World record brown trout caught in NZ.

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World record brown trout caught in NZ.

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Weekly Fishing Report, Central South Island
29 October 2020

The big news this week is that a world record size brown trout was caught at the canals.

Weighed in at 44.3 pounds on the Pleasant Point Butchers certified scales, it comfortably beats the current record of just over 42 pounds which was caught in the Ohau C Canal, back in 2013 by Otwin Kandolf.

Otwin's catch will remain the official record unless the angler goes to the effort of having it confirmed through the International Game Fishing Association.

Seeing as the angler wishes to remain anonymous it looks as if it won't grace the record book but seeing as it was weighed on certified scales, world record chasers can rest assured that there is a new "unofficial” benchmark of 44.3 pound to beat.
Trout grow to massive sizes in these canals. Plenty of food (both natural and from Salmon farms), water that stays at the ideal temperature year round, and no floods to clear them out.
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Wow, that is a big trout!!! Jeff

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Doesn't look real! Wow!
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Damn.

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They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Well, for me, that is one really ugly fish! 8O

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Well now I have caught a few 3-4 kb browns here in the Smokies on Lake Fontana but that thing doesn't deserve to be in the same class. It is a monster. :D
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The really big canal fish are not generally known for being lookers. Too much food, too fast.

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My goodness!

Do they take a fly?

Can I get in the country?

My research may be "essential work" after all...

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Yes.

No.
Depends.

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