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NEW YORK STATE RECORD STEELHEAD\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

31 pounds 3 ounces! Caught August 14 2004 At Olcott
\nN.Y.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Photo will be posted here on Friday August 20 2004<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
Here’s the story!<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Click the pic for full size!<\/span><\/p>\n

Record Steelhead
\nCaught
\n<\/span>Story by Bill Hilts Jr.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Rob Wilson of Tallmadge, Ohio was trolling out of Olcott, NY on
\nAugust 14, 2004 when the fish of a lifetime hit his Pirate 55 spoon \u2013 a
\n31 pound, three ounce steelhead trout that stretched the tape to 39 inches
\nlong. The girth of the fish was 26 inches. The fish is now the new state
\nrecord, shattering the previous mark set by Gerald Szmania by five pounds,
\nfour ounces! Szamania caught his 26 pound, 15 ounce fish while trolling
\noff Point Breeze on May 22, 1985.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\nWilson
\n\u2019s prize catch is an exclamation point on how good the fishing has been
\nthis year on<\/p>\n

Lake<\/p>\n

Ontario<\/p>\n

. Salmon fishing is the best it\u2019s been in 15 years and the trout fishing
\n\u2013 well, no one\u2019s really been fishing for trout, the salmon has been
\nthe good. In the meantime, fish like<\/p>\n

Wilson<\/p>\n

\u2019s continue to swim out in the lake looking for someone to catch them
\n\u2013 just in time for the Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby set
\nfor August 20 thru September 6.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\nWilson
\nwas fishing 12 to 14 miles out of Olcott with his father, Robert and Tom
\nBriggs of<\/p>\n

Kent
\n,
\nOH<\/p>\n

around 7:30 a.m. when the behemoth hit their Pirate 55 watermelon with
\ngold fleck spoon offering. It immediately stripped off about 300 yards of
\nline from their Daiwa 47LC and tried to jump free. This was not a day that
\nthe fish would win, however. Twenty minutes later, they netted the trophy
\nfish and put it in their cooler \u2013 thinking it was a salmon. After they
\ncaught a couple more fish, they inspected their big catch more closely and
\nrealized that it was a steelhead. They still didn\u2019t understand what they
\nhad, however.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>After weighing the fish in The Slippery Sinker in Olcott, the first
\nweight that registered was 31 pounds, four ounces. It had lost weight from
\nthe initial hand scale Rob had used, with 31 pounds, seven ounces the
\nfirst weight \u2013 taken six hours earlier when they were on the boat. When
\nit was recorded as an official weight with a witness from DEC, the fish
\nweighed 31 pounds 3 ounces. When they were told it wasn\u2019t a record, the
\nfish almost made it to the fish cleaning table. Instead, Capt.Bob Cinelli
\nof Olcott intercepted them and the fish was rescued before it found its
\nway into a baggie.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>What an excellent way to lead into the Fall LOC Derby. The only
\nthing that could have been better was if the fish was actually caught by a
\nregistered angler in the derby! Last year\u2019s winner, Mike Loya of<\/p>\n

Ohio<\/p>\n

, set the pace with a 33 pound king, also caught out of Olcott, to win the
\ncheck for $20,000. First place in each of the specie categories
\n(steelhead, lake trout, brown trout and salmon) will be worth $2,500.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>For more information on the LOC Derby, call toll-free at (888)
\nREEL-2-IN or visit their website at www.loc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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