It's no fish story. Baldwin, Michigan has a place in the record books as the home of the world's largest brown trout sculpture. This one's a keeper and is mounted downtown for all to see. Baldwin, Michigan, has erected the world's largest brown trout sculpture in an attempt to net tourists. Why Baldwin? Troutarama is a big draw to the small town Baldwin every year, and now, they've constructed a piece of art to cement their reputation for being one of the best spots for fishing. Why a brown trout? Brown trout are a European species, first introduced to U.S. waters in 1884, when the U.S. Fish Commission released nearly 5,000 of the fish into the Baldwin River, a tributary of the Pere Marquette in Baldwin, Michigan.