Posted on 03/28/2024 7:15:29 AM PDT by SJackson
A Midwestern angler broke a world record last week after reeling in a female carp that weighed nearly 100 pounds.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced the massive catch by fisherman George Chance in a Mar. 22 press release. Chance caught a 97-pound bighead carp during a fishing excursion along the Mississippi River.
"Chance was bank fishing for catfish with a bottom-bouncing crankbait when he hooked into the fish March 19," the MDC explained in a statement.
"Chance was fighting with the fish for around 20 minutes before he finally got it onto the shore."
The Festus, Missouri, resident told state officials that he thought the fish only weighed 50 or 60 pounds when he reeled it in. The mama fish was "full of eggs," Chance said.
"You kind of know what a fish is once you hook into it based on how it fights," the angler described. "It was moving pretty slow and I originally thought it could be a flathead…The more it fought, I saw it’s tail and knew it was some type of carp."
"I was able to hook [her] with a hay hook in order to get [her] out of the water."
According to the MDC, Chance's catch broke the world record for largest bighead carp caught using the pole-and-line method of fishing.
The International Game & Fish Association's website says that the largest bighead carp ever caught was 90 pounds and found in Tennesssee in 2005. There are unverified reports of larger bighead carps being reeled out of lakes and rivers, but the MDC maintains that Chance's carp is verifiably the largest the pole-and-line carp catch.
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I wonder if the carp took the lure (that would surprise me) or if the guy snagged the carp with the lure. I’ve done that with carp. I have no idea if that would impact the record. I know with river salmon you aren’t suppose to snag them.
It’s been stuck in my head since 1979! :)
“I don’t know, but I’ve been told...”
“Ain’t no use in lookin’ DOWN - Ain’t no Discharge on the ground!”
“Ain’t no use in lookin’ BACK - Jody’s got your Cadillac!”
Military Cadence originated in 1929...in PRISONS, LOL!
It was fun while it lasted, though. Nothin’ like a 10-mile Field March on a hot August day in Full Combat Gear, Baby!
I will say that it got a little old for us Gals having to DRAG the Guys over the Finish Line at the end! ;)
(I was in the very FIRST Co-Ed Platoon, 1979, Fort Jackson, SC for my Basic Training).
Yeah, it dawned on me you were kidding about the fish hook, not the hay hook, after I posted my comment.
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