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

Trout, Lake

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
4651	Michigan asks U.S. to block fish invasion	UPI	2009-12-21	CA
4652	Banned snakehead fish Rocky dies a year after being targeted by state officials	The Post-Standard	2009-03-23	US
4653	Carp battle not over yet	Journal Sentinel	2009-11-27	US
4654	Biologists save fish after landslide	usatoday	2009-11-10	US
4655	It’s Official, Bass Season is Open Now in Ontario’s Zone 20	fishncanada	2021-02-19	CA
4656	Gigantic Black Crappie Sets New State Record	fishncanada	2021-02-19	US
4657	Despite pandemic challenges, B.C. lakes stocked with millions of fish	vancouversun	2021-02-08	CA
4658	Lillooet River project a major undertaking, says new report	piquenewsmagazine	2019-04-29	CA
4659	The odd Hawaiianfish that Climb Cliffs	BBC News	2021-02-10	US
4660	Taranaki workmates land massive fish on tiny 'undersize' boat	stuff	2021-02-10	NZ
4661	Fish Kill: Nanosilver Mutates Fish Embryos	scientificamerican	2009-11-17	US
4662	95-pound catfish caught in Ohio	Odd News	2009-11-11	US
4663	Farming Fish in the Sky	hakaimagazine	2021-02-08	SG
4664	Missouri man fined more than $6,000 for possessing fish over the legal limit	tbnewswatch	2021-02-05	US
4665	Ask Dr. Universe: How can you tell if a fish is female or male?	spokesman	2021-02-07	US
4666	Biologist calls for judicial inquiry on salmon decline	ctvbc	2009-10-03	CA
4667	How do you train a fish?	BBC News	2009-10-02	US
4668	A New Chemical Method For Distinguishing Between Farmed And Wild Salmon	underwatertimes	2009-09-30	UK
4669	Something fishy happening at Centennial Park	smh	2009-09-21	AU
4670	Fishing for prehistoric quarry	bbc	2009-08-19	US
4671	Robotic Applications Eyed As Scientists Decode Mathematics Behind Fish's Lateral-line System	underwatertimes	2009-08-28	CA
4672	Seafood surprise: could rebranding this ugly fish as ‘Cornish sole’ make Brits eat it?	the guardian	2021-02-09	UK
4673	Florida fishermen catch a Warsaw Grouper that was bigger than a man: ‘It was a monster’	Fox News	2021-02-17	US
4674	Four-year study suggests only a third of tagged fish made it through Whitehorse fish ladder	yukon news	2021-02-09	CA
4675	Orchid Islanders face charges for catching endangered fish in Taiwan	Taiwan News	2021-02-10	TW

186 of [222 - pages.]