'Lucky recipient of a monster': Man snags 146-pound world record paddlefish in Oklahoma

'Lucky recipient of a monster': Man snags 146-pound world record paddlefish in Oklahoma

Source: marconews

7/30/2020

It was Caitlin Lukehart's turn to snag the next paddlefish.

But she was too tired from already catching several big ones, so she let her husband have the next turn on the pole.

That twist of fate Sunday gave James Lukehart a likely world record paddlefish weighing 146 pounds, 11 ounces. It also broke the current Oklahoma paddlefish record by several pounds.

Lukehart snagged the behemoth at Keystone Lake, a portion of the Arkansas River west of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Guide Jeremiah Mefford said he saw the huge fish on his fish finder, but it was sheer luck that Lukehart was able to snag it.

"It was his first time out and he was the lucky recipient of a monster," Mefford said. "It was extremely windy, with winds blowing 20-25 mph, with very powerful rolling waves."

Despite the rough conditions, it didn't take Lukehart long to get the fish up to the boat, in part because of the way the fish was hooked.

"It was snagged towards the top half of the fish," Mefford recalled. "When they're hooked that way, they don't have a tendency to pull that long."

Suspecting it might be a possible world record paddlefish, Mefford motored to a nearby boat ramp and called the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife and Conservation, and a fisheries biologist met them to officially weigh the paddlefish.

Keystone Lake

Paddlefish

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
4251	How the puffer fish gets you high, zombifies you, and kills you	gizmodo	2012-01-27	US
4252	Christiana Bradley And Teddy Carr Move Up Rankings In Floridas Bassmaster Southern Open	underwatertimes	2012-01-25	US
4253	Tourists plead ignorance of fishing laws	ODT	2012-01-13	NZ
4254	Fish Offspring Grow Best At Same Temperature As Parents	underwatertimes	2012-01-12	CA
4255	‘We caught a sea monster’: Florida fishermen reel in massive grouper	Global News	2021-02-18	US
4256	Lead used in fishing rod poses risk to Istanbuls Bosporus	DAILY SABAH	2021-03-15	TR
4257	Floridas New Invasive Species Is A 10-Foot Long River Monster	CBSMiami	2021-03-19	US
4258	Coroner frustrated; Canterbury dive death remains a mystery	NZ Herald	2021-03-12	NZ
4259	Scientists Use Satellite Data To Aid Fishermen In Butterfish Conundrum	underwatertimes	2012-01-06	US
4260	How To Disembowel 30 Salmon In Under A Minute	gizmodo	2011-12-29	AU
4261	New Jersey bill reduces fishing fines for anglers who do not register	pressofatlanticcity	2011-12-16	US
4262	Salmon virus in B.C. for decades, say biologists	CBC News	2011-12-15	CA
4263	Hopping Lungfish Suggest Fish First Took Steps Underwater	Underwatertimes	2011-12-12	US
4264	Fishing for monsters out of the abyss in Susquehanna River	York Daily Record	2021-03-13	US
4265	Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale	theguardian	2021-03-15	UK
4266	Scientists rejoice over discovery of native wetland fish thought to be extinct	ABC Central Victoria	2021-03-06	AU
4267	Did Canada cover up deadly salmon virus? Report suggests yes	latimesblogs	2011-12-01	CA
4268	We are Running Out Of Cod	businessinsider	2011-11-28	UK
4269	Fishing rod doubles up as a rifle, too	ubergizmo	2011-11-23	US
4270	Warning As Edible Lionfish Found With Poisonous Ciguatoxin	Underwatertimes	2011-11-22	VI
4271	The Fish That Hunt Like Lions	smithsonianmag	2011-11-21	EG
4272	Fishing Nations Approve Overhaul Of Bluefin Tuna Tracking System	njtoday	2011-11-21	JP
4273	Fishermen to lawmakers: Don't scrap fishing system	Associated Press	2011-11-16	UK
4274	Украинские экологи спрогнозировали дефицит питьевой воды в стране	rusnext	2021-03-23	UA
4275	cientists uncover Antarctic sea creatures trapped under ice for 50 years	livescience	2021-03-20	US

170 of [217 - pages.]