All market data delayed 20 minutes. Johnson’s fish, which was also a catch-and-release, measured 15.25 inches.
"I'm not sure who was more excited," Schafermeyer told When they placed the fish on a certified scale, it quickly surpassed the scale's maximum weight of 30 pounds. According to the department, Matt Turner caught a black crappie while spearfishing at Deer Creek on June 11. All market data delayed 20 minutes.Janine Puhak is an editor for Fox News Lifestyle. Matt Turner's black crappie, hooked at Deek Creek. And his net was too small for such a big fish.So when he finally reeled the fish to the surface and it flopped onto its side, Poland decided to land it with his bare hands.“It felt like two days, but [the fight] was probably an hour or an hour and a half, tops,” Poland said. “But like I said, he just bled and drained [for hours before it was weighed on an official scale].”Though a few days have passed since Poland’s memorable fishing trip, he said he hasn’t headed back to Lower Richardson Lake to try his luck since then.Since word of his record fish has begun to make the rounds, he doesn’t think that would be a great idea.“Can you imagine what kind of a zoo that place is now?” he asked with a chuckle. Even after spending hours netting in tunas, he would go out fishing again at night, he said.
In fact, he didn’t really plan to fish for very long.“I had a couple of hours to kill,” the 34-year-old Andover man said. "It's very rewarding because I put a lot of time in it. Schafermeyer estimated the fish to be between 50 and 60 years old.”This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. “But ultimately, I would have been the biggest liar in the world if I had. Smiley, who is from Colorado, told KKTV the fish weighed 52.97 pounds. Andover man shatters 62-year-old state record reeling in 39-pound lake trout by John Holyoke July 6, 2020 Erik Poland of Andover shows off the 39.2-pound lake trout he … Today, he's the Outdoors editor for the BDN, a job that allows him to meet up with Maine outdoors enthusiasts in their... Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Michael Christiansen and his record Yellowstone cutthroat trout (pictured left) and David MacKay with his record-setting splake (pictured right.) The previous record … Follow her on Twitter at And his only strike of the day resulted in an epic battle that culminated with him landing a state record lake trout, or togue. So the two searched for a larger scale, and once they found one, they confirmed that the trout weighed 37.65 pounds.
Knight had the fish preserved via taxidermy and is renting it to a friend who is going to hang it up at his restaurant for two years. The fish weighed 31 pounds, 8 ounces. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. On Aug. 3, 2008, exactly 50 years after Grindle set his record, a group of 21 anglers in 10 boats returned to the pond.to commemorate the event with a day of fishing.The Maine record has stood ever since, with relatively few reported close calls as would-be record-setters wound up just a bit shy of eclipsing Grindle’s mark.It took Maynard five hours to get that fish to a certified scale, which led many to believe it had dried out enough to cost him the record.“Everybody who knows fish tells me that one was 34 pounds, anyway [when it came up through the ice],” Maynard said at the time. The Florida record speckled sea trout is 17.7-pounds and was captured in Fort Pierce. “You just have to go fishing.”Poland said another nearby angler, Nate Robertson, rode over to watch the action, and tossed a hand-held scale aboard so that Poland could weigh the fish. As you will see on the list of state records below, these fish can get pretty big. Poland said he’s not sure how long he battled the fish, which kept making long runs.“I can’t even dare to guess how many times it ran line out on me, and then I’d reel it back in,” Poland said.Poland, who was fishing alone, said his previous best togue weighed about 10 pounds. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) A Florida boy is going viral for his adorable fishing style.“Ya’ll have been busy rippin’ lips during the pandemic!” the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources joked on Facebook on Thursday, sharing the news.