11-year old angler catches state-record and possibly world-record river redhorse
BRANSON MO NEWS:
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that 11-year old Maverick Yoakum of Dixon became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he hooked a river redhorse on Tavern Creek using a rod and reel.
The new “pole and line” record river redhorse caught by Yoakum on March 4
w e i g h e d 1 0 – p o u n d s , 3-ounces. The new record breaks the previous staterecord and world record pole-and-line river redhorse of 9-pound, 13-ounces caught at Tavern Creek in 2016. Yoakum was using worms when he caught the fish. MDC staff verified the record-weight fish using acertified scale in Brinktown.
“I fought the fish for about two to three minutes before I got it to the bank,” said Yoakum. “I thought I caught a pretty big fish, but I didn’t know it was a state record until my dad told me to look it up online. I’m super excited
to hold a state record!”
River redhorse fish are part of the sucker family. They are a moderately chubby, coarse-scaled fi sh with a dorsal fin containing 12 or 13 rays. These fish can be found mostly throughout the Ozarks.
Yoakum’s fish also beats the current world record, pending verification by the
International Game Fish Association
(IFGA). While the river redhorse does get much larger, IFGA only recognizes
fish taken by pole and line.
“Larger river redhorses are usually taken by gigging and do not qualify for the IGFA world record,” MDC Fisheries Programs Specialist Andrew Branson said. “Conservation makes Missouri a great place to fish and this new unique record
clearly shows why. This fi sh could possibly be the largest river redhorse ever taken with a pole and line.” Yoakum added it’s hard to believe he may be a worldrecord holder.
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