Maine State Record Lake Trout

He caught his new record fish on July 2nd.

Maine state record lake trout. With their large size and agility comes the ability to feed on large mobile prey such as gamefish like landlocked salmon brook trout whitefish cusk white perch and bass. Officials said the trout broke a 62-year-old record in the state. 2020-07-08 According to the release Andovers Erik Poland is the proud owner of the new Maine state record lake trout.

2019-08-06 The Maine State Record splake was caught in Basin Pond by Dan Paquette. 669 lbs Danny Shores Albion ME 772015. The angler is Erik Poland 34 of Andover Maine and his fish was 44 inches long and weighed 392 pounds.

2020-03-02 The nearly 40-pound fish was certified by FG biologist Andy Schafermeyer as breaking not only the state record but is the largest recorded lake trout caught in New England. In Maine the department has documented numerous lake trout that are older than 25 years some older than 30. The fish was caught in Lower Richardson Lake in Township C.

The current lake trout record set in 1958 was a 31-pound 8-ounce fish caught in Beech Hill Pond by Hollis Grindle of Ellsworth. 23 12 lbs Robert Hodsdon Sanford ME 361996 Square Pond. 2020-08-03 The lake trout also known as togue to anglers is the largest of Maines native species.

Back here in the Pine Tree State conversations quickly turned to. The previous record was a 315 lb lake trout caught at Beech Hill Pond in 1958 by Hollis Grindle of Ellsworth. The lake is east of Errol New Hampshire.

Eagle Lake has a small naturally reproducing lake trout population. A Maine state record lake trout was caught July 2 on Richardson Lake according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries. 2020-07-08 Officials said the trout broke a 62-year-old record in the state.