Florida Trout Fishing Records

If you ever searched Florida's Fish and Wildlife web site for the state's trout fishing records, you know how frustrating it is. That's because Florida lets the International Game & Fish Association (or IGFA) keep their state records.

I recently emailed Florida's Fish and Wildlife department to ask what the current records were and here is what they told me. As of 27 November 2006, the current Trout Fishing Records for Florida are:

• Spotted Seatrout - 17 lbs 7 oz., caught on 11 May 1995
• Spotted Seatrout (Fly Rod) - 12 lbs 7 oz. caught on 5 March 1984

Both of the records listed above were caught in saltwater.