That's a fish worthy of the hawg trough! Nice catch.

Chunk man congrats! 

Darren is right. The trough is plastic and can crack over time. To prevent that I added 3/8" dowel rods into the rear channels. They snap right in and it adds flotation to it in case you knock it overboard.

Knock on wood but I've used it now for four years like that and have had no issues. I've even re-drawn the measurement lines with a black sharpie then clear coated it. Over time, fish slime and cleaning it will wear the markings off.

Congrats!

 

Great story.

Please excuse my ignorance, but to what does the term "citation" refer? I clicked this thinking he got a speeding ticket towing his boat or something.

Please excuse my ignorance, but to what does the term "citation" refer? I clicked this thinking he got a speeding ticket towing his boat or something.

 

Virginia is fortunate in that it has trophy awards for both fresh and salt water.  For fresh water, the VA DGIF runs the program: http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/trophy/

 

In salt water, the VA Marine Resource Commission runs the program: http://www.mrc.virginia.gov/vswft/Angler_Guide/index.shtm

Ooooooooooh cool I wish we had that in Mass!