Initially Adams thought he was into a carp

Mark Adams, a 41-year-old Union Pacific locomotive engineer, caught a 34.74-pound rainbow trout out of American Falls Reservoir on the Snake River last Monday morning. The fish is 14 pounds heavier than the Idaho state record and would be the largest ever caught in the US. The largest U.S. rainbow trout on record is a 33-pound, 1.6-ounce specimen caught below Lake Koocanusa in Montana’s Kootenai River in 1997.

Laid out on the tailgate.

An initial investigation suggests the fish is a triploid but even if it is determined to be a sterile rainbow, it still qualifies for the record book. 

LINK (Via: Northwest Sportsman Mag)

Comments

[Anders Halveson]

Trash fish.

[Idahoan]

Idaho is known for more than it's spuds.....CONGRATS to Mark!!!

[PO Paddler]

I think there was also a 37 pounder caught out of Lake Pend Oreille in 1947...in Idaho. Largest non-genetically engineered rainbow trout.

[Dan]

Gross

[jdConrad,MT]

I guess he didn't release it