Eric Haataja and Browntosaurus
Talk about super-sized! Check out his potential new All-Tackle Length Record for brown trout! This massive kpyed-up buck measured 38.2 inches (the current length record is 25.2 inches)and was caught in Milwaukee Harbour on Lake Michigan by Eric Haataja, who was casting a skirted jig.
The fight lasted 10 minutes…after which, Haataja snapped a couple quick pix and then released big daddy to go about his business. If approved, this will be the new length world record for browns. The length record is a fairly new catch and release category so that anglers can get recognized for trophy catches without killing the fish. Read more at IGFA.org
Gene St. Denis says
Sorry Guys, But I have not posted anything on this site . Never did. Who ever did …. made it all up with alias… my name . See you out on the water ….The real Deal . Gene St. Denis
Butch Krauth says
Gene, You need to set the pipe down and back away! Awesome Trout by any standards, glad to see it set free. By the way Gene…I have fished Lake Tahoe about ten thousand times and never saw anything like that Brown. I know they have some huge Macks in the lake, but nobody has been nocking them dead for years. I’m going to try for a 50+ pound Striper this year so I’ll be headed to the east coast around Chesapeake Bay for that task. Anyone got any tips? Butch
Cal says
I think I remember seeing an episode of City Limits Fishing on this same area. It was incredible! NICE BROWN….
Jo says
Don’t listen to that guy Gene, he lies online all the time!! Do not hire him a guide!!! That is a beast of a brown!!! Though I’d rather catch a brown in the mountains than in a city.
Joe says
Gene, I think you should slow it down with the partying with Lindsay Loham, you
catch Browns’ like that every day? Nice fish Eric !!!!
JD, once again great job on the big fish finder picture !
Gene St Dennis says
It must be 35nch. I catch browns like that every day on Lake Tahoe!!! I am not impressed! Mackinaw get even bigger! I find the lairs of the lake crackens all the time! AAAHHHH the Tahoe feeling!!!!! gst
fishbird says
WOW!! Thats a real Dinosaur , look mom no lamprey marks??
Tim says
Was the old record seriously only 25.2 inches or is that a typo? If it was, I had broken the record on many occasions without even knowing it.
JD says
It’s a new record class for c&r