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Texas angler breaks Texas state
record
with 98.5 lb. flathead
Spring 1999
Things are always bigger in Texas. Right? Well
not always. A Texas angler caught a new Texas state record flathead
on December 2 fishing for crappie. While his catch set the new
state record, it fell short of beating a flathead caught by Ken
Paulie of Caney, Kansas in May.
James Laster, the Texas angler, was fishing for
crappie on Lake Palestine when he hooked into the biggest flathead
catfish ever caught on a rod and reel in Texas and a possible
line class world record. Laster, who was fishing for crappie
from the bank on Dec. 2, fought the 98.5-pound fish for nearly
30 minutes before getting it ashore. The huge catfish, which
measured 53 inches in length and had a girth of 40 inches, eclipsed
a 22-year-old state record flathead weighing 98 pounds. William
Stephens of Lewisville caught the former record on Lake Lewisville.
Applications will be submitted to the International
Game Fish Association in Florida for a World Line Class Record
(16-pound test line) and to the National Freshwater Fishing Hall
of Fame in Wisconsin for a National Line Class Record.
The new state record, named Taylor after Laster's
grandson, was transported to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
in Athens and is currently doing well. Biologists at the Center
hope to be able to put the fish on display in the 26,000-gallon
Anheuser-Busch Theater Aquarium.
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