NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

"If you're a dyed-in-the-wool trout fisherman, and you could take just one trip in your life, go to Labrador,"

According to Ware, the average weight of the fish he and his group caught was around five pounds, eight ounces. That's an average -- a pretty remarkable one when you consider that trout over five pounds caught in Maine last year could probably be counted one hand.

Many believe the next world record -- which currently stands at 141/2 pounds, from the Nipigon River in Ontario -- will emerge from Labrador. Imagine a 15-pound brook trout on the end of your line.

Ware recalls hooking a large brook trout around sunset one evening. It looked close to five pounds -- not huge by Labrador standards, but respectable. He played it almost to the net. As the guide prepared to land the fish, he looked down and the two of them watched as another fish that resembled a small torpedo swam by the boat, almost completely unaware.

Ware said it was easily twice as big as the 43/4-pound fish he had on the end of his line.

"Of course, I beat the water to a froth for an hour after that and never caught that fish. But it's just unbelievable what you see up there," Ware said.