There is a great article on the St. Paul Pioneer Press website. The article says that a few of the state record fish might actually be a fraud. I never knew there was so much controversy over the state record fish.
Read the article, it is pretty good.
Sorry, I don’t have the URL.
I have a question, if you do catch a record fish out of a private pond lake or river does it still count?
As long as you legally catch the fish in Minnesota, you have the record. They may want to examine the pond, to see if it could actually produce a fish of that size. They would be looking at fish and forage , as well as depth and chance of Winter Kill — If many little lakes in the area had a severe winter kill 4 years ago, and you claim to catch a record fish that is aged at 8 or 10 years old. They would have some real questions.
Does anybody know if there is a list available, from the state, of where they have “certified” scales???? Some bait shops have scales, but they are not all “certified” — Anyplace that sales items based on weight, would need a certified scale; Grocery stores, feed stores or any other store that would be selling items by the pound. If you can’t find a certified scale, make sure you have a “base line” — weigh a standard item to prove the scale. Your fish is going to drop in weight quickly, so weigh it fast and find some witnesses — also measure the length and girth in front of the witnesses, take pictures and get names and contact info for the witnesses.
Good Luck to all — There are new records out there, just need to catch them.
If I`m not mistaken, the state record largemouth came out of Tetonka lake in waterville. Guy`s name is Joe and he caught other large fish that day trolling raps in the late fall out in front of the inlet. It`s a pig!
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