Maine's Record Fish List Grows here's been a change on the list of Maine's record freshwater fish, but not much of one. A new record chain pickerel, which topped the old record by 1.8 ounces, was caught on Androscoggin Lake by an ice fisherman from Rumford named Arsenault. The old record, which has stood since 1976, was also caught on Androscoggin Lake by an ice fisherman from Rumford named Arsenault. Joseph "Mickey" Arsenault set the new pickerel standard: 6 pounds, 12.8 ounces. He caught the big fish .on a shiner on February 11. It was 28 1/4 inches long and had a girth of 15 1 / 4 inches. Game Warden Richard Mills of Andover certified Arsenault's big pickerel for recognition by The One
That Didn't Get Away Club, which also called it to the attention of the keeper of state fish records in the Fish and Wildlife Department. That keeper, who also doubles as ye editor, is always interested in potential new state records. The rules are simple: the fish must have been taken from Maine public waters, by rod and reel or handline, and in accordance with state fishing laws; species identification and weight must be verified by a game warden, fisheries biologist or two disinterested witnesses; if weighing was not on a state certified scale, the scale used must be presented for checking. Historic records are also sought for all freshwater fish species; such claims must be adequately documented.
MAINE'S RECORD FRESHWATER FISH Angler
Year
Brook trout
James Foster, Howland
1979
8 lbs. 8 oz
Brown trout
Norman Stacy, Fitchburg, MA
1958
Lake trout (togue)
Hollis Grindle, Ellsworth
Blueback trout Sunapee trout
Species
Weight
Water (County)
Lure
Chase Pond (Aroostook)
spoons/worms
19 lbs. 7 oz.
Sebago Lake (Cumberland)
Flatfish
1958
31 lbs. 8 oz.
Beech Hill Pond (Hancock)
live bait
Merton Wyman, Belgrade
1973
4 lbs. 4 oz.
Wayne Dillon, Brownville
1989
4 lbs. 10 oz.
Lower So. Branch Pd (Piscataquis)
spoons/ nightcrawlers
1907
22 lbs. 8 oz.
Sebago Lake (Cumberland)
live bait
(undisclosed)
self-tied nymph
Thompson Lake (Oxford)
live minnow
Moose Pond (Cumberland)
Pfleuger Shiner
Landlocked salmon Edward Blakeley, Darien CT Atlantic salmon
Howard Clifford, Portland
1980
28 lbs. 1 oz.
Smallmouth bass
George Dyer, Augusta
1970
8 lbs. 0 oz.
Largemouth bass
Robert Kamp, Denmark
1968
11 lbs. 10 oz.
White perch
Mrs. Earl Small, Waterville
1949
4 lbs. 10 oz.
Yellow perch
Chad Mostas, Portland
1989
l lb. 10 oz.
Chain pickerel
Joseph Arsenault, Rumford
1992
6 lbs. 12.8 oz.
Whitefish
Neil Sullivan, Worcester, MA
1958
7 lbs. 8 oz.
Cusk (burbot)
Annette Dumond, Fort Kent
1986
Northern pike
Richard Dodge, Union
Muskellunge
Basin Pond (Kennebec)
Messalonskee Lake (Kennebec) Worthley Pond (Oxford)
Creek Chub
Androscoggin Lake (Kennebec)
shiner
Sebago Lake (Cumberland)
Mooselook Wobbler
18 lbs. 8 oz.
Eagle Lake (Aroostook)
live smelt
1989
26 lbs. 12 oz.
Great Pond (Kennebec)
live shiner
Lance Geidel, Fairfield
1988
22 lbs. 12 oz.
Baker Lake (Somerset)
Bomber
Black crappie
Wayne Morey, Benton
1986
3 lbs. 4 oz.
Sibley Pond (Somerset)
Mepps Mino
Fallflsh
Wayne Morey, Benton
1986
3 lbs. 12 oz.
Sibley Pond (Somerset)
Mepps Mino
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