A man in Colorado has broken the state's brook trout record with his eight-pound, nine-ounce catch, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Matt Smiley, a tackle salesman from
"The experience of this catch has been surreal, and it took a few days to soak in," Smiley told the CPW."It’s a really special fish." Smiley said he usually releases the fish he catches and his decision to keep the brook trout was a tough one. He’s planning to have the"I’ve released so many over the years, but it was one of those deals where I made a quick decision and wanted to give this fish the recognition it deserves," he told the CPW.
Daniel’s catch broke the 7.63-pound brook trout record that was established in 1947 at Summit County’s Upper Cataract Lake. Larry Vickers, an angler from Lake City, caught a brook trout that reportedly weighed 8.22 pounds a week before Smiley, but he opted to skip Colorado’s record certification process, so he could eat his catch rather than seeing"meat go to waste," the CPW reported.
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