GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A local angler reeled in quite the incredible catch this week! Gustavo Reyes, 34, pulled a massive steelhead trout from the Grand River Wednesday morning.
The man from Grand Rapids told FOX 17 he has been fishing salmon and steelhead (also known as rainbow trout) for eight years.
At around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, he caught a male steelhead that measured 35 inches long and 9 inches thick.
Positioned on the east shore of the river and standing in about three feet of water when the trout hit, he says it took about ten minutes to fully reel in.
The fish came in several inches shy of the species’ state record, which was caught in Lake Michigan back in 1975, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
That fish was 39.5 inches long and weighed 26.5 pounds.
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