Cought part of the noon news story that a possible new state record largemouth was caught in a strip pit in SE Kansas over the weekend.  Old record is (was)  11.17 I think, and I thought I heard this one, caught by a 16 year old was 12.31(?).  Any one heard anything?

i havent yet, but i think the old record was a 11.7.  If i recall correctly its hanging up in Johns sportin goods. (a copy)  i may be wrong though.  12.31 though, dang, i know a few pits where 11's are possible but its rare to catch them.

Taken from another board:

The old record set in 1977 by Kenneth Bingham of Topeka, was broke Saturday May 3rd. Tyson Hallam 14, son of Terry and Tammy Hallam of Scammon, Ks was fishing in a Cherokee County strip pit as part of the West Mineral Eagles fishing tournament held on Saturday. Using a jig and pig, Tyson was hoping to catch a good fish for the tournament, he did much more than that. He caught an 11.80 lbs. (11 pounds 12.8 ounces) largemouth bass beating the 31 year old state record of 11.75 lbs. (11 pounds 12 ounces). Sunday morning the fish was weighed on a certified scale and witnessed by David Jenkins a Kansas game enforcement officer, along with a Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks Fisheries Biologist who confirmed the species and took the 28 inches in length and 19 1/8 inches in girth measurments. All state records require a 30-day waiting period before certification.

Wow!

8-)

Thanks rays, just a few miles from my house.  Congrats to Tyson and he has a great t-shirt on!  

Darn kids.    Here's the complete story from the Kansas City Star this morning.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/outdoors/story/606948.html

thats great! i love seeing stories like this where kids break a record or win a derby etc. it let other kids see there is more than just drugs,gameboys and a pc to enjoy life. sorry to get on my soap box. staying on the water kept me out of a ton of trouble as a kid and i would just like to see more kids start fishin. congrats on the fish!!!

Please tell me that fish was released or donated to an aquarium somewhere and not eaten/killed

Please tell me that fish was released or donated to an aquarium somewhere and not eaten/killed

Dude...

State records have to be verified. If there is ever a reason to keep a trophy, this is it. The Kansas State Record hasn't been broken in 35 years and that fish probably wasn't going to live more than another year or so. I'm sure the fish was kept and and thoroughly analyzed to determine it's age. There is more to wildlife management than purely catch & release.

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I understand that.  Not trying to slam the guy or anything.

Hmm. MN bass arn't very big. 8lbs 15oz is the record. But we have good muskies. 54lbs is the MN state record. And a 45lb N. Pike.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/northern/index.html

Hmm. MN bass arn't very big. 8lbs 15oz is the record. But we have good muskies. 54lbs is the MN state record. And a 45lb N. Pike.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/northern/index.html

Ok...........

I'm glad someone finally broke that record. Great fish.

Please tell me that fish was released or donated to an aquarium somewhere and not eaten/killed

Dude...

State records have to be verified. If there is ever a reason to keep a trophy, this is it. The Kansas State Record hasn't been broken in 35 years and that fish probably wasn't going to live more than another year or so. I'm sure the fish was kept and and thoroughly analyzed to determine it's age. There is more to wildlife management than purely catch & release.

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I wish all states had a sharelunker program...  

I wish all states had a sharelunker program...

Me, too!

However, you Texans are spoiled. With the exception of a couple of

other states, most of us would have to start at a little less than 13 lbs.

Actually, "genes" may help your bass population grow bigger over time,

but I suspect that is not a huge factor for our largemouth.

Bob Lusk was our guest speaker Wednesday night at Guntersville.

He stated that for a bass to reach it's full potential, it requires a

combination of optimal factors when they are young. If a bass

starts out small due to a lack of nourishment, it can never catch

up.  I suspect any large or concentrated number of 10+ bass in

this region are "farm raised".

"Everything's BIG in Texas!"

8-)

Congrats to Tyson   nice hawg.