UPI – Wildlife officials in Delaware said an angler reeled in a 24-kilogramme blue catfish – breaking a state record that stood for less than a month.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Wildlife said Bridgeville resident Sydney McBrook caught the colossal catfish in the Nanticoke River.
The department said the catfish broke a state record set just 20 days earlier by a 22-kilogramme catfish.
McBrook’s catch measured 1.18 metres long, making it the largest freshwater fish caught in Delaware since the state began keeping recreational fishing records.
