NEW STATE RECORD RAINBOW TROUT CAUGHT IN RUFUS WOODS LAKE
A NEW STATE RECORD RAINBOW TROUT WAS CAUGHT LAST MONTH IN NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON'S RUFUS WOODS LAKE BY A REPUBLIC MAN.
ROBERT HALVERSON CAUGHT THE 25.45-POUND FISH IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER RESERVOIR ABOVE CHEIF JOSEPH DAM ON THE DOUGLAS-OKANOGAN COUNTY LINE ON FEB 23. HALVERSON WAS TROLLING A RAPALA LURE WHEN HE HOODED THE RECORD TROUT.
HALVERSON'S FISH EXCEEDED THE FORMER STATE RECORD FOR RAINBOW TROUT (22.5 POUNDS) BY ALMOST THREE POUNDS.
CONGRADULATIONS!!!