7Bee

Episode 7: A Whopper of a Fish Tale

Bonner County Daily Bee

Wes Hamlet's nabbing of a 37-pound, 40 1/20-inch world record Kamloops rainbow trout made him a celebrity. National and international news outlets spread word of the catch far and wide. Derby rules, meanwhile, dictated that the fish be presented to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.