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Lake Superior lake trout caught during a survey of Caribou Island in Canadian waters.

(FOX 2) - In 2023, a group of wildlife officials were performing a survey at the reefs of a remote island in the middle of Lake Superior. They were studying a special group of trout that live in the reefs around Caribous Island.

One fish they caught appeared unremarkable at first. It weighed 4.6 pounds and measured just over two feet. Neither trait matched the record sizes recorded by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

But there was something exceptional about this catch: it's the oldest lake trout ever found in the Great Lakes.

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The DNR said the fish was found in a remote offshore area near the Canadian border, 40 miles north of Grand Marais in Michigan's Upper

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