There's no dialogue preceding this question, but the context is that a father
and his son have just arrived at a river to go fishing. The son asks:

> こんなところで魚なんか釣れるわけ？

I believe this means "Can we actually catch fish in a place like this?", but I
don't know exactly what purpose わけ serves here.
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grammar meaning
What function does わけ have in this question?
The わけ works like an ending particle for question, mostly replaceable by の.

Examples:

  * こんなところで魚なんか釣れるわけ？ = こんなところで魚なんか釣れるの？
  * どこいってたわけ？= どこいってたの？
  * 何してたわけ？ = 何してたの？

Both are mostly the same in meaning, but の generally sounds softer and わけ can
sound emphasizing doubt of the speaker, or sometimes can add blaming tone.
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わけ (in kanji 訳) means

① "I heard... But are you sure that... (Is it true that...)? I doubt it"

or

② "How on earth...? I doubt it's possible."

Both of them are used for just emphasizing and the situation when the speaker
is little bit angry.

Ex sentences  
①type

> この辺に来ればお金がもらえると聞いたけど、本当なわけ？  
>  I heard I can get some money when I come to here around. But is it true? (I
> doubt it)

②type

> 私たちの家からこんな遠くまで来て、どうやって帰るわけ？  
>  We came to this place far away from our house. But how on earth can we go
> home? (I doubt it’s possible)

But 「〜わけね、〜わけなのね、〜わけなのか」means "I see" so be careful not to confuse with it.
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