Nathan Smith, 16, was bank fishing early on Feb. 24 at New Creek Dam Site #14 with his pal Caleb Burns, 18. The public lake in Grant County, West Virginia, is deep and clear, and Smith spotted the ...

A 13-year-old from Kemmerer, Wyoming, set a new state fishing record after catching a tiger trout from the shores of a reservoir. He said he knew he landed something "big." ...

Holder’s tiger trout had a 31.2-inch length, 19-inch girth, and weighed 14 pounds, 15.2 ounces. ... “She’s going to do my mount in a natural type underwater setting.

Ryan Fontaine, of Angelica, caught this 15-inch tiger trout on a size 18 dry Mayfly while fly fishing the Genesee River near Belmont Falls. His fishing buddy, Brian McRae (right), netted it for him.

The trout edged out the standing state record of 11.93 pounds, which also came from Viva Naughton and was caught by Owen Schaad in 2023. The previous record had stood for 11 years prior to Schaad’s ...

Jaxon Krall, 13, of Kemmerer, Wyoming, is the new tiger trout state record holder after landing a 12.77-pounder while fishing in Viva Naughton Reservoir. Krall shattered the previous record of 11. ...

The fish eclipsed the standing record for a tiger trout caught by Nathaniel Smith at New Creek Lake which was 11.98 pounds. Robert’s fish however came up short of the length record.

Read Next: State-Record Tiger Trout Disqualified Because Angler Didn’t Have a Fishing License. The DWR maintains a separate list of “catch and keep” records, and the standing record in that category ...

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