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John Vayda caught a record-breaking hybrid striped bass in the state of New Jersey and it weighed 16 pounds, 10 ounces, according to the NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife.
North Carolina Channel Catfish State Record Broken RALEIGH, N.C. – It took 50 years and one ounce to break the current state record for a channel catfish, but John Stone, of Pinehurst, now holds the new record after catching a 23-pound, 5-ounce catfish from a private pond in Moore County last September. The previous record holder was E.J. Bowden, of Rocky Mount, who caught his record-breaking channel catfish back in 1970 while fishing City Lake with his then 5-year-old son Louis. Stone, who is an at-large Wildlife Commissioner, caught his fish using cut bait. He had his fish weighed on cer...
Man breaks 50-year-old channel catfish record RALEIGH, North Carolina (WLOS) — The former North Carolina state record for a channel catfish held steady for 50 years, but the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reported Jan. 20 that a Pinehurst man broke that record last September. John Stone, of Pinehurst, now holds the new record after catching a 23-pound, 5-ounce catfish from a private pond in Moore County on Sept. 22, 2020. The previous record holder was E.J. Bowden, of Rocky Mount, who caught his record-breaking channel catfish, weighing 23 pounds, 4 ounces, back in 1970 while f...