66-year record for biggest brook trout caught in Moosehead Lake is broken

66-year record for biggest brook trout caught in Moosehead Lake is broken

Editor’s Note: Tim Obrey’s report on Moosehead Lake has some startling news. A 66-year record for the biggest brook trout caught has been broken. Obrey, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s regional fisheries supervisor for the Moosehead Lake region, tells the story this way: On July 4, 1959, John Dixon landed a 7-pound 8-ounce squaretail from Moosehead Lake. It was 25 ¼ inches long with a 17 ½-inch girth. His catch is documen…