The common rainbow trout certified weight record is 20 pounds. That fish, caught on the Snake River in 2009, measured 34.25 inches. So it might not have been significantly heavier than the 31.25 ...

The biggest rainbow trout ever caught on rod and reel in the state of California was landed in early January in Butte County by Jim Harrold of Cohasset on 8-pound test line. Harrold had his 28.33 ...

The old record was 14.2 pounds caught by Dave Schroyer on Oct. 21, 1987. “I knew the fish was a very large trout, but I did not see how big it was at the beginning of the fight,” Lartigue said.