The fish did not have much weight. Despite this, the angler set a new record

Inhabitant Morgantown went to Cheat Lake, where rare-sized sun bass swim. He decided to try his hand at it, remembering that in the past he had managed to catch large specimens, but he had never measured them.

Robert Glover jumped on board his boat and then swam out to the middle of the body of water. He hooked a fat worm and began drift fishing over a large flat bottom. The rope he used had a strength of 6 pounds (approx. 2.72 kilograms).

This specimen was not a giant. Nevertheless, a new record was broken!

– Toh it was a good day – I caught about 50 fish – he reported (quote from Wired2Fish).

Among them was the trophy-sized Lepomis gibbosus. Freshwater fish from the Centrarchidae family (perch trout) were not a big challenge for him – including: due to its low weight.

After being pulled aboard the boat, Glober immediately measured the specimen. It was 9.76 inches (24.79 centimeters) long. – I took a photo with my smartphone of my fish, which I placed on the ruler. I attached the photo to the message for the DNR, he reported. He then met with representatives state Department of Natural Resources office, who measured and weighed the specimen in his presence. The certified scale showed just 0.75 pounds (or about 0.34 kilograms). This is the norm – this is what it looks like in the case of L. gibbosus.

It is worth noting that the new West Virginia state record was officially set in early August this year.

US anglers are not idle. Here is a list of amazing records

By the way, we mention the amazing records that were broken in America. Here are some examples:

Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) – 3.86 kg – Robert Steelman of Havertown – Scotts Run Lake, Berks.

Red-eye bass (Ambloplites rupestris) – 1.42 kg – David Weber of Lake City – Elk Creek, Erie.

Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) – 35 lb 3 oz (15.96 kg) – Austin Roth of Bowmanstown – Lehigh Canal, Northampton.