Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, Louis Martinez, 19, of Ortonville , set a new state record for the largest Chinook salmon ever caught in Michigan at 47.86 pounds and 47½ inches. The previous record — a Chinook salmon of just over 46 pounds caught on the Grand River in Kent County — had stood for 43 years.The 19-year-old Martinez, on his first fishing expedition for salmon, battled to pull the record-setting fish in for some 30 minutes off the lake's Big Sable Point.