Most anglers that wind up atop the Idaho state record fish leaderboards do so out of pure luck. But Robert Gregory’s story goes a little different.
Yellowstone cutthroat trout aren’t your run-of-the-mill trout. They are one of Idaho’s three native subspecies of cutthroat trout and are found almost exclusively in the Snake River basin above Shoshone Falls and in the Yellowstone River basin. That means anglers can only find them in southern and eastern Idaho, parts of Wyoming and Montana, and tiny bits of Nevada and Utah.
One such place is Henrys Lake — one of Idaho’s most popular trophy trout spots, well-known for holding some impressive Yellowstone cutthroat trout — which is precisely where Robert and his buddies set out for on Dec. 31.
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