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father and son were ice fishing in Ontario, Canada, a couple weeks ago when
they hooked a lake trout so large they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to fit
it through the hole.
“Is
this the hardest fighting lake trout you’ve ever had?” the son filming the fish
vs. fisherman battle asked.
“Yes,
this is a 20,” the fisherman said as the rod was bowed to such a degree it’s a
wonder it didn’t snap. “Stay on their big boy.”
“Oh
this is a big fish,” the father fisherman said later, shaking his head as he
continued to work it in.
After
they finally got it out of the hole, the lake trout measured in at 43.75 inches
— that’s more than three feet long.
The
son filming the video laughed as his father, holding the gaff hook, just stared
in disbelief for a moment.
“Can
you believe this,” the dad finally said.
Watch
the footage, which if you don’t have time to watch the eight minutes of power
struggle, skip to 0:7:37 to see the fish being gaffed and brought up (Content warning: strong language):
Anne
Schaffer, who posted the video on YouTube, wrote in a comment that the fish was
caught on a lake in Atikokan, Ontario.
The
video description describes it as a “near world record lake trout.”
According
to FanSided, the men didn’t throw the fish back but donated it to
researchers.
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