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IGFA: 26-lb. landlocked Atlantic Salmon’s a new World Record

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If landlocked sockeye got this big, you'd never land one!


On March 14, the International Game Fish Association announced that that the 26-pound, 12-ounce landlocked Atlantic Salmon caught last fall by Tom Aufiero of Lafayette, IN in Michigan’s Torch Lake catch is the new IGFA All-Tackle world record for the species.

Aufiero caught the fish on a small shrimp-patterned fly fished on 6-pound tippet with guide guide, Matt Supinski, owner of the Gray Drake Lodge.

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The Story of the World Record Brown Trout

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As you all know by now, a new all-tackle world record brown trout was taken in Michigan’s Manistee River in September. The 41-pound, 7-ounce monster was hooked by Tom Healy of Rockford, Michigan and eclipsed the previous mark by nearly a pound and a half.

Now, here’s the story of the record catch…in more detail…from our man at the International Game Fish Association, Pete Johnson: Click here to read more…