Maine’s big lake gives up another trophy lake trout
By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor
On July 6, an angler from Porter caught a 16.34-pound, 37-inch lake trout on Moosehead Lake. July 7, another trophy fish was landed there.
Deanna Miles of Newport was fishing with Harold King, owner of Moosehead Area Guide Services, when she landed an 18.28-pound trout measuring 37.5 inches long with a 21.375-inch girth.
The fish was weighed on an official scale at Indian Hill Trading Post.
18 POUNDS — Deanna Miles of Newport holds the 18.28-pound lake trout she caught while fishing with guide Harold King on Moosehead Lake.
King said they were trolling with downriggers in about 140 feet of water. Recent hot weather sent heat index values into the 95- to 100-degree range, and as surface temperatures climb, cold-water fish such as lake trout generally move deeper. Moosehead Lake has a maximum depth of 246 feet.
Recently, another client of the guide service landed a 14-pound lake trout.
While ice out often produces a handful of large lake trout, anglers are clearly still finding success this summer by targeting fish near the bottom. “The fishing has been great,” King said.
OFFICIAL SCALE — Deanna Miles of Newport and guide Harold King display Miles’ 18.28-pound lake trout after it was weighed on an official scale at Indian Hill Trading Post. The fish measured 37.5 inches long with a 21-inch girth.
14-POUNDER — Robert Machi, a client of Moosehead Area Guide Services, holds the 14-pound lake trout he caught on Moosehead Lake.