Coeur d'Alene man sets Idaho state record with 21-inch cutthroat

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A Coeur d'Alene man is celebrating a win this week after setting the state record with 21-inch Westslope cutthroat trout.

Tom Weadick caught the Westslope while flyfishing in the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, earning a new catch/release state record.

Weadick beat the previous record of 19.5 inches held by Dwaine Hasenoehrl set in 2016.

This isn't Weadick's first win. He previously held a similar record for bull trout, a less common native char often found in the same rivers as Westslope cutthroat trout.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game recognizes catch-and-release three different sub-species of native cutthroat in Idaho including Bonneville, Westslope and Yellowstone. IDFG also tracks and recognizes catch-and-release records for introduced Lahontan cutthroat.

"Westslope Cutthroat Trout are native in tributaries to the Columbia River Basin from central and northern Idaho northward deep into British Columbia," IDFG said. "They are widely distributed in the Salmon, Clearwater, Coeur d'Alene and Clark Fork river systems, and have been introduced into many alpine lakes across the state."

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