A record-breaking salmon. Luis Martinez, a 19-year-old who had never fished for salmon before, purchased a fishing license on Friday, and by the end of Saturday was celebrating having caught a Michigan record for Chinook salmon. Martinez, fishing on Lake Michigan with Icebreaker Charters, landed a 47.86-pound, 47.5-inch Chinook salmon that broke the state record that had stood for 43 years, as reported by the Ludington Daily News and WLNS. The old record was 46.06 pounds and 43.5 inches caught in 1978 in the Grand River in Kent County. Martinez said that while he will go salmon fishing again, he "will never beat this fish. Everything is downhill from now on.” 📷: Jay Wesley, Michigan Department of Natural Resources #fishing #salmonfishing #sports #recordbreakingsalmon