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
4876	Scientists: Some Cod Like It Hot, Some Not	Underwatertimes	2006-04-03	UK
4877	State's freshwater fish tainted, study says	seattlepi	2006-03-19	US
4878	Contaminants May Play Role in Apparent Decline of White Sturgeon in Columbia River	Underwatertimes	2006-04-06	US
4879	Fish larvae don't swim well because they lack control	underwatertimes	2006-04-03	UK
4880	Male Bass Across Region Found to Be Bearing Eggs	Washington Post	2006-09-06	US
4881	Carp Found to Hold Its Breath for Months	Underwatertimes.com	2006-04-07	NO
4882	Scientists worry B.C. hatchery fish threatening endangered wild chinook	nanaimobulletin	2021-01-02	CA
4883	Puyallup tribe suing Electron Dam citing fish kills	wral	2020-12-31	US
4884	Some southern Ontario waterways now as salty as the ocean: WWF Canada	iheartradio	2019-06-21	CA
4885	Port Hope boat launch delayed until further notice	Northumberland News	2017-05-23	CA
4886	Рыбаки выловили морского «монстра» на побережье Австралии	tvzvezda	2021-01-09	AU
4887	Help local fish environments by donating your dead Christmas tree	Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife	2020-12-30	US
4888	Idaho fisherman sets new record for mirror carp only months after previous record	Fox News	2020-12-20	US
4889	NEWS RELEASE: VALE STOCKS ONAPING RIVER WITH LOCAL GREENHOUSE-RAISED FISH	republicofmining.com	2012-04-19	CA
4890	Vale release 6,000 trout in Onaping River	sudbury.com	2005-09-03	CA
4891	Threat of Estrogen Biomagnification in Food Chain Unfounded in Top Predator Fish	Allen Press Publishing	2005-05-10	CA
4892	Mass fish escape raises concerns over fish farming	abc	2005-05-19	AU
4893	New fish species found off Taitung	taipeitimes	2005-05-28	TW
4894	In River of Many Aliens, Snakehead Looms as Threat	Washington Post	2005-05-28	US
4895	Foiling fugitive fish	innovations	2005-02-21	CA
4896	Scientist finds little surprise lurking at bottom of the harbour	smh	2005-07-11	CA
4897	Sinking Fish May Fast-Track Mercury Pollution to the Deep Sea	eos.org	2020-12-22	US
4898	Mint pollution kills 6,000 fish	bbc news	2005-07-04	UK
4899	How fish hear and make sounds at same time	innovations	2005-04-07	US
4900	Fishy secret of why men attract	bbc news	2005-03-22	UK

195 of [222 - pages.]