- Joined
- Mar 28, 2011
- Location
- Pickwick Dam Tn
Guys what can we do, when we do catch that record fish. Other then release it and forgo the record? Just like the new State Record that was caught at Pickwick the end of Jan. When TWRA offcers told him there was a good chance the fish would not make it. He would not kill the 14.58 lb largemough for the record.
They got a TWRA biologist on the line and he informed them that to certify the catch as a state record they would need blood samples, certified scales, 2 witnesses, dorsal fin clippings, and more to document the catch. In short, they felt the fish would have to die to provide the evidence of the catch being a state record.
There has to be a better way of doing this, Rather then killing a big fish. I know a guy that had the new World Record Blue Catfish a few years back. But he would not kill it to get it weighed and then certified for the record.
Anyone that has been thorough this process? That can help out with what is best to do in keeping the fish alive?
Pete
They got a TWRA biologist on the line and he informed them that to certify the catch as a state record they would need blood samples, certified scales, 2 witnesses, dorsal fin clippings, and more to document the catch. In short, they felt the fish would have to die to provide the evidence of the catch being a state record.
There has to be a better way of doing this, Rather then killing a big fish. I know a guy that had the new World Record Blue Catfish a few years back. But he would not kill it to get it weighed and then certified for the record.
Anyone that has been thorough this process? That can help out with what is best to do in keeping the fish alive?
Pete