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Angler
Snags Record Catfish
on Kerr Lake
** New
State Record Blue Catfish 143
pounds -
-June 18, 2011 **
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Congratulations to Nick Anderson **
The
record stays with Kerr Lake
The official weight is 143 pounds, performed
by Virginia Game officials the morning
of June 18,with State Certified scales.
The
State Record Fish Committee of the Virginia Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has reviewed and certified the
new state record blue catfish. This will be only the 3rd confirmed
freshwater fish over 100 pounds in the Commonwealth. The big blue cat fish measured 57 inches long and had a 43.5-inch girth. A New World Record Blue Catfish Pending IGFA approval.
The
former state
record holder was also at Kerr Lake Tony
Milam
** Former
State Record Blue Catfish 109
pounds -
-March 17,11 ** The official weight was 109 pounds, performed
by Virginia Game officials the morning
of March 17th with State Certified scales.
The
State Record Fish Committee of the Virginia Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has reviewed and certified the
new state record blue catfish. This will be only the second confirmed
freshwater fish over 100 pounds in the Commonwealth. The big blue cat weighed
in at exactly 109 pounds and measured 53 inches in length with a girth
of 41 inches.
The previous state record of 102 pounds, 4 ounces—caught on
the James 5/20/09 around 12:45 PM by Tim Wilson and Danny Ayers
measured 52-3/4 inches in length with a girth of 41-1/2 inches, and was
caught with cut shad and 30-pound test line. DGIF Biologist Bob Greenlee
was convinced the blue was full of eggs, a pre-spawn female.
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