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Author Topic: 83-Pound Lake Trout  (Read 1932 times)

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Offline Lee Borgersen

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 83-Pound Lake Trout that Would’ve Smashed the World Record 

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The rod-and-reel world record for lake trout is 72 pounds and was caught in 1995 on Great Bear Lake in Northwest Territories. So it should come as no surprise if the next record laker comes from that same fishery.

And it almost did. Check this out: Members of the Deline First Nation harvested a lake trout from Great Bear Lake that weighed 83 pounds! They were sustenance fishing with a gill net and tried to revive the monster laker, but it was already dead.

We heard about this amazing lake trout from fishing guide Brandon Isaac, who works at Plummer’s Arctic Lodges, which is about 150 miles on the opposite side of Great Bear Lake from the Deline First Nation community. As Brandon writes in his Facebook post: “I’ve been privileged to visit them twice. Amazing people and stewards of the land.”

Brandon continued: “This fish is part of the reason why I love guiding in the arctic. Every morning, every guide launches their boat thinking “today could be the day”. The new world record is cruising around there somewhere. And since we’re a catch & release lodge – the 50 pounder caught 10 years ago is potentially still alive, but 20-30 pounds bigger.”
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Offline snow1

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Holy sheep crap! dang netts!

Offline Reinhard

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What a great fish!!!  I seem to remember a large lake trout that was netted by commercial fishermen in Lake Superior many years ago that went close to 100 pounds and it was mounted and displayed in the old Hotel Duluth for years.  That same commercial fisheries outfit netted a would be world record northern pike that was weighed and released for they had no permit for pike.  good luck.

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Had to take a closer look at the pic,classic,tarp over the car,suspect broken window's and looks like the house is under construction....haha,reminds me of the pine ridge rez and mission sodak,they all look the same.