I missed this story in June but, WOW, is all I can say! A Saskatchewan angler caught this 43lb world record Rainbow Trout on his favorite lake - Lake Diefenbaker. ESPN reports the story that you have to read. A portion of their article reads,

“The final tally after the 20-minute tussle to get the bruiser ‘bow to shore: 43.6 pounds, 38.75 inch in length and a girth of 34 inches. Should the numbers stand, Adam Konrad will hold the all-tackle world record for rainbow trout, eclipsing the 42-pound, 2-ounce standard that was set by a boy, David White, in June 1970 on Alaska’s Bell Island” Entire Article Here

After I read the story, I found another article about this fish. I regret that I lost the url that I had thought I had bookmarked. The article said that the rainbow trout are big in that lake because several fish escaped a farming pen due to ice damage on the pen’s perimeter.

I think I need to head out to Saskatchewan - ASAP!