Colorado Rainbow Trout Record

Record Rainbow Trout caught at Dever Springs Tout Fishery on the 4th April 1995 weighing 36lbs 14ozs 8drms 16740kg.

Colorado rainbow trout record. The longest rainbow fish caught was more than 40 inches long and caught by Tony Felicilda. His catch weighed in at 19 pounds 10 ounces in 2003. 2011-02-18 This photo provided by Mike Mott shows him holding his record rainbow trout caught recently out of the collection ditch at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

The record lake trout also known as a Mackinaw weighed nearly 4 pounds more than the previous record lake trout caught in 2003 that weighed 46 pounds 14 ounces and measured 42 12 inches long. Having caught great lakes steelhead in the 28 range I knew this fish was probably 20 pounds and most likely a state record. After fishing for an hour or so and observing this gigantic fish I decided to reach down to see if the fish would respond.

There are records of these fish reaching over 100 pounds with the rod and reel record was caught at 72 pounds. The fish was not even stocked into the lake it was actually placed in a bag next to the lake. The world record holder was a 236 kg 52 pound leviathan taken from Jewel Lake near Greenwood BC in the 1930s.

Rainbow trout have the typical streamlined salmonid form although body shape and coloration vary widely. The trout weighs 16 pounds 8 ounces. 56 rows TROUT.

Irideus or Columbia River redband trout O. When identifying a hybrid look for the characteristics of a rainbow but with the red-orange color slash visible above below the trouts jaw. 46 lbs 146 oz.

Lake trout live in heavily oxygenated and cold lakes. They can exhibit a wide range of characteristics. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is a nationally recognized leader in conservation outdoor recreation and wildlife management.