Missouri angler breaks world record after catching 97-pound bighead car

Missouri angler breaks world record after catching 97-pound bighead car

Source: Fox News

3/26/2024

A Midwestern angler broke a world record last week after reeling in a female carp that weighed nearly 100 pounds.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced the massive catch by fisherman George Chance in a Mar. 22 press release. Chance caught a 97-pound bighead carp during a fishing excursion along the Mississippi River.

"Chance was bank fishing for catfish with a bottom-bouncing crankbait when he hooked into the fish March 19," the MDC explained in a statement.

Carp, Bighead

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