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Erik Zlokovitz

Montgomery County Angler ‘Shatters’ Long-Standing State Record For Rainbow Trout Catch Montgomery County Angler ‘Shatters’ Long-Standing State Record For Rainbow Trout Catch
Montgomery County Angler ‘Shatters’ Long-Standing State Record For Rainbow Trout Catch A Maryland angler has “shattered” the record for the largest rainbow trout ever caught in the state, officials have confirmed. Jean-Philippe Lartigue of Bethesda, a retired fisheries biologist originally from Morocco, caught the trout in the section of Antietam Creek running through Devil’s Backbone County Park in Washington County on Saturday, Feb. 10. “I knew the fish was a very large trout, but I did not see how big it was at the beginning of the fight,” Lartigue told the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. “I finally saw the fish, and it made two very long runs to the o…
Record-Setting Rock Bass Caught By Maryland Angler Record-Setting Rock Bass Caught By Maryland Angler
Record-Setting Rock Bass Caught By Maryland Angler A Maryland angler has tied the record for the largest rock bass ever caught in the state. Thomas Over Jr. of Darlington caught the 1.0-pound rock bass in the lower Susquehanna River on Saturday, Jan. 6. “I was throwing a tandem perch rig with BPS jig heads and Southern Pro lil Hustler 1.5-inch white/red tube in deep water,” Over told the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. “When I felt the ‘thump’ and started cranking, I thought I had a doubleheader of jumbo yellow perch, but to my surprise, it was a new species of fish that I did not recognize.  "I sent a picture to a few…