Wolfgang Katzenberg caught the fish at Bullock Pen Lake while out on a trip with his son Geoffrey on March 21, according to a news release from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (DFW.) The fish was reportedly 27 inches long and had a girth of 17.5 inches. Katzenberg told the department that he initially thought he caught a catfish and only realized it was a saugeye when it came closer to the surface. He said, "We didn't have a net and I have this big fish on a crappie jig with hooks designed to straighten out when hung up. Geoffrey tried to cradle it with a PFD (personal flotation device), but that didn't work. I finally just wrestled it in and slung it in the boat. It was a fiasco situation for a bit."