41 1/2-pound trout caught off Racine is likely world recordRacine ? When Roger Hellen launched his 21-foot boat in the Racine harbor early Friday morning, he was no different from the 1,300 other anglers competing in the Salmon-A-Rama sportfishing tournament - he hoped to land a big fish.
"Something in the 22.5-pound range would have been great," said Hellen, 38.
Such a fish would assume the top spot in the Lake Michigan-wide contest run by Salmon Unlimited of Wisconsin Inc.
Hellen outdid himself. Not only did he take over the tourney lead, he assumed a new title: potential world record holder.
Trolling the Lake Michigan waters off Wind Point, north of Racine, Hellen hooked and landed a 41-pound, 8-ounce brown trout.
The fish blew past the 22.4-pound brown trout that had been in the Salmon-A-Rama lead.
It is nearly 5 pounds heavier than the Wisconsin record listed by the Department of Natural Resources, a 36-pound, 8.9-ounce brown trout caught in 2004 in the Lake Michigan waters of Kewaunee County.
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