SUN JOURNAL • August 5, 2023
The Dog Days of August are upon us. With most of our state game fish hunkered down in deep water or spring holes, diehard anglers, those who just never get enough of feeling that tug on the line, will go after lake trout, or, in the Maine vernacular, togue. This time of year, togue hunters go deep with either down riggers or yards and yards of lead core line. In Maine, the record togue was caught in 2020, when Erik Poland of Andover, Maine, boated a new state record at Richardson Lake. The monster togue weighed in officially at 39.2 pounds. ~ V. Paul Reynolds