Post by Decatur on Jan 31, 2007 10:29:43 GMT -5
Indiana’s largest Indiana record fish is a 106-pound Knox County paddlefish caught by John Kotter in 1996. The fish was as big as Kotter's fishing boat.
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The lightest Indiana record fish is a 3.5-ounce flier. Fliers are tiny sunfish found in a few southern Indiana rivers and swamps. Flier record holder Harold Otte of Greenwood boasts, "It’s not the biggest, but it’s the smallest.”
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The wiper record is Indiana's most often broken record. The record has been broken more than 20 times since Jamey Spinks of Shelbyville set the first record in 1985 with a 3.25-pound Monroe Lake fish.
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Tom Berg of Dyer, Ind. holds the record for most appearances in the state's record fish program. Berg has twelve Fish-of-the-Year awards since 1994.
Tom's brother, Mike Berg, can strut proudly about his boat knowing he holds the lightest official world record -- a one-pound grass pickerel plucked from Dewart Lake in Kosciusko County.
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A steelhead trout state record once stood for only 45 minutes. On June 11, 1981, Morton Kaplan of Michigan City ran into the DNR Lake Michigan office with a steelie weighing nearly 21 pounds, which beat the previous record set nine years before by 3 ounces. Kaplan then sprinted off to the Michigan City newspaper for photos. A few minutes later, Michigan City angler Henry May strolled in with a 22-pound steelie.
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Indiana's 2-pound, 15-ounce yellow bass record, caught from Morse Reservoir near Cicero, still stands as a world record.
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Garland Fellers from Loogootee has Indiana's longest held record. Garland entered a 30-pound White River freshwater drum during the program's first year in 1963.
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The lightest Indiana record fish is a 3.5-ounce flier. Fliers are tiny sunfish found in a few southern Indiana rivers and swamps. Flier record holder Harold Otte of Greenwood boasts, "It’s not the biggest, but it’s the smallest.”
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The wiper record is Indiana's most often broken record. The record has been broken more than 20 times since Jamey Spinks of Shelbyville set the first record in 1985 with a 3.25-pound Monroe Lake fish.
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Tom Berg of Dyer, Ind. holds the record for most appearances in the state's record fish program. Berg has twelve Fish-of-the-Year awards since 1994.
Tom's brother, Mike Berg, can strut proudly about his boat knowing he holds the lightest official world record -- a one-pound grass pickerel plucked from Dewart Lake in Kosciusko County.
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A steelhead trout state record once stood for only 45 minutes. On June 11, 1981, Morton Kaplan of Michigan City ran into the DNR Lake Michigan office with a steelie weighing nearly 21 pounds, which beat the previous record set nine years before by 3 ounces. Kaplan then sprinted off to the Michigan City newspaper for photos. A few minutes later, Michigan City angler Henry May strolled in with a 22-pound steelie.
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Indiana's 2-pound, 15-ounce yellow bass record, caught from Morse Reservoir near Cicero, still stands as a world record.
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Garland Fellers from Loogootee has Indiana's longest held record. Garland entered a 30-pound White River freshwater drum during the program's first year in 1963.
