Quote Originally Posted by siloa View Post
My wife caught one at Malone this last Saturday, 14lb 1 oz, no it wont go down as a record because one would have to let it die; she got 4 photos with it, measured it, 30 3/4" long, and weighed it, then she released it. She doesn't care about being recognized for a record, she cares that it goes back to the lake and lays some eggs. Why not let such a magnificient fish survive?
must have been a skinny one because the world record caught on lake biwa japan weighed 22-5 and measured 29.4 "