Andover man shatters 62-year-old state record reeling in 39-pound lake trout

Andover man shatters 62-year-old state record reeling in 39-pound lake trout

Source: BDN

7/6/2020

When Erik Poland headed to Lower Richardson Lake in Township C on July 2, he didn’t intend to fish for lake trout. In fact, he didn’t really plan to fish for very long.

“I had a couple of hours to kill,” the 34-year-old Andover man said. “I thought I’d fish for salmon for awhile, go for a swim, then head home.”

But after seeing no sign of salmon near the surface on his fish finder, he decided to drop his lead-core line deeper, and try his luck for lake trout, which were showing up near the bottom in 94 feet of water.

Man, did he get lucky.

Poland let out 15 colors of lead-core line — each color is 10 yards long, which allows an angler to gauge how deep they’re fishing — so he could target the bottom-dwelling fish. And his only strike of the day resulted in an epic battle that culminated with him landing a state record lake trout, or togue.

The fish was 44 inches long and weighed 39.2 pounds, breaking the 62-year-old previous record by more than seven pounds.

The previous record was set on Aug. 3, 1958, when Hollis Grindle of Ellsworth landed a 31.5-pound togue while trolling Beech Hill Pond in Otis.

Poland said he’s not sure how long he battled the fish, which kept making long runs.

Lower Richardson Lake

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