POCATELLO — A Pocatello man recently set a new state catch-and-release record for rainbow trout.
According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, David Raisch was fly fishing in the Snake River when he landed the 30.5-inch record rainbow, which coincidentally is where the previous record of 29.3 inches was caught.
Raisch caught his record fish in late March and submitted it into Fish and Game’s catch and release records, which allows anglers to claim a state record while letting the fish live.
The catch and release record program, which was started in 2016, complements the traditional “certified weight” records that require anglers to weigh the fish on a certified scale, which means the fish is typically killed.
