Holy Mackerel! Man catches 26-pound fish in Lake Ontario

[hrmjustin]

Joseph Spector



Something fishy is going on in New York!

For the second time in two months, a state fishing record has been broken.

A Monroe County man on June 14 caught a freshwater drum from Irondequoit Bay in Lake Ontario near Rochester that broke the state record by more than 2 pounds, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced today.

The DEC said the fish caught by James VanArsdall, of West Henrietta, measured 33.5 inches and weighed 26 pounds 9 ounces and breaks the previous state record by more than 2 pounds.

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2014/07/22/holy-mackerel-man-catches-26-pound-fish-in-lake-ontario/

[intaglio]

1. How many eyes did it have???

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Simpsons reference for those who don't get it.

[hrmjustin]

2. lol!

[ladjf]

3. Looks like a carp to me. I've never seen a drum with a pot gut,not even a pregnant female nor

have I ever seen a drum with a reddish bronze color. Normally, drum fish a white, grey , with a touch of black here and there.

I just googled photos of freshwater drums. All were exactly as I described.

Nope, that fish is not a drum. He is some type of carp. They should hold off on the state record award.

[hrmjustin]

4. Thanks, I thought it looked like a carp.