Kentucky big fish hunter finds wealth of record class on Texas waters

Kentucky big fish hunter finds wealth of record class on Texas waters

By Matt Williams Outdoors

Source: cnhinews

11/3/2024

Big fish hunter Art Weston was back in Texas a few weeks back. Not surprisingly, he was up to his old tricks again.

Weston is an adrenaline junkie and world record chaser from Union, KY. His motto: Go big or don’t go at all.

He’s been pretty successful at closing the deal, too.

Since 2017, Weston has set 78 IGFA angling records linked to 14 freshwater species and six different countries. Most are line class world records.

Lake Walter E. Long

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