How Big Do Trout and Salmon Grow in the US

[AndrewC]

Guys

I know everything is bigger in Texas and Utah so it would seem.

Its a big reel for fly fishing 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PENN-PEER-FLY-FISHING-REEL-No-209-/121230615986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c39e865b2&_uhb=1

[philaroman]

Utah...  inbreeding...    I mean the trout & the flies, of course  (not much Salmon)

need big trout to feed seven wives

[gstours]

HI Mr. Grumpy;  I thought a trout was just a salmon waiting to grow up......besides i do have proof its in their diet.....fish are like people, wanto get big and strong eat what the big guys eat.......heres the proof::::: open this,

   

     Maybe I,m Right, or not just for kicks!!!!!gstours.

[Bunnlevel Sharker]

Trout have been recorded up to 40lbs or so, that's kinda rare. Salmon get over 100lbs with the kings I think

[Keta]

Salmon get over 100lbs with the kings I think

Very rare, 50-60 pound fish are caught every year but they are uncommon.  35-45 pounds is large average.

[philaroman]

Trout have been recorded up to 40lbs or so...

bigger than that: vaguely recall something about mutant, hatchery-engineered Rainbows escaping into the wild & reaching ridiculous size -- like 70# ballpark...  old Cabela's catalogs had a picture of one of those monstrosities that would put most Kings to shame

HI Mr. Grumpy;  I thought a trout was just a salmon waiting to grow up......

aside from mutant Yankee Rainbows, the biggest Salmonid (>100 kg), worldwide, is Taimen & I believe it's closer to a trout, than a salmon

[TomT]

About 10 to 15 years ago, I remember reading about (and it included a picture) of a record king salmon caught in the Kenai River in Alaska that weighed in at about 95 pounds.  Personal best on my boat in northern Ca was 43 #'s. 
TomT

[Newell Nut]

The one in my picture is a 52 pounder from the Kenai and my wife got a 53 the next day.

[VW]

IGFA record Lake Trout is 72 pounds (33 kg), caught in Great Bear Lake in 1995.  Larger ones have been caught.

[Keta]

Our mackinaw (lake trout) don't get that big.

[gstours]

 Great photos everyone, love to see your mugshots and all....thanks for sharing

[CaptKev]

Lee, I've never caught a Mack. How do they eat? Good? Bad? Smoke 'em? Just curious.

[Keta]

Lee, I've never caught a Mack. How do they eat? Good? Bad? Smoke 'em? Just curious.

They are extremely oily, my wife loves them.  The taste is good but I prefer firmer fish.  I cook them in our Trager but baked would work too.  They smoke up well but are soft due to the high fat content.

[CaptKev]

Thanks, may be fishing Chelan in the near future. I hear the Macks get huge there.

[Keta]

My daughter lives about 100 miles north of there and the maks get large there too.