'MONSTER' TROUT BREAKS RECORD.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. It only took a glance for Robert Hodsdon to see he had a fish of a lifetime on the line. "I almost fainted," said Hodsdon, a laborer here. "It was a prehistoric pre·his·tor·ic also pre·his·tor·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history. 2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing. monster." It took nearly two hours on March 6, but Hodsdon, 35, landed a brown trout brown trout Prized and wary European game fish (Salmo trutta, family Salmonidae) that is favoured for food. The species includes several varieties (e.g., the Loch Leven trout of Britain). The brown trout is recognized by the light-ringed black spots on its brown body. while ice fishing at Square Pond in Acton. It broke a 38-year-old state record by more than four pounds. Hodsdon's trout, which he plans to have mounted, weighed 23-1/2 pounds and measured 35-1/4 inches long, with a girth GIRTH., A girth or yard is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin, taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from girdeth, and signifies as much as girdle. See Ell. of 22-3/4 inches. The previous state record was a brown trout weighing 19 pounds, 7 ounces, caught in Sebago Lake Sebago Lake (sĭbā`gō), c.12 mi (20 km) long and from 1 to 8 mi (1.6–12.9 km) wide, SW Maine, in a resort area. It is the second largest lake in Maine and is the source of Portland's water supply. Sebago State Park is on the lake. in 1958. The world record, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Game Fish Association, is 35 pounds, 15 ounces, for a fish caught in Argentina. Hodsdon and his friend, Mike Clark, had their traps set up for about 10 minutes when something pulled on Hodsdon's line. "I freaked out," Clark said. "Robbie was shaking like a leaf trying to pull this thing out through the ice. I saw the head come up, and I said, 'Robbie, we're not going to be able to get this fish through a 10-inch hole.' " About 15 minutes later, though, Hodsdon finally squeezed the tiring fish up through the ice, grabbing it by the bottom jaw with both hands and slicing his fingers on its teeth. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Robert Hodsdon holds up his 23-1/2-pound brown trout, which broke a 38-year-old Maine record. Associated Press |
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