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This Massive Chinook Salmon was caught in the Kenai River Alaska

This is the same species of salmon that we have here in New Zealand. Unfortunately ours don't grow anywhere near as big as this.

Fishing her hometown's Kenai River, in Alaska, USA, Ms. Jackie L. Johnson, of Kenai wrestled to shore a Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) on July 31, weighing in at 32.74 kg (72 lb 3 oz).  She used a Spin-N-Glow lure on 60 kg (130 lb) class line taking 25 minutes to land the fish. The current IGFA record is 71 lb 1 oz (32.66 kg), caught on July 2, 2004, also from the Kenai River near Soldotna.

You can this and other Hot Catches on the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) website.