Yeah Mi! hahaha wow thats a monster Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 10, 2009 Super User Posted September 10, 2009 I would have mistaken that for an Atlantic (close cousin to the brown). The spots are relatively smaller than what I see in smaller browns. See pic below. Anyway, that fish shown above is nearly DOUBLE my personal best brown, and that fish seemed huge! I can only imagine.... (not my PB brown, but a nice 3 lb'er. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted September 10, 2009 Super User Posted September 10, 2009 When I was just a youngster, the world-record brown trout stood at 39 lb, 8 oz and was taken from Loch Awe, Scotland. It was a historic record set in 1866, and like so many world-records it was not recognized by every Fishing Hall of Fame. Throughout most of the 1900s, the biggest brown trout taken in American waters were produced by Lake Michigan and the Provo & Logan Rivers of Utah. Nevertheless, the brown trout from American waters were nowhere close to the weights of those yielded in Europe, particularly Germany & Scotland. Consequently, authorities at that time predicted that the next world-record brown trout would be taken from Loch Awe, Scotland or perhaps New Zealand. Then in 1988 to everyone's surprise, a 38 lb, 9oz brown trout was yielded by the North Fork of the White River in Arkansas. Then four years after that in May 1992, a 40 lb, 4 oz brown trout was taken from the Little Red River in Arkansas, finally breaking the historic world-record held by Loch Awe. The record brown trout caught by the late Rip Collins was 40¼" long with a 28½" girth. The authorities now shifted their sights to the White River in Arkansas, as the source of the next world-record brown trout. Oddly enough, if the brown trout featured in this post is certified (only time will tell), the authorities will be wrong once again! The Manistee River is one of the spawning imprints for trout and salmon that reside in Lake Michigan. If the record brownie is broken yet again, I believe that Lake Michigan or one of it's spawning rivers hold the highest promise. Hmmph, it started in Michigan in the early 1900s and may end in Michigan in the early 2000s. Roger Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted September 11, 2009 Author Super User Posted September 11, 2009 You know something Roger? It almost makes a guy want to sell his bass boat and buy something he could use to troll for fish like that..... Say a Lund Explorer! Seriously, the near shore waters from Manistee north to Frankfort are a great place to tie into one of these brutes. Most of them are caught during the spring of each year (April 1st - June 1st). I try to get over there at least a couple of times to troll for them, because you just never know. We long line Rapalas either right behind the boat or to the shore side using planer boards. I'd hate to say that so far that the biggest I've ever gotten weighed just under 13lbs. A decent fish, but only a great, great-granddaughter to anything that size. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted September 11, 2009 Super User Posted September 11, 2009 You know something Roger? Nothing more than already stated. I will say this though, I personally rated Lake Michigan as having the 2nd-best world-record potential, 'before' this fish. Although the White River in Arkansas has a longer growing season, Lake Michigan is a gargantuan ecosystem. By the way, I'd be reeeeal happy with an almost 13-lb brown trout Roger Quote
looking4structure Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 WOW what a monster.Nice fish Quote
scootz Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 good night, that is a huge fish. Love trout fishing I would have a stroke if I caught a fish like that. Or really a 13# trout. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted September 16, 2009 Super User Posted September 16, 2009 I've caught 13's, and held a 20 something once. It was Chinook sized, but with brown trout markings. Almost surreal. Growth is so variable, and can be so rapid, in browns. A BIG one could come from almost anywhere. I've shocked 18" and 19" browns from tiny creeks. And once caught a 23" from a creek I could almost have leapt over -with a running start lol. I caught that one on a 4wt. Joe Humphrey's still holds the PA state record -16lbs and 33", from a (good-sized) creek. But 40+??? You know, it's the length that gets me -43"! Here's a pic (of a pic) of my 23" little creek brownie. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 16, 2009 Super User Posted September 16, 2009 Paul, did you see the Fishing Geeks broke their own record again? http://www.fishinggeeks.net/ Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted September 16, 2009 Super User Posted September 16, 2009 No I hadn't. We have some of those ultra fat bows here in CO -below tailwaters. Something about browns gets my heart racing though. There were two fish that could possibly lead me to no good -giving up all responsibility -steelhead and big browns. Glad I've got my bass ponds to keep me sane, and my family intact. ;D Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 16, 2009 Super User Posted September 16, 2009 You know I love them browns, too. They are the thugs of the trout world ;D. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted September 16, 2009 Super User Posted September 16, 2009 Yeah, they look mean, but they're much easier to spook, or put off, than 'bows, and therefore tougher to catch. Lots of "anglers" resort to snagging them when they come in on spawning runs. Always hated that >; just makes it that much tougher for the real anglers 8-). Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 16, 2009 Super User Posted September 16, 2009 One of the most shocking and despicable sites were the lifters at Burt dam during the peak brown run. Literally hundreds of them. I must have looked like DEC that day, because they all froze, and stopped fishing and stared at me as I walked by. We ended going downstream to fish the frogwater. I ended up with trophy steelhead that day. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted September 17, 2009 Super User Posted September 17, 2009 Check this out: http://www.bigindianabass.com/big_indiana_bass/2009/09/when-is-a-world-record-not-a-world-record.html I knew there was something fishy there. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 17, 2009 Super User Posted September 17, 2009 I thought you knew they were triploid trout? Are you saying it doesn't count? Don't even go there, man. Record fish are all about the anglers, and especially in the case of these guys. They are not the typical dickhead that catches a 10 lb. bass with a Zebco 33 and Ugly Stick. They've dialed into these monsters. if their trout don't count, then any bass caught outside of its natural range (i.e. Cali) can be erased too, as can the brown trout above. Quote
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