State record or better, it's going on ice.

After jumping around and whooping it up I'd call the conservation dept. and ask them how to handle it. Better yet call them before going to the lake and find out what to do just in case I would catch a state record.

My friend Mike Long just caught a lake record out here in CA it was 19.3 and he took a few pics and let it go. He already has just about all the lake records for SO Cal but he didnt want to turn this one in. He told me if it was 20 then he would have turned it in. I have thought about this many times. I would probably turn it in but I am not sure.

Man that is one awesome fish! What brand of scale is that?

I would take pictures, get measurments and put her back. I don't have anything that would hold her.

Well if I ever caught a state record its going to die. The Wi dnr takes the fish and makes sure its legal and what not. I also heard that cabelas pays really good to have a state record fish or animal on the walls. I

If I caught a record I'd have to throw it away.

I haven't had a record player for decades. :D

If I caught a record I'd have to throw it away.

I haven't had a record player for decades. :D

Oops. Hit post before I typed. Meant to say that .ghoti.s post really cracked me up.