Brule River fishing. Legends from anglers tell tales of freakin’ HUGE fish. A survey of Lake Superior lake trout at Isle Royale turned up a monster fish: A 53-inch, 34-pound redfin. It wouldn't budge. “I just feel humble to be part of it. Gotchie and Korzenowski released the monster fish after it was landed. The Minnesota DNR has a catch-and-release state record category for four species — muskie, sturgeon, pike and catfish — but not for lake trout. To put this in perspective, this fish was twice the size of lake trout considered trophies for Lake Superior. Charter captain Jordan Korzenowski at first thought his lure was bouncing on the sandy bottom of Lake Superior about 5 miles out from the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. A massive Lake Trout was reeled in on Lake Superior in Duluth Friday. What ensued was 20 minutes of sheer fishing fun as the client, Steven Gotchie from Spring Lake in Itasca County, battled what may well have been the new Minnesota state record lake trout. But when he grabbed the stout rod, he felt the telltale pumps of a big fish. They often spawn from October through November, each female laying up to 5,000 eggs. To address this concern, DNR has created a record program for catch-and-release length for four species: muskellunge, northern pike, lake sturgeon and flathead catfish. The fish, the biggest lake trout anyone recalls being caught near Duluth, was immediately released. Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior. Only in far northern Canadian waters that are sparsely fished do lake trout get any bigger than that. Jordan Korzenowski, left, and angler Steven Gotchie hold up a 45 1/2-inch lake trout Gotchie caught Friday morning just off Duluth … The average lake trout caught at the western end of Lake Superior ranges from 3-5 pounds, with 10-pounders considered special and 20-pounders rare. Wyoming's Fossil Lake has revealed yet another astonishing find — one of the earliest known passerine birds. Charter Capt. They also are the bread-and-butter fish for sport anglers and charter captains, with salmon less common. Charter Capt. It came out of very cold water, and even at the surface we were at 58-degree water, so it was cold enough for a healthy release.”. Photo courtesy FishNorthMN. Peterson said beginning in 1992, the spring creel recorded 442 brook trout. Cory Goldsworthy, Lake Superior area fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, said it’s hard to estimate the age of Gotchie's big lake trout without taking a fin out of it. Blows my mind even typing that, as the official world record (with rod and reel) is 72 lbs. Peter Dahl of Happy Hooker charters in Duluth has been a charter captain for 32 years and has never seen a 45-inch lake trout come to the boat. Their job was to net lake trout and record biological information from each fish. But anything close to 50 pounds is a monster for anywhere in Lake Superior, or anywhere in the world, really. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. His boat, True North, had a fairly slow morning Friday when the big fish hit at 9:58 a.m. Creel clerks record what trout and salmon species the anglers they interview report catching. But this fish could be as old as 67. Wisconsin's lake trout record is 47 pounds even, taken in Lake Superior near Bayfield in 1946. Trout, Splake (Lk X Bk) “I immediately handed it to the client, of course, and then the battle started,’’ Korzenowski told the News Tribune. “Anything over 40 inches would be amazing.”. That fish weighed over 46 pounds on an unofficial scale and would have been close to the Wisconsin state lake trout record but was never weighed on a certified scale. Gotchie "got the fish into 80 feet (of line out on the reel) and then the fish just stopped. “I just feel humble to be part of it. A giant lake trout caught Friday morning just off Duluth in Lake Superior. The average length is 24–36 inches (61–91 centimetres). This was netted by the Deline First Nation on Great Bear Lake, NWT (sustenance fishing). He was trolling a green “squid’’ lure with a dead smelt as bait, called a meat rig by big-lake anglers. Fishing Lake Superior. One meal per month of all lake trout, walleye and smelt. If it had been kept it may have been the new Minnesota state record lake trout. Rainbow trout have been introduced into many of Minnesota's streams and lakes, especially in the northern half of the state. Korzenowski operates FishNorthMN charters out of Duluth with co-captain Kent Paulsen. Some of the largest lake trout taken near Isle Royale in the past 30 years were about 50 pounds. This beautiful Lake Trout is still an Ontario Record. He had a wire rod with 150 feet of line out in 110 feet of water, which means the lure was very close to the bottom. They also are the bread-and-butter fish for sport anglers and charter captains, with salmon less common. Lake trout are native to Lake Superior and are about the apex predator in the big lake. Gotchie "got the fish into 80 feet (of line out on the reel) and then the fish just stopped. Lake Trout is the primary species caught by anglers, presently supporting a recreational fishery with an average annual harvest of 25,051 fish (2009-2018) in the Minnesota waters of Lake Superior (Reeves 2019). The Michigan state record for lake trout is a mega giant 61.5-pound specimen rumored to have been taken at Stannard Rock. From a portion of their catch they took scale samples, stomachs, and otoliths (ear bones) for a more detailed examination of diet and fish age. The current Minnesota state record brown trout was caught in 1989 on Lake Superior and is listed at 16 pounds, 12 ounces. Jordan Korzenowski, left, and angler Steven Gotchie hold up a 45 1/2-inch lake trout Gotchie caught Friday morning just off Duluth on … The Great Lakes are full of iconic fishing destinations every angler should experience at least once. Happy Hooker has six boats that make about 1,000 charter trips each summer. You can cancel at any time. Monster trout caught and released may have smashed Minnesota state record, {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Survivor describes 1st Georgia spa shooting scene, WH says first dogs Champ and Major have returned, Biden taps Harris to deal with border challenges, Man 'absolutely disappointed' as North Dakota rejects his walleye as new state record, South Dakota men bag record channel catfish, 52-million-year-old bird found in Wyoming is one of earliest passerines, Salmon cannon may serve to launch fish over dams, Colstrip angler's 35.18-pound channel catfish new Montana record, Snake River sturgeon reproducing, study finds. The record is 43 pounds, 8 ounces caught in 1955 by an unknown angler fishing in Lake Superior near Hovland in Cook County. The lake trout measured 45 and a half inches with a 30 and an eighth inch girth. “I don’t know of anything ever caught around here that big,’’ Dahl said. The fish, the biggest lake trout anyone recalls being caught near Duluth, was immediately released. But anything close to 50 pounds is a monster for anywhere in Lake Superior, or anywhere in the world, really. A 2014 video of a salmon being shot through a thin, flexible tube went viral recently. 424 W. First St., This Lake Trout was the World Record for 39 years until the record was broken in 1991. Stannard Rock located approximately in the middle of Lake Superior is at the tip of the spear for anglers who covet native lake trout and the quest for ultra-big fish. The Minnesota DNR has a catch-and-release state record category for four species — muskie, sturgeon, pike and catfish — but not for lake trout. And I think it’s cool that it’s back out there for another angler to catch.”. 12 oz). The average lake trout caught at the western end of Lake Superior ranges from 3-5 pounds, with 10-pounders considered special and 20-pounders rare. What ensued was 20 minutes of sheer fishing fun as the client, Steven Gotchie from Spring Lake in Itasca County, battled what may well have been the new Minnesota state record lake trout. Jordan Korzenowski, left, and angler Steven Gotchie hold up a 45 1/2-inch lake trout Gotchie caught Friday morning just off Duluth on Lake Superior. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. Korzenowski operates FishNorthMN charters out of Duluth with co-captain Kent Paulsen. Fisheries managers and researchers are gaining confidence that sturgeon in the Hells Canyon reach of the Snake River are reproducing. A Lake Superior Brown Trout comes to the boat. “I immediately handed it to the client, of course, and then the battle started,’’ Korzenowski said. But what also stood out was that … Goldsworthy said the giant trout, and Lake Superior's currently thriving lake trout population, is a testament to the constant, annual effort to kill sea lamprey, the parasitic eel-like invasive species that had devastated Great Lakes fisheries in the mid-1900s. You have permission to edit this article. It’s their third year in the charter fishing business, although Korzenowski has been fishing the big lake for more than a decade. A giant lake trout caught Friday morning just off Duluth in Lake Superior. He had to pump and reel 5 feet at a time the rest of the way,’’ Korzenowski said. It was 31 3/8 inches in length with a 20 1/2-inch girth. That right-front fin clip goes as far back as 1952,’’ Goldsworthy said, noting the photo of the big fish showed it had suffered but survived several lamprey wounds. The Wisconsin record lake trout is 47 pounds even, caught in 1946. Gotchie and Korzenowski released the monster fish after it was landed. That would have smashed the current Minnesota state record of 43 pounds, 8 ounces caught in 1955 by an unknown angler fishing in Lake Superior near Hovland in Cook County. “When that thing first came into view, its mouth looked like a 5-gallon bucket.”, The FishNorthMN team (FishNorthMN.com) always encourages clients to release fish over 30 inches — those are the oldest fish and prime spawners to produce more fish. “It was 45 1/2 inches long with a 30 1/8-inch girth. But it’s the biggest fish caught around this part of the lake in a long time,’’ Korzenowski said. A few inches in front of that was an 11-inch-long shiny flasher, a piece of metal that attracts fish to come and smell — and hopefully bite — the smelt. To put this in perspective, this fish was twice the size of lake trout considered trophies for Lake Superior. The average lake trout caught at the western end of Lake Superior ranges from 3-5 pounds, with 10-pounders considered special and 20-pounders rare. Trout over 36-inches long caught and aged by researchers in the past have varied from 15 to 30 years old, he said. Lamprey are poisoned in the streams they spawn in each spring. 7. This program is being cross-promoted with the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame's Master Angler Program, which recognizes 60 fish species. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, and among freshwater lakes, it is the world's largest by surface area and the third-largest by volume. What is the deepest spot in Lake Superior? A Lincoln man is "absolutely disappointed" after the North Dakota Game and Fish Department declined to recognize his walleye as a new state record. Happy Hooker has six boats that make about 1,000 charter trips each summer. Lake St. Clair: GREEN SUNFISH: 1.53: 10: 1990: Spincasting: Mama’s Cat: Kirkwood Lake: HYBRID SUNFISH: 1.8: 11.7: 2018: Stillfishing: Crawler: Lake Anne: KOKANEE SALMON: 1.94: 18: 1978: Driftfishing: Single Egg: Clinton River: LAKE STURGEON: 193: 87: 1974: Mullett Lake: LAKE TROUT: 61.5: 49: 1997: Driftfishing: Jig: Lake Superior: LAKE WHITEFISH: 14.28: 31.75: 1993: Trolling: Rebel: Lake Superior… “When that thing first came into view, its mouth looked like a 5-gallon bucket.”, The FishNorthMN team (FishNorthMN.com) always encourages clients to release fish over 30 inches — those are the oldest fish and prime spawners to produce more fish. Cory Goldsworthy, Lake Superior area fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, said it’s hard to estimate the age of Gotchie's big lake trout without taking a fin out of it. Here are some record catches and their locations on Lake Superior to get you excited: Atlantic Salmon: 12 pounds, 13 oz; in Baptism River at Tettegouche State Park; Brown Trout: 16 pounds 12 oz, Lake Superior, northeast of Two Harbors; Chinook Salmon: [shared record] 33 pounds 4 oz, Poplar River, Lutsen and Lake Superior, near Duluth “But in this case he wanted to let it swim.”, The release was quick and went well, Korzenowski said, adding that the monster trout “rocketed straight down to the bottom. harvest of Lake Trout has been allowed , and stocking was deemed no longer necessary and discontinued. … If you plug those numbers into the fish calculator for lake trout, it comes back at 51.6 pounds,’’ Korzenowski said. He said the 2018 brook trout catch will be lower, due to unusual spring weather. There are 30-and 40-pound redfin lakers caught regularly near Isle Royale in Michigan waters. He had to pump and reel 5 feet at a time the rest of the way,’’ Korzenowski said. That would crush the current state record of 43 pounds 8 ounces, caught back in 1955. Enjoy unlimited articles at one of our lowest prices ever. They're paying me to catch fish so it’s their call,’’ he noted. 83 lb lake trout. Stream browns over 635-mm (25-in.) If you plug those numbers into the fish calculator for lake trout, it comes back at 51.6 pounds,’’ Korzenowski said. Charter Captain Jordan Korzenowski and angler Steven Gotchie caught the fish, which they said measured 45.5 inches … A lake 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. A few inches in front of that was an 11-inch-long shiny flasher, a piece of metal that attracts fish to come and smell — and hopefully bite — the smelt. But this fish could be as old as 67. “I don’t know of anything ever caught around here that big,’’ Dahl said. Trout, Rainbow (outlying) 27 2 42.5 Debbie Morrison Bloomington, MN 07/26/97 Lake Michigan Kewaunee. Peter Dahl of Happy Hooker charters in Duluth has been a charter captain for 32 years and has never seen a 45-inch lake trout come to the boat. The fisherman tried reviving it but it was already dead (gill net). He had a wire rod with 150 feet of line out in 110 feet of water, which means the lure was very close to the bottom. Please subscribe to keep reading. The average lake trout caught at the western end of Lake Superior ranges from 3-5 pounds, with 10-pounders considered special and 20-pounders rare. “But it’s up to them. The Minnesota state record for this fish is 7.56 kg (16-lbs. then {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}} per month. “Anything over 40 inches would be amazing.”. The massive trout set a size record for a lake that sits in portions of Vermont, New York, and Quebec, Canada. Trout, Rainbow (inland) 12 3 29.5 Will Lusthoff Riverside, IL 06/15/06 Elbow Lake Marinette . “I’m not going to claim this fish was a new state record. LAKE TROUT 61.5 49 1997 Driftfishing Jig Lake Superior None LAKE WHITEFISH 14.28 31.75 1993 Trolling Rebel Lake Superior Ontonagon LARGEMOUTH BASS 11.94 27 1934 Big Pine Island Lake Kent Because brown trout are somewhat resistant to the pressures of fishing, they can easily get to 5-7 years old. Charter captain Jordan Korzenowski at first thought his lure was bouncing on the sandy bottom of Lake Superior about 5 miles out from the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. But it’s the biggest fish caught around this part of the lake in a long time,’’ Korzenowski said. DULUTH, Minn. — A lake trout landed during a chartered fishing outing on Lake Superior may have smashed the state record. They noted fish length and weight, sea lamprey wounds, and fin-clips of stocked fish. 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