From The Detroit Free Press: Tom Healy says he’s “just an old retired guy who came to Manistee for a nice day fishing.”
But after landing what appears to be a world-record brown trout today,
he suspects “they’re going to make me the king of Manistee, Michigan.”
</“We’re
real happy to bring the world record back to Manistee,” the 66-year-old
Rockford angler said after landing a 41-pound, 7-ounce brown in the
Manistee River. “I’ve fished here 20 years and come regularly, and I’ve
caught some nice salmon. But never anything like this.”
The huge brown beat the existing world record from Arkansas by
1 pound, 3 ounces. The state record was 36-13. The fish took a
black-and-silver Rapala Shad Rap crankbait that Healy cast from fishing
guide Tim Roller’s boat. Healy used a Cabela’s XML spinning rod and
Cabela’s Prodigy reel loaded with 30-pound braided line…..click here to read more…
