News – Sheridan Media
Another year, another tiger trout record in Wyoming. According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Shelby Holder of Kemmerer set the new record earlier this month with a 14-pound, 15.2-ounce fish caught in the Hams Fork River near Kemmerer. The fish was 31.2 inches long and had a girth of 19 inches. Holder broke the previous record set last year by Jaxon Krall of Kemmerer at 12.7 pounds.
Holder caught the fish between Viva Naughton Reservoir and Kemmerer City Reservoir. Krall’s fish was caught at Viva Naughton, and in 2023, Owen Schaad of Cheyenne set the state record with a 11.93 tiger trout caught from Viva Naughton. Holder caught the fish with a 1-weight fly rod using a brown wooly bugger. Holder said he used 8-pound-test line as a leader and it took 30 minutes to land the fish and that he was actually fishing for rainbow trout when he caught the state record tiger trout. He added that he plans to mount the fish and retire his 1-weight fly rod that landed his record fish.
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Last modified: June 21, 2025