Fishing record set by West Virginia angler who used 3-year-old daughter's $10 pink rod

Fishing record set by West Virginia angler who used 3-year-old daughter's $10 pink rod

Source: Fox News

8/7/2024

Credit: WVDNR

A man in Wayne County, West Virginia, caught a state record channel catfish in the pond on his father's farm in South Charleston using an unexpected rod.

John Tyler Rutherford reeled in a 43.51-inch-long, 46.70-pound channel catfish, according to a press release from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR).

Rutherford reportedly reeled in the big fish in July 21 by using his daughter's fishing rod and worms as bait.

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