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NEW STATE RECORD TROUT SAILS OVER THE RAINBOW
Gardner man breaks 27-year-old
Kansas rainbow trout record
30 Apr 2009 - It wasn't a pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow, but the rainbow on the end of Ken Phelps'
line was golden. The Gardner man was fishing with Power Bait
in Shawnee Mission Park Lake on March 3 when he hooked a new
state record rainbow trout.
After weighing, confirmation by regional fisheries
biologist Richard Sanders, and a 30-day waiting period, it was
determined that Phelps' catch tipped the scales at 9.33 pounds,
a mere .02 pounds more than the old record of 9.31 pounds set
by Raymond Deghand of Topeka. Deghand's record, set in 1982,
had stood for 27 years. Phelps' fish was 25 12 inches long and
had a 17-inch girth.
State record fish are listed in the Kansas Fishing
Regulations Summary, available wherever licenses are sold, and
online. If you think you have caught a state record, take the
fish to a grocery store or other business with certified scales
as soon as possible. Do not freeze the fish before it is weighed.
The weighing must be witnessed, and the species must be confirmed
by a KDWP 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. All applications
for state records require a 30-day waiting period before certification.
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