Maine man’s salmon record ratified

DANIA BEACH, Fla. – The International Game Fish Association has announced the approval of Maine’s first IGFA state record on four-pound test line. Gerald E. Wolfe of South Casco, Maine caught a six pound, 12 ounce landlocked salmon on May 16 on the Jordan River in Raymond, Maine.

There are still 14 vacant Maine state line class records remaining in the 4, 12 and 20 pound line classes for largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, landlocked salmon and brook trout.

For further information on the IGFA state records, contact Dick O’Neill at the IGFA, 300 Gulf Stream Way, Dania Beach, FL, 33004 or at www.igfa.org.