The NYS DEC confirmed Ferguson’s behemoth brookie officially measured 22 inches and weighed six pounds, three ounces, edging out the state record set in 2013 by three ounces.

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Fishing was slow for the two anglers until July 5, when late in the afternoon Ferguson caught a feisty, bright-colored brook trout. The fish was about 2.5 pounds, he says.

The DEC this year has scheduled the release of some "2.3 million catchable-size, brook, brown and brown trout" in more than 1,200 public streams, rivers, lakes and ponds across the state.