05/09/2019
This is amazing!
Here is the official news::
Congratulations to Bill Babler for landing the NEW state record brown trout today! 40.4lbs - 41.25" long - 28" girth.
Bill, a fishing guide on Taneycomo for over 20 years, caught it on a Berkley pink Powerworm just below the mouth of Fall Creek, upper Lake Taneycomo. He was using 6x tippet, or less than 4-pound line.
The current world record is 42lbs 1oz.