Posted on 03/02/2020 8:43:16 AM PST by Red Badger
Thomas Knight with the enormous lake trout that broke New Hampshire's 62-year-old state record for the largest lake trout.
(CNN)When Thomas Knight set out on the ice to go fishing for lake trout, he was determined to haul in a big one. He came prepared with an 11-inch sucker because big bait attracts big fish, he said. But what he reeled in was bigger than anything he could have imagined. Knight, of Meredith, New Hampshire, caught a lake trout last Tuesday that weighed in at 37.65 pounds, easily breaking the state record that was more than 60 years old. The previous record was 28 pounds set in 1958. Usually, records are broken by a couple ounces, but Knight's fish shattered the record by more than nine pounds.
And before he even reeled it in, he knew it was going to be massive. "The line was so tight, it got so thin and the adrenaline was full blown," Knight told CNN. "You just do everything you can to not break the line and you try to tire the fish out." Thomas Knight, right, holds his 37.65 pound lake trout.
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Everybody Panic
RUN AWAY!!!
Lotta “liver spots” on Mr. Trout! :-)
i guess it was caught on 40 lb tested line...
I don’t fish, but...THAT is a legendary fish!
More than likely he took some damage coming over the gunwhale. When you catch really big fish you get used to seeing that.
That’s the ugliest trout I have ever seen.
Indeed. Fish of a lifetime.
True Confession:
I’ve never gone fishing. The opportunity never came up when I was ready to do it.
Question: Are Trout good to eat when they get that large?
Or are you better off just having it stuffed and mounted for wall art?
Beamoc!
A guy on a fishing charter on Lake superior near Duluth, MN caught and released a 51 pounder last year. Would have beaten the MN record by 4 lbs.
That’s worth the money to get mounted.
You can really see the relationship between trout and salmon with that monster.
His friend must be paying for the mounting of the fish.
what no catch and release? Oh man the earth first nuts will be after this guy.
It is still by far the largest Trout I have seen.
No...says my hub..too old....probably been on bottom a lot eating stuff there...may taste like mud.
Don’t know, never caught one that big!...................
Yep!......................
Good thing it’s the modern era and everyone has a camera—or no one would believe him.
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