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Huge! Delaware's newest record big fish tale confirmed

Published  August 8, 2017 12:24pm EDT
U.S.
FOX 29 Philadelphia

SEAFORD, Del. (WTXF) - It's a big fish for a small state. In fact, it was just confirmed as a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament.

The state's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced Jordan Walker of Harrington caught a 36-pound, 3.2-ounce blue catfish on June 20.

It says the fish was 38½ inches long and had a girth of 27½ inches.

According to the Division of Fish and Wildlife, "Walker caught the fish in the upper Nanticoke River near Seaford on 12-pound test line with a chunk of Atlantic menhaden (bunker). The catfish took the bait about 9:30 p.m., and he landed it almost a half hour later."

The previous catfish record holder didn't keep his title long. Gavin Spicer caught a 25-pound, 5.6-ounce blue catfish from the Nanticoke just two months earlier, on April 21.

You could say that record got away!