12-year old catches WVa State Record

[Red Childress]

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1436269415/W-Va-12-year-old-catches-record-fish-in-Md

[H2O wolf]

Pics

http://www.herald-mail.com/news/tristate/hm-wva-12yearold-catches-record-maryland-fish-20110510,0,425091.story?track%3Drss

http://midatlanticmuskies.com/joomla/

[muskie24/7]

Looks like a floater!:confused:

[lowbidder]

I'm confused. Is it a WV record or a Maryland record?

If it's caught on the Potomac... how do they decide which state? Is a fish caught along the border eligible for records in either state?

Does the light really go off when you shut the refrigerator door?
So many questions!

[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/regs_StateRecords.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.