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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — It took some perseverance, but a Wisconsin angler has confirmed he broke a Utah state record with a black crappie he caught on Lake Powell.
Jim Maack of Comstock, Wis., and some friends were fishing in the Escalante Arm last week when they found a school of large crappie hiding by a sunken tamarisk grove.
A digital scale showed a couple of their catches weighed more than 3 pounds. And a quick Internet search revealed one of the fish would top the existing state record if a certified scale could be found.
Maack drove 70 miles to Bullfrog Marina before finding a bass tournament with a certified scale. The fish weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 18.5 inches long with a 15.25-inch girth.
The tournament official and an employee of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources both verified the weight and length of the crappie.
Jim Maack of Comstock, Wis., and some friends were fishing in the Escalante Arm last week when they found a school of large crappie hiding by a sunken tamarisk grove.
A digital scale showed a couple of their catches weighed more than 3 pounds. And a quick Internet search revealed one of the fish would top the existing state record if a certified scale could be found.
Maack drove 70 miles to Bullfrog Marina before finding a bass tournament with a certified scale. The fish weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 18.5 inches long with a 15.25-inch girth.
The tournament official and an employee of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources both verified the weight and length of the crappie.
