Pending Nebraska State Record Wiper

[walleyehed]

<br />21lbs. 13ozs...<br />Hope the pic comes through.<br />Waiting for verification this am...Have official weight within 30 minutes of catch, now we'll see if the Warden says it's a catfish or somthing..

 

[NathanY]

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Is that you Kenny? Nice fish. What did you catch it on? I told you that 300hp Johnny would troll fast, you probably snagged it.

 

[mrbscott19]

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Nice catch! Look at how red that belly is. She's been makin' her bed, getting ready for spawn! Beautiful catch.

 

[walleyehed]

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Yea, Nate...that's fat 240lb., little'ole me.<br />I had some guys in another boat follow me around for about 40 minutes waiting to see what I had on...worked out good cause they had told me earlier the biggest wiper they had ever seen was 14 some-odd pounds. I told them there were bigger than 14lb fish here, but most get off before being boated.<br />6lb. Fireline pulled through for me on this one, so if the sample breaks before 8lbs., I get a line-class record too!!! The previous record of 20lbs. 1oz was caught on 8lb. mono that somehow passed for 8lb. or less test strength, so I should be in good shape.

 

[Barlow]

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Congratulations Kenny!! <br /><br />How long until the state biologists get back to ya?<br /><br />.. are you getting a skin mount or reproduction?

 

[fireman57]

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Sweet, Sweet, Sweet! I noticed that you still haven't said where, how, or what you caught her on. Good job.

 

[walleyehed]

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Waiting for a phone call before noon...<br />1/8oz jig head (Orange) with 3" twister-tail in white.<br />caught 37 wipers Sat night, this one included with 3 others in the 10-12lb range.<br />Kept this one and a 16" specimen for table fare.<br /><br />EDIT: This one WILL go on the wall...

 

[neumanns]

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How cool is that? To have caught a state record fish, not somthing every angler can claim.<br /><br />Ps there aint no sponsers for jig heads...Better come up with a better story than that

 

[walleyehed]

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"MR-TWISTER"

 

[Barlow]

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Heck Kenny.. with your Fireline claim .. 'Pure Fishing' will be sending out a few items to ya if and when it comes together.. I'd make that one 'known' for sure <br />..<br /><br />Berkley <br />Stren<br />Fenwick<br />Abu Garcia<br />Mitchell<br />Johnson<br />Spider <br />and others mixed in .. you're set for a while bud <br /><br />now you'll be too good for us lowly folk and get some snazy bait design contract and a fishing show opposite the 'Linder Boys' .. <br /><br />geesh .. it was good talkin' with ya Kenny

 

[fireman57]

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Hey Kenny when you get all this new stuff just send your old stuff to me. Better reinforce the wall that baby hangs on.

 

[jtexas]

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You da man! 40 minutes? Lucky she didn't spool you.<br /><br />Curious, what's her length?

 

[walleyehed]

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If I would've been on the bank, I'd a never got'er...followed her around for quite some time with the trolling motor or she would've taken all my line...<br />32-7/8" length, and 37-5/8" Girth.

 

[fireman57]

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Any word yet Kenny? It's killin' me waiting. Can't imagine what it's doing to you. Even if it turns out not to be a record it will stil be remembered fight as John Wayne put it.

 

[walleyehed]

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Well, I guess good and bad...<br />They will not except my weight as Official because a NE. Game and Parks employee (Biologist) was not present for the weighing even though it was weighed and witnessed by my local Game warden and 2 others at the post office.<br />When they called me from Lincoln, NE., they said I would need to run it back to the rock creek hatchery (Back to Nebraska-130 miles) to have another weighing of the fish with a biologist present...I had already put the fish in the freezer which of course drys them out some, and 3-1/2 days after I caught this fish, someone was actually able to tell me who I had to talk to and where to go for a state record verification.<br />It was 2-1/2ozs under the record when we weighed it.....it had lost basically 2 full pounds in 3 days on Ice, and throwing it in the freezer didn't help when I was sure I had an official weight.<br />They are going to accept my postal scale weight as far as a line-class record, but will not accept it as a State Record because their laws say a fisheries employee MUST be present at the weighing.<br />I'm told it will be listed as the "Un-official" state record, but I will get the line-class record.<br />I guess it wasn't meant to be..??...???<br />I can't believe some of the phone calls I have received though...I've had 3 tackle shops offer to mount the fish for free IF I would let them display it in their shop for a period of time.<br />I know the gent that currently holds the record and a buddy had told him of the fish I had caught...he called me and congradulated me....he knew it would be broke sooner or later, as he is a guide and has seen many real close, but not quite big enough to take his by one of his clients. I called him back and informed him he still holds the cup. He agreed it was bogus the trouble I went through trying to find the wardens to verify this deal, as the wardens were working turkey hunters and couldn't be located within a reasonable distance...<br />All I can say now is the fish is mine and it's going on the wall...I'm happy I was able to boat this fish and consider it a gift to have won the fight...

 

[neumanns]

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That sucks!!!<br /><br />But at least you and I will always know what the nebraska record is.<br /><br />Not that I even ever hope of catching a record fish but it does make me wonder how the rules read here in MN.

 

[walleyehed]

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Yea, I just messed up in NOT reading the regs enough to know what I needed to do to verify it properly. State Record rules for consideration isn't the section I frequent, but as you say, now I know.

 

[jtexas]

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Now that's gonna look funny in the record books, an 8lb line class record greater than the state record!<br /><br />What about lake record?

 

[walleyehed]

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Dat's what I thought too....<br />They say there is no "Real" records of fish from any given lake.<br />It's at the Taxidermist now...he couldn't believe the crap either. <br />He's mounting it free of charge just because of the size and exposure it will get.<br />I'm going to let a friend keep it on his wall in his bait shop at the lake where I caught it....Might as well share. That's part of the reason for no charge too, Rex knows it will draw some attention to his work.

 

[NathanY]

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I just thought that I would pull this post up out of nostalgia. I remember when Kenny called me and told me about this after he caught it. Hey Walleyehed where is this fish now? Is it still hanging in the bait shop?