Posted by Ray on March 9, 2009, 3:22 am

The start of 2009 marked the first record-breaking fish caught in New York State since 2007. Fishing with tip-ups, Thomas Reed of Kill Buck, N.Y., pulled a 16-pound, 9-ounce walleye through the ice on Mystic Lake on January 20th. Located in Cattaraugus County, Mystic Lake sits along Tunungwant Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River. "Reed's walleye surpassed the now historic 1994 state record by 2 ounces, which was caught from the Allegheny Reservoir, also in Cattaraugus County,"said Paul McKeown, regional fisheries manager for the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). "Very few state records have been broken during ice fishing season." Reed's walleye was brought into the DEC office for inspection, where fisheries biologists estimated the fish to be over 20 years old.

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Posted by Ray on July 11, 2009, 1:30 pm, in reply to "Record-breaking walleye caught in New York state"

Brook Trout Record Shattered It was just a matter of time before New York produced another "new" state record brook trout, and this time the lucky angler was well-known Utica wildlife artist Tom Yacovella. The monster female brookie tipped the scales at 5 lbs, 4 ½ oz on four different state-certified scales. While the 21" length is impressive, it is dwarfed by the fishes' amazing girth of 15". Clck on tghe link to read more

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