A Utah man set an Idaho state record back in June, catching a 42-inch lake trout inside of Payette Lake, state officials said ...

Utah angler Aaron Goetsche caught a 42-inch lake trout from Idaho's Payette Lake that's been certified as a new length record ...

Aaron Goettsche, of Stansbury Park, Utah, was fishing solo on McCall’s Payette Lake on June 19 when he reeled in a lake trout ...

However, a normal rainbow trout wouldn't be on the other end of his line, but rather, a state park record.

Aaron Goettsche of Stansburry Park caught a whopping 42-inch lake trout, which topped the previous record set in 2018.

While it's a large trout, it wasn't a state record. Rainbow trout typically grow to be between 14 and 20 inches; a 23-inch rainbow is considered a trophy-sized fish, according to the Fish Commission.

According to the International Game Fish Association's world record database, these are the biggest trout ever caught.

A monster trout legally harvested by a Lapwai man would crush the existing state record providing the fish is determined to be a pure rainbow trout.

A young angler became a state-record holder when he reeled in a large trout from a southwestern Wyoming reservoir, officials said. Jaxon Krall, 13, set the record in late July when he caught a 12. ...

A 13-year-old from Kemmerer, Wyoming, set a new state fishing record after catching a tiger trout from the shores of a reservoir. He said he knew he landed something "big." ...