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Fishing Groton Pond, East Lyme, Connecticut
Groton Pond, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA
A 21 pound 8 ounce white catfish was caught in Groton Pond in 2001 by Thomas Urquhart.
"White Catfish - First releases from 1910 to 1949. Reproducing populations currently inhabit the Connecticut, Merrimack, Blackstone, and Charles rivers. In addition, there are records from a number of ponds: Baddacook Pond, Groton; Whitehall Reservoir and North Pond, Hopkinton; Quaboag Pond, Brookfield; and Mashpee-Wakeby Pond on Cape Cod. However, a number of these sites are documented from fisheries or sport fishing records and the specimens have not been retained or critically examined." Extract in quotes taken from Abundance and Distribution tables, Harvard.edu
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