It was pulling drag pretty good.”Using a 7-foot custom-made rod with a spinning reel loaded with only 3.6-pound test line, Babler brought the behemoth brown to the boat where his friend netted it.

He was fishing off Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan and landed the record AJ after a 20-minute fight. Although they were initially unexpected guests, they are now managed as a trophy fishery and have become a crown jewel of Utah angling.And with Smiley's big laker still swimming around in the depths of the Gorge, it's only a matter of time before the lake trout record is broken yet again.Grant Olsen joined the KSL.com contributor team in 2012. He said the fishing method they discovered several years prior “…looked a little bit like a mosquito being towed behind a cable, but it turned out to be deadly”.Arthur Weston set multiple records on the same day during his trip to La Zona, Argentina. Covering more than 40,000 acres, it holds lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, kokanee salmon, smallmouth bass and more. He was fishing a #14 Pheasant Tail nymph on the Rio Grande River, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and landed the fish after a 10-minute fight. He was fishing a #14 Pheasant Tail nymph on the Rio Grande River, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and landed the fish after a 10-minute fight. Babler had attempted to keep the brown trout alive in an aerator and release it after weighing it, like Crews did with his record catch, but the fish died before he got the chance. Looking for a comprehensive list of brown trout state records? The Memphis (…)I smell a Dancing with The Stars appearance coming soon.

Sharples had no idea what was on the end of her line but after a little over an hour she boated her record squirefish and secured her name in the IGFA record books for the very first time.Eight-year-old Manato Mukaezato landed an absolute monster 44.60-kilogram (98-pound, 6-ounce) greater amberjack to set the IGFA Male-Smallfry World Record. Haataja's catch-and-release record further substantiates the reputation of the Wisconsin waters of southern Lake Michigan as a world-class brown trout fishing destination.

The fishing world record for Lake Trout would've been DESTROYED by this 83-pound Lake Trout caught in Canada but they messed it all up. “We positioned the boat in an unobstructed area. 10 oz. That's certainly the case at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, where the resident lake trout grow to world-class size.Flaming Gorge has long been famous for its big fish. She was fishing in Lake Dixon, California and caught the record fish on a Berkley mini jig.

The smile says it all and Manato was thrilled to catch his very first IGFA World Record.Malaysian angler Faizal Zainal (totet) set the highly desired IGFA All-Tackle Record for giant snakehead with this incredible 13.61-kilogram (30-pound) fish.

| If you have your heart set on catching a state record brown trout, here are some tips: Keepin’ it Cool: Brown trout love cold, well-oxygenated waters.