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POTENTIAL LARGEMOUTH BASS RECORD
PENDING
If confirmed, fish would break
a 31-year-old record
May 29, 2008 - A potential new Kansas state
record largemouth bass was caught May 3 in a private strip pit
in Cherokee County. Fourteen-year-old Tyson Hallam, of Scammon,
took the trophy fish during the West Mineral Eagles Fishing Tournament
using a jig and pig. The monster largemouth weighed 11-pounds,
12.8-ounces, edging the 31-year-old state record of 11 pounds,
12 ounces, caught in 1977 by Kenneth Bingham of Topeka.
The fish was weighed on a certified scale and witnessed
by Mined Land Wildlife Area manager David Jenkins, along with
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist Rob
Friggeri, who confirmed the species and measured the fish at
28 inches long and 19 1/8 inches in girth.
A potential state record fish must remain intact
until officially certified as a state record. Anyone who believes
they have caught a state record fish must bring the fish to a
grocery store or other business with certified scales as soon
as possible. The weighing must be witnessed. The fish must be
species-confirmed by a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
fisheries biologist or a Wildlife and Fisheries Division regional
supervisor. (A tissue sample may be required.) A color photograph
of the fish must accompany the application. Frozen fish and species
that are threatened or endangered will not be accepted.
All applications for state records require a 30-day
waiting period before certification, so Hallman's catch will
be eligible for certification June 2.
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