Funny a friend and I joked when they reset the Brookie record a few years back and said it wouldn't be surprising if its broke every season until someone gets up around 7lbs ... Looks like it was no joke.....lol
Bluemountain...with all due respect I disagree. I am a retired career DEC employee & I know that's not true. A few years back an acquaintence from Utica set the new brook trout record. I saw the fish. All the classic signs of a hatchery fish. In particular, the tail was all beat up which is a classic raceway sign.
Most of the record trout caught these days are nothing more than what the DEC calls "spent breeders." These big fish in the hatchery are on the downslide productivity wise so DEC lets them go for stocking purposes.