According to the press, a man from Virginia man has set a new record after catching the heaviest Fallfish in the state. Interestingly, the previous record for this type of fish was only set last year.
As stated by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), Jerry R. Hall caught a 3-pound, 5-ounce Fallfish, while fishing on the Cowpasture River in Lexington, Va. The fish also measured at 19-3/4 inches long.
The previous record was set in 2020 by David Legg, his catch weighed 2-pounds and 8-ounces.
According to the DWR, Jerry R. Hall said regarding the matter:
“Normally, we catch and release them. The fish had rolled in the net and gotten the fly hung up in the net. Typically, I catch 35 or 40 citation brook trout a year, and I know what a 3-pound fish looks like and feels like. I thought I’d seen that the state record fallfish was a bit over 2 pounds. I knew this fish was well over 3 pounds.
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So, I brought it out on the notion that it was a state record. There’s no internet service there, so I couldn’t check. After a 20-minute walk back to the truck, I put him on the scales and he weighed 3.3 pounds, so I took him to get certified…
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I’m pro staff on the Limit Six Trout Team so I put a lot of time in on the water. For me, all the fishermen are a big family. That’s what Limit Six prides itself on; we’re a family. I love getting outdoors with my daughter and she loves to fish; it’s father-daughter bonding time. It’s not having to think about work or anything else that’s going on in the world. I am definitely going to get this record fish mounted.”
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Overall, the past year has been a big year for fishing records. Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Department had previously announced that the state is adding a new fishing record for the fifth time in less than year. The most recent record was set by a fisherman from Great Falls, when Jacob Bernhardt caught a 20.1-inch longnose sucker from the Missouri River.
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According to the MFW, the 3.42-pound fish set a new record, breaking a record that had been set back in 1988.
In August, an angler caught a record-setting Chinook Salmon, followed by another angler catching a record-setting Smallmouth Bass in October. Those were followed by a record-setting Yellow Bullhead in December and another one for a Brown Trout in February.
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