# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMbcn-DS_VV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32650751-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-22T23:41:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a new kind of lake trout record that was set on Lake Michigan. ⁠
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They say the laker, which was caught in Wisconsin waters back in 2023, was around 39 years old, making it the oldest fish in the history of the agency’s mass marking program. The angler, who caught the trout that May, had been fishing from a boat near Sheboygan Reef. He noticed the coded wire tag placed in its nose and notified the USFWS. Records show the fish had been stocked on the same reef back in July 1985. This means that nearly three decades later, the lake trout was caught not far from where it was introduced — a place where native lakers historically spawned.⁠
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#fishing #fishingtrip #fishingseason #laketrout #laketroutfishing #USFWS #lakemichigan #michigan #lakerfishing #outdoors #outdoorlife⁠
📷: Bob McNally⁠
Story by: Bob McNally

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usfws, laketrout, lakemichigan, outdoors, fishing, michigan, lakerfishing, laketroutfishing, fishingseason, outdoorlife, fishingtrip

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