Huge Salmonids

[fishinherts]

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World Record Brown Trout
weight - 40lb 4oz
captor - Howard "Rip" Collins
Location - Arkansas
Date - May 9th 1992


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British Record Rainbow Trout
weight - 30lb 12oz
captor - Tony Flower
location - Osprey Lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery
date - 1994


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British Record Brown Trout
weight - 31lb 12oz
captor - Brian Rutland
location - loch awe
date - 15th march 2002


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Californian Record Rainbow Trout
weight - 27lb 8oz
captor - John Chapman
location - Santa Ana River Lakes
date -


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Lake Trout
weight - 42lb
captor - Matt Smiley
location - Blue Mesa Reservoir
date -


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Welsh Record Rainbow Trout
weight - 27lb
captor - Mark Foster
location - Graiglwyd Springs fishing centre
date - february 2004


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World Record Chinook Salmon
weight - 97lb 4oz
captor - Les Anderson
location - Kenai River
date -

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The world record Taimen (largest member of the salmonid family) weighed in at 260 pounds and was 6' long. Siberia 1948.

Chris.

[Slates]

Great pics! :o

I've got an old 'guide to trout fishing' book at home with a pic of a 28 lb brown that died from blasting (for bridge works) in the Huon River (Tassie) - long time ago though...

Cheers, NS