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Associated Press - August 4, 2009 7:54 AM ET
AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - An eastern Idaho woman is the new state record holder for catching a rainbow trout.
State game officials say the rainbow pulled from the Snake River just above the American Falls Reservoir on July 29th by Michelle V. Larsen-Williams is the biggest on record.
Larsen-Williams, of Pingree, snapped a 61-year-old record when she landed a rainbow measuring 34 1/4 inches and weighing just over 20 pounds. The fish boasted a girth of 22 1/4 inches.
Idaho Fish and Game officials say the lunker was caught using a worm and 14-pound test line.
The past rainbow trout record was a 19-pounder pulled from Hayden Lake in 1947 by R.M. Williams.
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