Pending World Record Rainbow Trout

Using 4 kg (8 lb) class line, Sean Konrad of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, landed a 15.65 kg (34 lb 8 oz) rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) in 20 minutes while fishing Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan. The current record is 28 lb 8 oz caught April 20, 2003 from the Zymagotiz River in British Columbia. Several other rainbow trout records have come from Lake Diefenbaker.

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

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