BIG trout!

[WxGuy]

Monster 40-pound rainbow trout sets new O.F.A.H./Ontario Record

ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Oct. 25, 2005) - A record fish has been caught in the waters of Lake Huron, landing a Sudbury woman top spots in the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters' Record Fish Registry and new Ontario Angler Awards.

This week, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters verified that a 40.68 pound rainbow trout, caught off the shores of Little Current on September 21, is now an official Ontario record fish. The monster rainbow trout surpasses the previous Ontario record, caught in 1975 near Georgian Bay, by over 11-pounds.

"We're just happy to go out fishing. We never thought of catching a record fish ourselves," said 43-year old Joanne Vendramin who, for the past 15 years, has enjoyed hundreds of family fishing trips with her husband and two boys.

The O.F.A.H. Record Fish Registry was developed to promote recreational fishing and is the official scoreboard for anglers who dream of someday landing the "big one." Record setters receive a beautifully crafted, hand painted, fiberglass replica of their fish created by internationally acclaimed Advanced Taxidermy & Wildlife Design.

The new record fish has also been entered into the O.F.A.H. Ontario Angler Awards, a free program that recognizes outstanding fishing skills by all anglers, young and old, novice or professional. Thousands of anglers have already entered Ontario Angler Awards and have earned a collector series of decals and certificates courtesy of the O.F.A.H. and its sponsors.

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I'll try to find a pic...

[WxGuy]

This 40.68-pound rainbow trout from McGregor Bay, in the northeast corner of Georgian Bay, has swept aside the former 29.12-pound Ontario record rainbow trout, taken off the mouth of the Nottawasaga River in 1975. Joanne and Bruce Vendramin, from Sudbury, were downrigging when the lunker hit. Joanne, using a light rod and only 6-pound-test line, landed the fish. Full details will be in the October/November issue of Ontario OUT OF DOORS magazine.

[Matt Johnson]

Wow! That's a beaut! or should I say, brute!

[Swimmer]

Holy Sheet!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a beut! Why is it that Canada has cool programs like mounting a record for you, and we have politicians making more laws? My guess is that Canada cares more about the things that matter (tourism, goodwill, honest national pride, ect.) than we do. Our slimy politicians want $$$$$ and power and no more.

[rippinlipz]

Your exactly right Swimmer.

[jig n' jerk]

It is amazing how that big of a fish has so small of a mouth. And I second swimmer!!

[Steve Foss]

jig:

I had exactly the same thought. And rainbows DON'T have small mouths, especially. It's just that a hawg like that is so so big the mouth looks like a goldfish mouth.