That was caught last year at Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.
He put up a nice fight; took me nearly 15 minutes to haul him within range of my net.
He weighed in at roughly 26 and a half pounds.
I pulled him in on a ten pound test line, with nothing more than a small #10 octopus hook, baited with a row sack, loaded with 4 trout eggs and 3 styrofoam float pellets.

You ever in Ontario, give me a shout, and I'll take you to some of my fave spots. They're not as nice as the spots I grew up fishing in the Maritimes, but some nice fish come out of them regardless.