KJ pluggin Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 I just saw this on a different forum. What an amazing fish. Here is an article. http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=45793 Grand Rapids area resident Tom Healy caught the 41-pound, 7.25 ounce monster on a crankbait while fishing with Tim Roller’s charter service. Michigan DNR fisheries biologists Mark Tonello and Todd Kalish weighed the fish after leveling the certified scales and determined the weight. It is the new record hold for Michigan. Upon the second weighing with the scales leveled, the weight was determined to be 1 pound, .75 ounces heavier than originally determined. The fish was 43.75 inches long.The fish is 1 pound, 3.25 ounces heavier than the reigning world record German brown trout, a 40-pound, 4-ounce fish caught in Arkansas in 1992 by Howard “Rip” Collins who used an ultralight rod and 4-pound test line to catch that fish. Healy will have to apply for certification to be declared the world record holder. The state record German brown trout until today weighed 36.81 pounds and was caught in Lake Michigan in Benzie County in 2007. The next three places in the state record books were held by Lake Michigan browns caught in Manistee.
bluedevil Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 That is impressive... What a fish of a lifetime..
chip_214 Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Nothing short of INCREDIBLE, man, can you beleive the size of that thing..!!!Congrads to the person that records it
SalmonSeeker Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 SWEEEET. Where are those pigs all summer? I wonder how old it is?
ALLEYES Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 That one has been in the river for awhile. It's tail is pretty worn down and it has "river" color.
2UNREEL Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 "Somebody call the damn taxidermi" Fish on...
Sea-Mac Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 This is Awesome! I had a good feeling for a few years now Michigan was soon to be home to the new World Record Brown. I wanted to be the one to catch it tho. Great Fish!
Just Hook'n Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 OK, that makes the brown I caught look like a minnow. SWEEEEEET fish. If that is not on a wall it's a crime.
Adam Bomb Posted September 13, 2009 Posted September 13, 2009 Thats one hell of a fish!!!! Got calls on my way to Ludington the other day about it. The towns nearby were buzzing, on the front page to the paper, in the bait shops etc...Really cool fish!!!
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