Thanks kemfish, one of the guys in our group had a scale and it read around 15.5 lbs. There's a number of bigger rainbows that have been entered on AOTY and they're very impressive.

One of my buddies caught *TWO* that were bigger than mine, the largest being around 31". I recently moved and forgot that all my fishing nets were sitting a long way away in my mom's garage, so I brought the biggest AQUARIUM net I have (pictured below) thinking I wouldn't catch anything more than pan-sized. After botching the first netting attempt and somehow not dislodging the barbless hook I used this net as more of a spatula to flip the fish into the footwell. Definitely a memorable experience and my favourite fish ever caught.