By Chad Love

The state of New York has a new brook trout record after a Warren County, NY angler boated a "football-sized" brookie.

From this story in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise:
William Altman of Athol caught a 5 pound, 14 ounce brook trout while fishing in a backcountry lake in the West Canada Lakes Wilderness in Hamilton County on May 5. The fish was 21 inches long. The record-breaking fish was announced by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which needed to verify that the fish was not a splake or a large stocked fish. This was the seventh time in eight years the record was broken.

According to the story, Altman caught the fish at an unnamed lake while trolling from his canoe. New York must be doing something right, because Altman's almost-six-pound brook trout is the seventh New York State-record brookie in the last eight years.

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from Moose1980 wrote 51 weeks 4 days ago

Awesome fish. I love brook trout fishing, my biggest was a 16in fish through the ice in Maine. I'd love to go up to Ontario or Labrador where 4-5 pounders are common.

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from Louzianajones wrote 51 weeks 3 days ago

Nice fish!

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from John Naresky wrote 51 weeks 3 days ago

The backcountry Hamilton County waters are regaining their reputation as a great brook trout fishery. The DEC's efforts at stocking have been so successful that the population has become self-sustaining again.

John Naresky
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from Moose1980 wrote 51 weeks 4 days ago

Awesome fish. I love brook trout fishing, my biggest was a 16in fish through the ice in Maine. I'd love to go up to Ontario or Labrador where 4-5 pounders are common.

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from Louzianajones wrote 51 weeks 3 days ago

Nice fish!

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from John Naresky wrote 51 weeks 3 days ago

The backcountry Hamilton County waters are regaining their reputation as a great brook trout fishery. The DEC's efforts at stocking have been so successful that the population has become self-sustaining again.

John Naresky
Tamarack Guide Service
www.naresky.com/guide

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