New Mexico Teen Releases Potential Record Blue Catfish The 13-year-old angler landed an estimated 55-pound blue catfish, but let it go before it could be certified SHARE
A New Mexico news station reports that a teenager has been credited with landing and releasing a 55-pound blue catfish. If the fish had been properly weighed and certified, it might have broken the current state record. Alonso Ordaz, 13, was fishing with his father in their boat on Elephant Butte Lake. He was using a cut bait shad with a Muddy River Catfishing Demon Dragon when he hooked the monster. Ordaz’s father weighed the fish on a scale he had in their boat, and the cat bottomed out at 55-pounds. They released the fish after reviving it.
New Mexico teen catches 55-pound blue catfish at Elephant Butte
ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico (KOAT) A New Mexico teen caught a 55-pound blue catfish at Elephant Butte last week.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish tells KOAT 13-year-old Alonso Ordaz caught the fish on Feb. 22.
The teen’s father tells KOAT they weighed the fish on their boat and it came in at 55 pounds. They were not able to weigh it on a state scale since they released it shortly thereafter.
Game and Fish tells KOAT this catch would potentially break the previous state record of 54 pounds and 4 ounces.
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