Posted By: banker-always fishing
State Record Longear! - 11/30/11 07:49 PM
Just received the certificate today from the Texas Parks&Wildlife on a State (Other Method) Longear record. Two weeks ago I had the chance to fish a spring fed section of the West Nueces River which holds some HUGE Longear. Needless to say I went armed with my Bamboo type cane pole,a box of worms, and caught a few of these beauties. One of the fish was 7.30" in length with a girth of 7.50". The certified weight of the fish was .50 lbs which was just good enough to get the State Other Method Record for the Longear. This fish easily broke the previous record. I am just amazed how big those fish can get on those spring fed bodies of water. The first fish is the one submitted for the record. The other two were fish caught. All fish including the record fish were released.