Steve Jones, 72, regularly fishes Shaver Lake northeast of Fresno in Central California.⁠ ⁠ On a recent trip, Jones hooked a massive 37.5-inch brown trout that weighed 24.48 pounds on 6-pound test. With that weight, Jones’ fish easily tops Shaver’s unofficial lake record: an 18-pound brown trout caught there in the 1980s. The state record brown, by comparison, weighed 26 pounds 8 ounces, and it was caught in 1987 from upper Twin Lakes. The IGFA all-tackle world record brown is a massive 44-plus-pound trout from New Zealand. However, the IGFA 6-pound line class record for the species is considerably smaller at 28.5 pounds. (That fish was caught from New York’s Niagara River in 1996.) This puts Jones’ 24.5-pound California brown near the top of the IGFA’s coveted 6-pound test category.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ⁠ #fishing #trout #fishingseason #fishingtrip #troutfishing #California #browntrout #outdoors #conservation #outdoorlife⁠ 📷: Steve Jones⁠ Story by: Bob Mc...