125-pound king: New World Record?

Aleksei Sidorov (left) and Jacques “Frenchy” Laurent used a K15 Kwikfish to hook this massive Chinook salmon in a river on Ostrov Novrossiysk, an island off the Baltavian coast in the former Soviet Union. The beast tipped the scales to a mind-blowing 125 pounds!

In addition to giant kings, the area is also capable of producing world-record class steelhead as well and is sure to be the next big thing in fishing adventure travel.

Read the entire April Fools story in the April issue of Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine.

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