10-27-2007, 12:10 AM
A new Indiana state-record longnose gar has been certified by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Kevin Huber from New Harmony caught the Wabash River fish while fishing in Posey County on Oct. 10.
The fish weighed 19 pounds, 4 ounces, and stretched nearly 55 inches from lip to tail.
Indiana's last record longnose gar was caught in 2004. Vernon Young Jr. landed the past state record gar on the bank of White River in Pike County. Young's record May catch weighed 18.42 pounds.
Indiana record fish factoids:
http://www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/recordfis...ctoids.htm
How to enter a record fish:<br />
http://www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/recordfis...rogram.htm
The fish weighed 19 pounds, 4 ounces, and stretched nearly 55 inches from lip to tail.
Indiana's last record longnose gar was caught in 2004. Vernon Young Jr. landed the past state record gar on the bank of White River in Pike County. Young's record May catch weighed 18.42 pounds.
Indiana record fish factoids:
http://www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/recordfis...ctoids.htm
How to enter a record fish:<br />
http://www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/recordfis...rogram.htm