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