Ron Lane of Olancha, California, went to Oregon Oct. 6 to fish for brown trout at Paulina Lake, hoping for another in a long list of double-digit browns he has caught over the years. Trolling in shallow water with one of Allan Cole's seven-inch minnow A.C. Plugs, Lane got a lot more than he bargained for.

He tied into a fish that battled him for some 25 minutes before being netted. He knew it was a really big fish, but had no idea it was state record-sized. It was weighed on a certified scale, At 28-pounds, 5-ounces, the fish topped the previous state record, also taken from Paulina Lake.