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Jun. 12—CHARLESTON — After crushing the state record in the 3, 200-meter run at the Mountaineer Showcase, University's Larry Josh Edwards snapped the state meet record—held by Cabell Midland's Jacob Burcham since 2012—en route to a Class AAA race title. His time of 8:52.82 was well ahead of second-place finisher Keegan Barnette (Parkersburg) at 9:18.72 and five seconds faster than Burcham at ...

May 30—BISMARCK — Grand Forks Central senior Jak Urlacher saved his best for last. Urlacher reached a personal-best height in the pole vault Saturday and broke the North Dakota Class A state meet record in the process. Urlacher cleared 15 feet, 7.5 inches, breaking the 2017 record of Dickinson's Mike Herauf (15-7). Grand Forks Central's Jak Urlacher sets a new overall and North Dakota Class A ...

South Carolina Woman Catches Largest Spinner Shark in State History at 173 Pounds On 5/24/21 at 2:55 PM EDT "Every year I would tell my mom, This summer Im going to catch a record," explained South Carolina high school teacher Nikki Colwell—this year, that promise became a reality. Colwell has been fishing her entire life, alongside her father, Rob. "There are photos of me fishing while wearing a diaper," she told Greenville News. All the practice has clearly paid off: last month, Colwell cau...

For Helena angler Trevor Johnson, it is the allure of the unknown that has always inspired his passion for fishing. It doesn’t matter whether its fishing from a boat costing tens of thousands of dollars or casting from the shore while sitting in a lawn chair, anyone at any time on any given cast can hook the fish of a lifetime, he says. And it is that promise of what the depths of Holter Reservoir might hold that led Trevor and his dad Kit Johnson to head out fishing on Monday. “This ...

Missouri man steals redear sunfish state record from friend JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Alex Phillips of Ash Grove for becoming the new state record holder under alternative methods for redear sunfish. Phillips was bowfishing at Table Rock Lake April 28 when he shot a 2-pound, 1-ounce fish. The previous record, caught by Phillips’ friend Josh Cole, was a 1-pound, 12-ounce fish caught nearly two years ago to the day. “It’s quite a sto...

Largemouth bass caught in Lake Elmo sets new Montana state record A largemouth bass pulled from Lake Elmo in Billings Heights Saturday is big enough to be a new state record. The 9.575 lb. fish tops the previous record of 8.8 lb. that has stood since 2009. Brandon Wright caught the 22.5-inch-long fish Saturday morning while angling from shore with a worm on a hook and 6-pound test line. He officially confirmed the fish’s species, weight and length by contacting Fish, Wildlife & Parks official...

Updated: 1:19 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recognized a Harford County teenager as a new state record holder for fallfish in the nontidal division.Maxwell Diegel, 13, caught the 2-pound, 14-ounce fallfish on April 19 while fishing in Broad Creek, his local stream. Maxwell was fishing from shore with corn and worms when he snagged his record catch."I knew I had something big when the rod bent in half," Maxwell said in a statement released by the DNR....

Missouri man pulls new state-record sucker from Roark Creek JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Harvey Smith of Sparta for snagging a new state-record white sucker. Smith was fishing March 27 when he snagged the 6-pound, 2-ounce fish from Roark Creek in Taney County. The previous record under alternative methods was a 5-pound, 1-ounce fish caught from Lake Taneycomo. “It’s kind of funny, because this was the first time I’d been snagging in 3...

Modified Mar 14th, 2021 at 6:04 PM World-Famous or Legendary  Muskie “Hotspots” – Part VI by Larry Ramsell, Muskellunge Historian In Part V, we learned of the first Legendary “Hotspot” in the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage. My dear friend, the late Bill Tutt was an interesting Muskie Master there, as will be noted in the following story of Big George, a fish that created yet another Legendary “Hotspot” on the Flambeau side of the Flowage. I personally knew Bill to be a top notch muskie ...

Lexington man sets new state record for fallfish A Lexington man has set a new state record for fallfish from the Cowpasture River in Lexington. (Source: Department of Wildlife Resources) By NBC12 Newsroom | April 15, 2021 at 7:36 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:36 PM LEXINGTON, Va. (WWBT) - A Lexington man has set a new state record for fallfish. Jerry R. Hall caught the 3 pound, 5-ounce fallfish from the Cowpasture River in Lexington with spinning tackle using a Joe’s Fly. Hall’s f...