New RI LMB Record 11lbs 2oz

[chefchris401]

Pics all over FB and DEM website

Old record was 10lbs 6oz

New record, certified by DEM at sandy bottom bait and tackle in Coventry.

Things a beast.

[In The Surf]

Nice! Caught in the pond I grew up fishing.

[Nebe]

Great news. The old record was suspect.
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[jim sylvester]

was that pig caught at toigue?
its going to be published with dem where it was caught once official so I don't think this would be considered spot burning

[Clammer]

if you caught a 11.2 would you tell [where]

IMO I would be rEALLY surprized if it came out of Tiogue / there are afew places very close to that hold bigger fish ><

[In The Surf]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

was that pig caught at toigue?
its going to be published with dem where it was caught once official so I don't think this would be considered spot burning

Johnson's pond aka Flat River Resavoir. The place is huge, no spot burn.
Place has many large LM and pike.

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by Clammer

if you caught a 11.2 would you tell [where]

IMO I would be rEALLY surprized if it came out of Tiogue / there are afew places very close to that hold bigger fish ><

Not likely, just like the MA record wasn't ever caught in the pond it was suggested it was caught in, but I know from talking to several not only what body of water it was caught on; but on what and where. The herring run feeding this pond makes for big fish and I caught a 9.2, the 6.5 shown alongside it, a 5.5 and 4.5 on about a dozen casts prefishing for a bass club tournament back in maybe 1980. I didn't have a camera with me, but was lucky enough to run down to the other end and find a shore guy who was kind enough to snap this photo and then I ran back to where I caught them to release.

Of course didn't we get about 6" of rain that week and the winning weight ended up being 2.5 lbs, so much for pre-fishing when mother nature has a hand in it. I've hit that same spot every year I freshwater fished about the same time of year when the herring were moving in and never duplicated it again, but boy wasn't it a fun day. I saw a friend drop one that possibly was in the 12lb class on a connected body of water, the mouth was just massive, but he shook loose near the canoe.