Catch and Release Records

[DTro]

Well the bar has now been set for both species for Catch and Release here in MN. We have to start somewhere right? Skeptical? Well then catch a bigger one and prove it to me.

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[TruthWalleyes]

Shoot, my flat in my avatar was 51x31.

Edit, lol. My how fish stories grow. I had to look back at the catfish photo gallery. 46x31. 51#. Haha, boy do i feel dumb. Nice cat gordy! Nice cat indeed!

Sheesh.

[DTro]

Gordie's fish might have even weighed a bit more, especially when compared to known fish. For example the South Dakota Record:

The fish, was 63.5 pounds, was 47 inches long and had a girth of 30 inches. Holland’s fish eclipsed Roger Adams three year old record fish by three pounds.

[TruthWalleyes]

So your saying the girth length calculator is off, nice. I had better get a scale for this year.

[DTro]

oh yes, most definitely it varies

Especially when you are talking over 50lbs.

The Mississippi state record is 77 lbs. Fish & Wildlife Warden Darren Coggin measured the fish, it was 49 1/2” long and had a 35” girth.

50" is about the max length for Flats, after that they just start adding pounds. A thick fish from head to tail is hard to account for by using geometric equations.

[TruthWalleyes]

What a chub. Too bad it is not swimming.

[DTro]

Pounders put the fish in a large insulated chest filled with river water and weighed it at Tri-Star Marine and the on the 4-County office scales. He then took the fish to his brother Jerry Jr.’s house on the cut-off island across from Ruben’s and put him in a large live-well made of stone. Water was pumped from the river through a hose to the tank and later released

[Gordie]

What a chub. Too bad it is not swimming.

Hey

I've been called a lot of things but not being able to swim is a first.

Thanks

[TruthWalleyes]

That's awesome dtro. Real happy that fish is swimming.

Gordie...haha. Good thing a life jacket in the boat is mandatory

[DTro]

Congrats to Luke for tying the C&R record. His 37 x 24 ties LeAndra at 61 total inches.

http://www.kingofthecats.org/wp/?page_id=121

[SteveD]

Gordie's fish might have even weighed a bit more, especially when compared to known fish. For example the South Dakota Record:

The fish, was 63.5 pounds, was 47 inches long and had a girth of 30 inches. Holland’s fish eclipsed Roger Adams three year old record fish by three pounds.

Thanks for posting this, Darren. My big fish this summer measured 46 inches long with a girth of 31 inches. When I hung him on my spring scale it hung to the 60 lb mark. I was kind of doubting if my spring scale was accurate but after seeing the South Dakota record fish my 60 lb fish is probably pretty accurate.

[aanderud]

Yeah, I think that's a 60+, Steve. LOL. That thing is a monster.

Congrats Red River Luke for the big channel. That's a beast!

[HotPocket]

Beauty!