In the 1940's and 1950's , there were a couple by the name of Al and Mary MacPhee who fished trout from a rowboat using herring strip !! they quite often hit trout of the 8 to 15 lbs range ,there are still some taken to that size but as to 26lbs ...!!!... I agree with Wolf sounds like a lost chinook and poor recognition by the person, in-laws still live at the Lake and I have not heard of anything gargantuan taken in the last 10 years or so.
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