Age doesn’t beat experience.
A teenager in New Mexico is being credited with catching a 55-pound blue catfish. While the fish’s weight is impressive, it hasn’t received an official score because of the way the weight was recorded.
The potentially record-breaking fish was caught by 13-year-old Alonso Ordaz, KOAT 7 reports. He reportedly caught the large animal while fishing on a lake in Elephant Butte.
Ordaz’s father told the news outlet that they weighed the fish using a scale on the boat and determined that it weighed 55-pounds. They then released it.
According to the New Mexico Game and Fish Department, the current state record for blue catfish is 54.25-pounds. If Ordaz’s scale was correct, his fish could have set a new record.