It weighed in at a whopping 149 pounds.
KINGSTON, Tenn. - A Tennessee man reeled in the largest fish of any species ever caught in the state. It weighed in at 149 pounds.
Henry Dyer caught the monstrosity of a paddlefish April 13 at Cherokee Reservoir in upper East Tennessee. It is both the largest paddlefish ever caught in the state and the largest fish of any species ever caught in the state. The paddlefish weighs in at 149 pounds, which is 19 pounds heavier than the previous record-setting fish caught back in 1976. It is 79 inches in length and 44 in girth,about his experience catching the massive creature.
“When I snagged that thing, I thought I’d hung on a stump, and then, all of a sudden, it just took off,” he said. “I was in the back of a boat, and it was everything I could do to hold on to it.”“I’m a little feller, and that fish weighed more than me,” he told WTVC. Dyer nicknamed the paddlefish “Old Big Boy” and donated it to the state wildlife agency, who will use it for research purposes.Most Read
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