Watch: Colorado fisherman reels in likely record-breaking Lake trout
A Colorado man who was fishing with his son on a local reservoir was able to reel in a Lake trout that weight more than 73 pounds.
GUNNISON, Colo. – Scott Enloe said he has always hoped to catch a 50-pound fish, but when his line started to pull last Friday morning in Gunnison, Colorado, he never imagined his catch would likely break a world record.
Enloe told FOX Weather he and his son were excited to get out onto Colorado’s Blue Mesa Reservoir for the first time this season.
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Scott Enloe hold his likely record-breaking catch. The lake trout he reeled in weighed 73.29 lbs. (Scott Enloe)
The father-son duo was third in line to get out on the reservoir on May 5, and they almost immediately began to have good luck: His son, Hunter, reeled in a 31-pound lake trout after visiting a few different spots on the water.
“We catch a lot of 30-, 35-pounders, 40-pounders,” he told FOX Weather. “But our…