Indiana man breaks state fishing record twice in 1 day on Lake Michigan

Indiana man breaks state fishing record twice in 1 day on Lake Michigan

Source: Fox News

1/12/2023

Credit: Scott Skafar via Indiana Department of Natural Resources

A man from Indiana broke a state fishing record twice in a single day right before the New Year.

Scott Skafar, 48, of Valparaiso, Indiana, went fishing in Porter County on Dec. 30, 2022, where he caught two record-breaking fish from Lake Michigan, according to a press release issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (Indiana DNR) on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Both of the fish Skafar caught were burbots, a gadiform freshwater fish (AKA cod fish), that’s native to Lake Michigan, according to the Indiana DNR.
The first burbot Skafar caught weighed 10.2 pounds, which surpassed the state’s previous burbot fishing record from 1990 by 2.5 pounds.

Lake Michigan

Burbot

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