She goes in during the hot part of the afternoon but hits the water again as soon as the summer day cools down. This is the biggest fish I have ever caught and the biggest fish I have seen come out of this lake. When it comes to fish, Kansas is recognized as the land of giants. Pacific Bigeye Tuna. From there the river flows about 150 miles east to where it meets the Missouri River in Kansas City. Loveless is an avid fisherman himself and says fishing is a sport that matters to Kansans because of its rich agricultural history. Add that to the more than 190,000 acres of community lakes and reservoirs in Kansas and it’s clear we have a lot to be proud of.”. “Fishing is so relaxing to me and it’s the great unknown, too. At worst, well, monster catfish have dragged men to their deaths before in this section of the Kansas River. Tournaments allow anglers to measure themselves against each other. Nebraska man catches largest fish ever caught in state Paddlefish caught near Gavins Point Dam weighed 113 pounds. Kelly says she carries her tackle box and pole everywhere, even during freezing temperatures. “I wouldn’t be surprised that, within my lifetime, someone comes up with a blue pushing 150 pounds.”, Michael Pearce: 316-268-6382, @PearceOutdoors. “My mom gave me a dinky lure and told me to have fun, and when the fish bit and pulled me, I started yelling for my mom. Oct 6, 2014 - The largest fish ever caught and approved as IGFA all-tackle fishing world records. Tiger shark: 1,785 pounds 11 ounces (810 kg.) When Kelly wants to use her bass boat to fish she heads to Cowley State Lake. The museum chronicles the glory days of commercial fishing on the Kansas River, from 1870-1970. 16 lbs 12 oz | Feb 2009 | Castaic Lagoon, California. Caught by the British couple Michael Margaret Snell, the giant white sturgeon was cornered and captured in the Fraser River. The Fishing Atlas shows the location of all public waters, as well as those farm ponds enrolled in the F.I.S.H. Kelly says she snagged one of the biggest fish she’s ever caught with that little pole on a private pond. At 80.4 pounds the fish is well short of the Kansas and world-record flathead of 123 pounds, caught at Elk City Reservoir in 1998. In one night, he and his son once caught 1,200 pounds of blue catfish, the biggest weighing 72 pounds. Her grandpa took her on a fishing trip with her parents before she turned two years old. “That’s a nice fish, but let’s catch one that’s 80 or 90 pounds,” Finch said. The next morning they learned that what had once been deep water in front of their camp had largely silted in with this spring’s heavy rains, pushing the big fish to other parts of the river. There’s also a 1915 photo of fisherman Doug Smith with a blue catfish of 150 pounds. She owns a baitcaster pole, a crappie pole, an open-face reel, a topwater rod, a worm rod and a can-do-it-all rod. Date: November 21, … As for this summer, Kelly is looking to meet her immediate goal. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said it took him 35 minutes to reel in the fish. A halibut only slightly smaller was landed by an angler using a rod and reel in the Atlantic Ocean off Norway last year. Two anglers in particular have managed to lay their claim to the world record largemouth bass, arguably the most sought-after prize in sport fishing. “The biggest bass I’ve caught came from there, about eight and a half pounds,” Kelly says. “I have a five-year-old grandson who loves to fish, even when it’s stupid cold in November,” he says. A few small fish came along in daylight. A 123-pound flathead from Elk City Reservoir has been the world record for nearly 20 years. “So, if I’ve been fishing that pond and keep catching the same size fish, I know it’s overpopulated.”. Aug 14, 2015 @ 5:44pm I think the biggest fish I ever caught so far was a 3.2lbs Pike. But you still are likely to encounter fish of that size in a wide variety of Kansas' fishing spots. gekco. Sign up for our monthly e‑newsletter! Kansans can now take the written portion of their driver’s license exam online, the Kansas Department of Revenue said Tuesday. Apr 21, 2016 - The largest fish ever caught and approved as IGFA All-Tackle World Records. The white sturgeon weighed an incredible 1100 pounds and had a length of over 12 foot long. I truly can't believe we got this MONSTER in the boat...Subscribe to Josh http://bit.ly/2HDBf6VLet's get him to 100k!! A few days later his body was found washed ashore downstream, still attached to the fish that had drowned him. An 1896 photo shows commercial anglers Abe Burns and Jake Washington with big blues that weighed 90 and 111 pounds. Location: … Sixgill Shark – 1,298 lb. “I’ve seen people catching 40, 35, 20 (pound fish) all this last couple of weeks. In … The fish was 146 pounds, 11 ounces. Kelly is not alone in her passion for fishing. When the river is up, and the current strong, dangerous undertows can be a serious problem, especially below the Bowersock Dam where many gather to fish. March 25, 2001 - Here's a 23.5 Lb Channel Cat caught on Milford Lake, Length;37.75 Inches, Girth; 23.5 Inches. In late summer, Kelly can catch anything there, she adds, and the crappie at Cowley State Fishing Lake are huge. Weight: 143 lbs (64.86 kg) Length: 4.75 ft (1.45 m) Location: Kerr Lake, Virginia, … Even at low levels, the Kansas River is mined with huge rocks or logs just inches below the surface, waiting to destroy the bottom of a passing outboard motor. That fish was a seven-pound bass. Loveless says private farm ponds are a treasure in Kansas. I'm lvl 8 at the moment and I was just wondering whats the biggest fish you have ever caught in the game so far? Then they run into the Bowersock Dam in downtown Lawrence, which was built in the 1870s to provide power to a flour mill and the town. At 82-and-a-half pounds the fish is the size of most 10 year olds! But sometimes, when they come from our farm ponds I do fillet them and fry them. Visit www.ksoutdoors.com to find your next (or first) fishing hole. The KDOR launched KnowTo Drive Online last week. On a recent Saturday afternoon, Finch and Hackathorn launched boats at a ramp in Lawrence, and carefully headed to a favored fishing spot on the river. When 6’1” Thomas Finch, who had hooked it with a rod and reel, held the fish up, its lips were mid-chest and its tail barely touched the ground. Few places in America can match the fishing in the 50 miles of the Kansas River between the Bowersock Dam and the Missouri River. “But who knows, I guess it could be true.”. KDWPT offers compensation to landowners through a walk-in program, if they will allow the public to fish their watershed or ponds. -- An Olathe woman has set the unofficial record for the largest blue catfish caught in a Kansas lake. And not one cast is the same as the next.” So much so that KDWPT offers an online and hardcopy Fishing Atlas for folks to locate farm ponds for fishing. Want more Kansas Living? The biggest catch on our list is a whopping 76-pound black buffalo that was caught this spring. Copyright © 2021  Kansas Farm Bureau  • www.kfb.org  • Privacy Policy. I tend to set the hook really hard and have a firm grip, so this rod compensates for how hard I set the hook.”. She does have a lucky, go-to lure made by a company called Mepps. When we compare to our neighboring states, we have exceptional bodies of water here in Kansas.”. “The greatest value of a fish in the state of Kansas is to reproduce, for it to be part of an ecosystem and keep things in balance, but we love it when people harvest and have those fish on the table,” he says. “Ever since the water got that high, it’s just been good fishing out there,” he said. That said, a very select few anglers have managed to catch fish that rank among the biggest largemouth bass ever caught. Kelly says she began fishing when she was first able to walk — literally. It’s called the Fishing Impoundments and Stream Habitats (F.I.S.H.) Sign up for Afternoon Headlines and get the day’s biggest stories in your inbox. And there’s a watershed in Oklahoma on my granddad’s land. As well as native fish, huge schools of invasive Asian carp are also blocked by the dam and offer big blue and flathead catfish easy meals, in one- to five-pound bites at a time. Not quite, Daily Amtrak service will return to Kansas in May, Kansas takes step toward modernizing its unemployment technology a year into pandemic, Latino leaders in southwestern Kansas fight to overcome hesitancy about vaccine, Standing up to an energy giant: Kansas town claims BP gouged on gas in Feb. freeze, Kansas counties ditching mask rules before lawmakers acted, GOP lawmakers repeal Kansas mask mandate, lawsuits expected against local orders, Kansas lawmakers topple governor’s newly issued mask order. Then we took it to a set of certified scales. “We’ll probably just have to move down river a little ways next time,” Finch said. Share Shares Copy Link. Cowley State Fishing Lake, 13 miles east of Arkansas City along U.S. Highway 166, is made up of 84 acres of water. Larry Kurosaki. While most anglers would consider any fish over 12 inches to be a slab, ... especially in the south. But its color and size remain a secret known only by her tackle box. On May 21st, 2005 Tim Pruitt caught a 124 pound record breaking the previous 121.5 lb record caught in Texas. Loveless says anglers fish for fun but if they have a competitive vibe then tournaments exist for them. As a small girl in 1969, she remembers her grandfather, commercial angler Richard Higgins, and father catching a flathead catfish of about 100 pounds. It is believed to be the largest halibut ever caught on rod and reel. The fish was so big and so strong it took two men, working knee-deep in mud and brown water, to subdue it. They cast lines with sniper-like accuracy to be on this side of some current, or this side of a rock pile. “I could sit there all day and just cast,” she says. I’ve been able to fillet a fish since I was six years old.”. But no place in the state has bigger, meaner fish than the Kansas River. This Pacific Bigeye Tuna was caught in Cabo Blanco, Peru.Flick Ford. “‘Just a little while longer,’ I tell him. “Kansas doesn’t have many natural bodies of water but has 9,000 stream miles that are fishable on private land,” Loveless says. In heavy current, even fish like Finch’s recent 56 pounder can strip the gears on standard-sized reels and snap a good bass rod like a twig. Record Blue Catfish. Location: Ascension Island, British Overseas Territories. Kansans can find a list of tournaments to compete in online at www.ksoutdoors.com/Fishing/Tournaments, and can join fishing clubs to learn more. You never know how big it’s going to be once they bite. At times their shallow-running boats, with special motors, barely skimmed by in two feet of water. “Whatever’s Biting” categorizes bodies of water by their size and then ranks them by the overall fish densities for the most popular species. program. Loveless says anglers get a spiritual sense of connection with nature around them and that’s why they love it. I also go to Cowley lake all the time.”. To transfer them she will put fish in a bucket with an aerator then release them in a different pond. “I want to fish as much as I can this summer, even if it’s just for 30 minutes at a time,” she says. She will watch the Farmers Almanac to see if it predicts a good fishing day and if it does, Kelly will stay on the water until noon. KDWPT wants to help determine for the angler how much benefit a place is, for example, to help them find the biggest and best walleye, crappie or channel catfish. According to local legend, fish as big as 200 pounds have been caught in the river. Atlantic bluefin tuna: 1,496 pounds (678.6 kg.) A mistimed grab as the fish flopped and he would risk the six-inch, razor-sharp steel hook stuck in the jaw of a fish being deep in his hand or arm, stapling him to the writhing fish. Recently, she posted a photo of one of her catches on her Instagram account, holding a bass. Fishing for monster catfish in the Kansas River is not for the weak, ill-equipped or inexperienced. The history of Lawrence is so intertwined with the Kansas River that there’s a museum dedicated to the men who made their living from the river. Caught at Lake Fork in Nov. 1986, the fish supplanted the Crawford bass as the Texas record. Greenland shark: 1,708 pounds 9 ounces (775 kg.) My best trophy channel cat only weighed about 5 pounds. Being in nature and the solitude fishing provides are what makes it a great sport and hobby. #1. "It was the biggest catfish I've ever seen," said Franklin County Wildlife Officer Charles Bonner, who certified the fish's weight. The biggest fish ever caught and approved as an IGFA world record was a white shark. "First we weighed it on a set of deer check-station scales just to get some indication of its weight. “Over time, farmers have constructed farm ponds that are stocked with tremendous fish. A 144-pound paddlefish, caught from a small lake in Atchison, has held the state and world record since 2004. Fowler and Everitt said anglers have caught a lot of white perch from ten to 14 inches. The 56-pounder hit a big chunk of raw carp meat. “Some people might not understand that you can catch the same fish over and over and it doesn’t hurt them,” Kelly says. The Kaw has some great fish.”. Commercial fishermen, who fished mostly with huge nets, dodged game wardens the last 50 years after net fishing was outlawed. ONE REALLY BIG STRIPER! It’s so clear, she says, Kelly can see to the bottom in some spots. The dam, tall and reaching from shore to shore, has been a dead-end for giant catfish for years. “We work to quantify the number and the health of our fish in Kansas,” Loveless says. Receive great customer service and products available through Farm Bureau Financial Services, plus exclusive benefits and services through our many partners! It was their only big fish of the night. Boaters heading along at a fast speed once hit such a boat-stopping sandbar, Finch said. Finch predicted bigger and better things after dark, when the biggest of catfish normally prowl. “No music, I just listen to the birds chirp and the cattle in the background.”. But Boldridge caught the world-record fish in a pond in Atchison, in northeast Kansas. “The biggest bass I’ve caught came from there, about eight and a half pounds,” Kelly says. Finch, nicknamed the Kaw River Man, has reeled in flatheads weighing 81, 87 and 88 pounds from that stretch. Loveless says Kelly has it figured out on how to deal with critics. “But I would go anytime, anywhere. I can go fish all day and catch one right after the other or be out all day and not get a single bite. “We have quite a few 70-pound fish being caught, and even some in the 80s, both flatheads and blues,” he said. Big flathead and blue catfish travel up the Missouri River and hang a west at the mouth of the Kansas. Kelly competed throughout college in tournaments as the president of the Pittsburg State University fishing team. The 10 Largest Fish Ever Caught Great white shark: 2,664 pounds (1,208.38 kg.) We like to catch fish but it’s almost a bonus to getting out and seeing the beauty.”. “Fishing is so relaxing to me and  it’s the great unknown, too. In the early morning summer hours, Kelly helps her family feed cows, then gets her pole to go fishing. Digital scales put it at 56 pounds. These days most serious anglers release big catfish so they can continue to grow, and keep only a few smaller ones to eat. The town often had several fish shops, and restaurants that cooked and sold fresh catches. A person commented, asking the question, “how can you do that to a fish?” Kelly says she immediately responded that she was proud of the bass, took a photo and threw it right back into the pond, unhurt and saw it swim away. The tackle box holds her trade secrets. Washington was in his 70s when he tethered a big hook to his hands and went into the river in search of big fish. All the boat’s occupants became airborne. At best that would be excruciatingly painful. On shore, the three men gathered wood for a cooking fire, set up chairs and stretched hammocks between trees in preparation for an angling all-nighter. 28 1/2 inches Rod & Reel w/jig & pig Private Pit Lake, Cherokee Co. 05/03/08 Tyson Hallam, Scammon SPOTTED BASS (KENTUCKY) 4.44 lbs. Caught by Jim Leonard while on board the fishing vessel CatfishFever. “It all depends on the person and how they fish. Barbara Higgins-Dover, Lawrence’s Kansas Riverkings Museum director, said there was a time when the river was deep enough that steamships and barges were the town’s main link to the outside world. “If there’s too many in one pond, they won’t grow,” Kelly says. This video is not owned by me.... Uploaded for record purpose This fish measured 102 inches in length and weighed 515 pounds, the Huffington Post reported. The soft light of a lantern showed a big blue catfish with a five-gallon head and whiskers the size of licorice sticks. Most of the biggest fish are caught in state fishing lakes, which are intensely managed for quality bass fishingyear-round. 44 inches She’s even been known to take a pair of shorts and a hat to work with her to be able to hit the water after her full-time job as the Chautauqua County Farm Bureau coordinator. “I always throw the big ones back in the pond. Few places in America can match the fishing in the 50 miles of the Kansas River between the Bowersock Dam and the Missouri River. Big flatheads have been a constant in the Kansas River, and blue catfish have been coming on strong since commercial fishing for them was stopped in both the Kansas and Missouri rivers. “The fish dragged me into the water before my folks could help me,” Kelly says. James Lukehart, of Edmond, Oklahoma, caught a possible world record paddlefish Sunday at Keystone Lake. “We can’t find any proof of that,” Higgins-Dover said. But there’s a time where the fish caught provides for her in the form of a healthy meal. Kansas is the latest state to adopt the service, KDOR said. “I like a firm rod that’s not floppy,” Kelly says. The BIGGEST Fish Ever Caught In The World100M is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Last edited by KJ; Jun 17, 2019 @ 4:20am < > Showing 1-15 of 32 comments . What is the biggest catfish ever caught in the Mississippi River? She remembers her first fishing pole decorated with Snoopy emblems for her birthday as a toddler. While she won’t share the details, Kelly is willing to offer that she likes plastic worms or lizards to use in late summer and uses a lure called a Texas rig. It weighed 80 pounds both times." Courtesy IGFA / igfa.org You can do it by yourself, with your friends or with your grandkids. This officer role put her in full gear to gather sponsorships for the club and compete through the southeastern Kansas region. The giant fish weighed 2,664 pounds! The mouths of catfish are lined with thousands of sandpaperish teeth that can peel skin from forearms and wrists. She does this to keep populations up and to balance the varieties of fish. Black marlin: 1,560 pounds (707.6 kg.) The Kansas River, known as the Kaw to locals, starts at Junction City where the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers join. Fishing is the neatest thing. Josh Hackathorn ducked and jabbed like a boxer. The state’s record of 102.8 pounds for blue catfish is one of the highest in the nation, and many think it will be broken soon. If you’re interested in fishing, it is a great opportunity to teach kids about patience, nature and appreciating the work put in to provide for yourself. Flathead catfish typically occur in the large rivers and lakes in Missouri. “Things are just always changing on the Kaw,” Hackathorn said. Program and currently, about 1,900 acres of ponds and more than 70 miles of streams on private land are available through this program. “Whenever I see a farm pond, I ask myself ‘Hey, can I fish this one?’” she says. For Jenny Kelly, a native of Sedan, summer is about lures, poles, her bass boat, ponds and getting to tell that next big fish tale. Also, if anyone knows whats the largest fish in the game thats possible to catch.? 18 1/2 inches Fly rod w/medium popper Marion County Lake 04/16/77 Clarence E. McCarter, Wichita STRIPED BASS 44 lbs. An angler also keeps a collection of rods for strategy, Kelly says. But I caught him from a tangle of brush in a dogleg turn of Fall River, above the southeastern Kansas lake of the same name, on a tiny crawdad-imitation crankbait. Kelly says she has encountered some criticism of fishing as a hobby or a sport. He says he wants people to recognize the value of a fish, to the extent they throw it back to be caught by somebody else. I can go fish all day and catch one right after the other or be out all day and not get a single bite. Three others, while not officially recognized, however, may have actually caught an even bigger bass! Here is the list for the largest crappie caught in every state in America. Given the size of the water and the bait, catching that 5-pounder would've been like catching a 15-pounder on the Kaw, which is why I still recall the fish … The world-record flathead catfish weighed 123 pounds, 9 ounces, and it was caught in 1998 from Elk City Reservoir in Kansas. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Reply in kg or lb. It took one person with a rod and reel to get it close to the shore, two people to wrestle it to land, and all three to get it up the bank, weighed and released. I’m always on the lookout for a great pond. This river monster was the biggest fish caught in the river, and some even said it’s the biggest catch in North America. And it’s not unusual to have a lure in my purse on a February day.”. That’s bigger than most anglers ever see and big enough to feed 40 people. She was reeling in a fish at the time, saw me sliding, threw her pole down and came over the dam to help me.”. Small fish from upstream get washed over the dam and, rolling in the turbulence, are easily caught by large predators. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Here are your best bets for bass fishing in Kansas. Finch said the fishing in the Kansas River has never been better in his 42 years. Recently Kelly joined the Winfield fishing club and hopes to compete in more tournaments in the coming years. Kelly does make the effort to restock fish on her family’s farm ponds. And not one cast is the same as the next.”. Fishing on the Mississippi River near Alton, Illionois Tim Pruitt landed the massive 124-pound cat after a battle lasting nearly 40 minutes a 58 inch long, 44 inch girth blue surfaced. “They’re in here. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), it is one of the top-rated state and community lakes in Kansas in terms of densities of four popular fish species. To this date it ranks as the biggest bass ever caught by a bass angler who was actually targeting bass with an artificial lure. KDWPT Secretary Brad Loveless says the state issued more than 240,000 fishing licenses last year but knows there are an estimated 400,000 anglers who fish in Kansas. You never know how big it’s going to be once they bite. Now, 20 years later, fishing is Kelly’s number one pastime. Larry liked using fly tackle. They are more abundant in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers than anywhere else in the state. Fins on the backs and sides are stiff and sharp as ice picks, and can penetrate a booted human foot from top to bottom with one flop. A fisherman has caught the biggest ever wild brown trout to be pulled out of a British river - an 11lb beast FIVE times the average size. A few weeks ago one of his friends, Joshua Bockover, caught an 87-pound blue cat from the Kansas. “That’s how we make a lot of our management decisions. The fish, caught by Jeff Wilkins in late March, was 45 inches (110 cm) in length and snagged in the Seven Points area of the lake. Shifting silt and sand, especially pushed by high current, can quickly form a barely submerged sandbar where deep water had been a few weeks before. “Usually I know the land owner and I always get permission, but my family has a lot of acres with about 10 ponds. The new record surpasses the previous mark of 52 pounds, 2 oz, previously held since April 6, 2001, by Greg Megibben. It’s far from the only “monster fish” to come from Kansas. Dan. But the water below the dam also is a prime feeding area for the big fish. The giant fish also came from Percy Priest Lake. The online exam is offered through Intellecutal Technology Inc., which announced the web-based program amid the pandemic, according to a news release. And of course, she carries a pole at all times, even in the winter. April 04, 2014By Stephen D. Carpenteri The Kansas state-record largemouth is 11 pounds, 12 ounces. Caught by: LARGEMOUTH BASS 11.80 lbs. Fishing lures a hit for small-town teen entrepreneurs, A resort grows among the trees along Milford Reservoir, 8 places to kayak or canoe close to Wichita, Boating, camping, yurts – new reservoir could be your new playground, Kansas adds option to take written portion of driver’s license exam online, Valley Center school district may drop mask mandate in response to Ranzau complaint, Wichita aerospace company files for bankruptcy after major losses from 737, COVID, There’s already a deal for the old downtown Wichita library space? Swimming, barbecues, boats and tans are big parts of the summer scene in Kansas. Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! “There should be some really big fish down there.”. Alfred Dean caught the beastly shark off Ceduna, Australia, on April 21,1959 using a porpoise as bait. Farm ponds Snoopy emblems for her birthday as a toddler farm pond, won... 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