Where are the biggest trout in the world?

In October 2020, Seumas Petrie landed the new IGFA all-tackle world record brown trout weighing 44 pounds, 5 ounces.
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  • While the last two world record brown trout have come from hydro canals in New Zealand, the IGFA recognizes the fish despite a diet influenced by fish farming in the region.
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Where are the biggest trout caught?

The world record brook trout record has stood for over 100 years! The current record is 14 pounds and was caught in the Nipigon River in Ontario, Canada.
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Where is the trout capital of the world?

New Zealand, the size of Colorado, ranks among the world's great trout destinations, and its trout are stream-born wild fish that are selective in taking flies, make high leaps out of the water and run spectacularly when hooked.
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Where are the biggest rainbow trout?

The largest rainbow trout was caught in September 2009 in Lake Diefenbaker. This lake is located in Southern Saskatchewan and still is a very productive rainbow trout fishery. New Zealand and Canada are traditionally home to some monstrous trout so it's no surprise that the world record was found in Canada.
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Where are the biggest trout in America?

Yellowstone River (Montana)

The longest undammed river in the Lower 48, the Yellowstone offers some of the best trout fishing not only in America but on the planet.
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Why are NZ trout so big?

Why are NZ trout so big? The answer is bioenergetics. Plenty of food and the right temperature range. When it's too cold trout can't digest food properly even if it is available and when it is too warm they burn more energy than what they can get from it.
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What country has the best trout fishing?

The country of Iceland provides some of the top trophy brown trout and Atlantic salmon fishing found anywhere on the planet. Iceland is notorious for being one of the most stable countries in the world: Number 1 for safety.
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Which state has the best trout fishing?

Where to Target Trophy Trout in the United States
  • Alaska. It is only fitting that the country's largest state is also home to a ridiculous amount of water that is home to an even larger amount of massive rainbow trout and wild steelhead. ...
  • Montana. Big Sky Country. ...
  • Wyoming. ...
  • Idaho. ...
  • Oregon. ...
  • Washington.
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Where is the best trout fishing in Europe?

The best European rivers for fly fishing are found in the Alps and the Spanish Pyrenees. The glacial ice of past eras carved beautiful valleys in which we find some of the best rivers and lakes for trout fishing in Europe.
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Where is the best rainbow trout fishing?

8 Best Destinations for Trout Fishing in the U.S. [Plus Bonus Destinations Below]
  • The Best Trout Fishing In The United States.
  • Frying Pan River, Colorado.
  • Henry's Fork, Idaho.
  • White River, Arkansas.
  • Bighorn River, Montana.
  • Green River, Utah.
  • Deschutes River, Oregon.
  • Beaverkill River, New York.
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Is there trout in Russia?

Russia's eastern peninsula is the apex of modern trout dry fly fishing; an adventure of the purest kind, across vast wilderness and rivers that teem with wild trout. The landmass of Kamchatka stabs south from mainland Siberia, slicing into the Bering Sea just west of Alaska.
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What is the largest trout ever caught?

On September 5, Saskatchewan fisherman Sean Konrad caught a 48-pound, world-record rainbow trout. The fish came from Lake Diefenbaker, where trout genetically engineered to grow extra-big escaped from a fish farm nine years ago. The […]
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Where was California's largest trout caught?

Giant Rainbow Trout Caught on the Feather River was Likely the Largest Ever Caught in California. A monster rainbow trout was caught on the Thermalito Diversion Pool recently, just below the Oroville Dam on the Feather River.
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What is the largest freshwater trout?

Lake trout are the largest of the chars; the record weighed almost 102 pounds (46 kg) (netted) with a length of 50 inches (130 cm), and 15–40-pound (6.8–18.1-kilogram) fish are not uncommon. The average length is 24–36 inches (61–91 centimetres).
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Where is the largest brown trout?

The Biggest Brown Trout in the World (According to the IGFA)

The biggest brown trout of all time was caught in New Zealand. It was a 42-pound beast caught in the Ohau Canal. The 71-year-old thought the fish was a water rat once it surfaced.
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Are there trout in all 50 states?

They also live all over the western half of America, from California to Colorado, and up into Alberta and British Columbia.
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What river has the most trout per mile?

San Juan River, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah

The San Juan is no doubt one of the best trout streams in the country, with nearly 15,000 fish per mile.
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Which state has the most trout streams?

Pennsylvania is home more than 86,000 miles of rivers, streams, and creeks - second in the United States only to Alaska. That's three-and-a-half trips around the Earth. Thirty trips from Los Angeles to New York.
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What is the trout capital of the US?

Roscoe, New York, otherwise known as “Trout Town, USA,” is a hamlet located in the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County and has become a top destination for anglers and fishermen who come to the 42nd District from all over the country.
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Where is the best fishing in the world?

Top 10 fishing spots of the world
  • Tusket River, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...
  • River Lochy, Queenstown, New Zealand. ...
  • River Lanio, Swedish Lapland. ...
  • River Moyola, Northern Ireland. ...
  • River Wye, Monsal Head, Derbyshire. ...
  • River Teifi, Wales. ...
  • The one that got away: Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
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Does Switzerland have trout?

Flyfishing in Switzerland – the waters we fish !

Our rivers & creeks hold brown trout, some brook trout and char, grayling and barbels. The lakes hold lake trout, pike, pearch, walleye, whitefish, etc. – to name only the species interesting for fishing. You see, Flyfishing in Switzerland offers a wide variety.
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What is the world record brook trout?

The World Record Brook Trout was 14.5 pounds and 31.5 inches long caught by Dr. Cook from the Nipigon River in Northern Ontario's Superior Country Region in 1915.
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How big is a trophy trout?

Trophy trout are categorized by CDFW as larger than 2.99 pounds each, but can be much larger. Another category of large trout released by CDFW each year is “super-catchable,” which are fish between 1.1 and 2.99 pounds each.
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What is the largest fish ever caught?

What Was the Largest Fish Ever Caught? According to IGFA records, the largest fish ever caught was a great white shark that weighed an unbelievable 2,664 pounds (1,208.389 kg.). Caught off the coast of Ceduna, Australia, in 1959, it took angler Alfred Dean just 50 minutes to win the fight against this one-ton shark.
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