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Arkansas Man Reels In Whopper Trout On White River

BULL SHOALS (KFSM) — A Heber Springs man caught and released a 36.7-pound brown trout last week, reeling in the mammoth fish on his 24th birthday. Paden F...

BULL SHOALS (KFSM) -- A Heber Springs man caught and released a 36.7-pound brown trout last week, reeling in the mammoth fish on his 24th birthday.

Paden Flippin caught the fish on June 6 while fishing on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam.

Flippin, who guides for Cotter Trout Dock, told the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) that he and his friends had been tracking the fish for more than a year.

He said all the guides on the White River around Cotter were ecstatic, according to AGFC.

To find an updated report on fishing around Arkansas, visit AGFC's website here.

Arkansas Man Reels In Whopper Trout On White River

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