# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMP8qBJzxMo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32535681-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-18T12:30:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

Idaho officials were proud to announce a new state-record lake trout Monday.⁠
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The 42-inch lunker was caught by Aaron Goettsche, a fisherman and rod maker from Utah, and a lot of their excitement stems from the lake where the fish was caught. Officials are saying Goettsche’s fat, trophy-sized laker is a sign of a fishery reborn. In 2018, IDFG started a restoration project on Payette Lake that involved stocking more kokanee and taking smaller lake trout (under 27 inches) out of the population. IDFG says more than 3,000 of those smaller lakers have been removed since then, which has allowed the remaining fish to grow faster and fatter.⁠
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#fishing #fishingtrip #fishingseason #laketrout #idaho #laker #laketroutfishing #outdoors #nature #recordfish #outdoorlife⁠
📷: Aaron Goettsche⁠
Story by: dac.collins

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laketrout, outdoors, nature, fishing, laker, recordfish, laketroutfishing, fishingseason, outdoorlife, idaho, fishingtrip

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