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An Arkansas fisherman<\/a> brought ashore a large, 165-pound fish from Beaver Lake \u2014 but not with his rod and reel.<\/p>\n

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) shared news of the catch on its Facebook page describing the fisherman’s heroic efforts to save the fish.<\/p>\n

The AGFC’s Facebook read that the “paddlefish was hit<\/a> by a boat prop and had its soft spinal cord severed.”<\/p>\n

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The fisherman, Bo Johnson, notified the AGFC of his discovery and revealed how he found “a large paddlefish that was hit by a boat on Beaver Lake,” Jon Stein, district fisheries supervisor at the AGFC, told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Arkansas native swam out to recover the fish after he found it floating in the water, the AGFC shared on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Once brought onto shore, the paddlefish weighed 165 pounds and measured 75 inches long from the tip of its paddle-shaped rostrum<\/a> to the end its tail, according to Fox 24 KFTA in Arkansas.<\/p>\n

While this size could constitute for a state record, the fish does not fit the qualifications because it was hit by a boat and not caught with a fishing rod, Stein commented.<\/p>\n

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Even though it was not officially “caught,” the AGFC still considers this catch to be “a fish of a lifetime,”<\/a> the news station reported.<\/p>\n

The current state record in Arkansas<\/a> for the largest paddlefish ever caught was certified in 2020 at Beaver Lake. The catch weighed 118 pounds.<\/p>\n

“Paddlefish are native to the Mississippi River drainage and that includes hundreds of tributaries to the river,” Stein shared.<\/p>\n

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“There is a good naturally reproducing population in the Arkansas River as well,” he added.<\/p>\n

Paddlefish were stocked in Beaver Lake<\/a> from 1990-2000 by the AGFC, Stein continued.<\/p>\n

Paddlefish have very few bones and are predominately made up of cartilage like sharks, instead of a hard structure, making them “prehistoric,” Fox 24 stated.<\/p>\n

Paddlefish are heavily stocked in lakes because biologists and anglers<\/a> have noted how quickly these species can grow in reservoirs, Stein added.<\/p>\n

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The current world record for the largest paddlefish caught with a hook and line was in an Oklahoma reservoir in 2021. The fish weighed 164 pounds, Fox News Digital reported at the time.<\/p>\n

“Beaver Lake has a small population of very large Paddlefish, and AGFC is looking into allowing a snagging season<\/a> in the future,” the AGFC stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/arkansas-fisherman-pulls-165-pound-paddlefish-shore-fish-of-a-lifetime <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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