Austin, TX
Man catches record breaking 64-pound fish in Lady Bird Lake
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Don’t assume too laborious about this if you’re dipping your toes off your paddle board at Woman Chicken Lake subsequent. One man caught a 64-pound smallmouth buffalo on the lake this yr, reeling a document in together with it.
“Me and my buddy went to the lake, we had been concentrating on carp and I ended up catching that document buffalo,” Cassady Douglas stated.
Smallmouth buffalo, or beneath the scientific title Ictiobus Bubalus, are sometimes present in Texas in massive streams or rivers unique of the Panhandle, based on Texas Parks and Wildlife. They are often confused with carp however don’t have the barbels (the issues that appear to be whiskers).
Smallmouth buffalo have been caught on a rod and reel by anglers exceeding 82 kilos, based on Texas Parks and Wildlife. In the meantime, the trotline document is 97 kilos in Texas.
Douglas stated he had no thought what he was going to finish up with when he hooked it.
“It took me about 25 minutes to reel within the fish,” Douglas stated. “I couldn’t imagine how heavy it felt and I didn’t assume that I used to be going to land it.”
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Cassady Douglas caught a record-breaking smallmouth buffalo in Woman Chicken Lake this yr (Courtesy: Cassady Douglas)
Douglas has solely been fishing for a number of years, however says it has been a purpose of his to see his title within the document e book. Texas Parks and Wildlife awarded Douglas with a water physique document, formally logging the burden as 64 kilos.
“I used to be similar to ‘oh my god’ this can be a buffalo fish in Woman Chicken Lake and I couldn’t imagine its dimension. We weighed it with a licensed scale and submitted it,” Douglas stated.
It’s the heaviest fish that’s been recorded for Woman Chicken Lake, the following greatest being a grass carp weighing in at 50 kilos.
Yow will discover the Texas Parks and Wildlife all-tackle data for Woman Chicken Lake on their web site. You may submit your record-breaking fish on their web site as effectively. It takes roughly 6-8 weeks to obtain the certificates.
“It’s so cool. It’s at all times been a dream,” Douglas stated.