12-year old catches WVa State Record

[NitroMusky]

seems from the articles that they were from west Va but were fishing in MD so it's a MD record

[lowbidder]

As if on cue...

I heard a rumor on a West Virginia Fishing forum that the WV length record was almost broken on 4/29/11 at Stonewall Jackson Lake. 53 1/4" - 42.8 pounds

In case you don't know, WV keeps 2 records for every species of fish. One record for length and one for weight. This fish would be 3/4 inches shy of the length record.

C&R works.

[lowbidder]

Heartbreaker...

[H2O wolf]

http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/Regs11/...ateRecords.pdf

It says the old record was 52.7" so it looks like it is a new length record.

That's a beast!

[lowbidder]

Yeah you're right, but there are absolutely no news articles about this fish anywhere online. I bet the measurement was posted incorrectly and it's really 52 1/4". It will be interesting to see how it sifts out.

[OutdoorEd]

I have heard the same story about WV. I am new at this and my replies haven't been coming out in the commets.