Maria's River becomes Marias River.
The moniker-minding U.S. Geological Survey drops apostrophes from all official place names.
Four-Pound Test Line
CONRAD, M.T. - It was a quiet evening for former Glendive angler Robbie Dockter and his daughter out on the Marias River March 3.
Dockter says a life goal was to land a 10-pounder in Montana. At first glance, he assumed it was over 20. When they got back to the pickup, his scale showed approximately 32 pounds. When they returned to where they had cell service, Dockter asked his daughter to look up the record.
“She told me the state record is from 1966, and it was 29 pounds,” he said. “Well yeah that’s cool, but what is the state record now? She’s like ‘that is the state record dad.’”
After that, he knew he was going to have to look into this and see if his catch was actually record-breaking.
He went online to see what he needed to do to certify the fish. He visited his local supermarket to weigh the fish again. The scale maxed out at 30 pounds, meaning he would have to find a larger one. He got in contact with a game warden and used a 100-pound scale elsewhere to get an accurate reading.
The fish came up to 32 pounds 6 ounces. It was 37 inches long with a 28.5-inch girth.
On March 10, Dockter said fish biologists came to identify the fish as a brown trout.
Photo of this huge fish at the linked article.
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