Massive fish earn ‘avid angler’ two state records in two weeks, Wyoming officials say
Patrick Edwards reeled in two state record-breaking fish from a Wyoming river within two weeks, officials said.
One fish may have tied a world record, wildlife officials said.
Edwards of Riverton first caught a longnose sucker April 2 from the Wind River, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said in a May 8 news release.
The freshwater fish weighed 3 pounds and 15.6 ounces, beating the past state record.
Christopher Bobo of Casper set the last record in 2022 with a longnose sucker weighing 2 pounds and 11.3 ounces, officials said.
Two weeks after Edwards’ first catch, he reeled in a white sucker on April 17 from the same part of the river.
It weighed 6 pounds and 8.45 ounces, beating his own state record from 2020 when he caught a 5-pound, 6.45-ounce white sucker.
Edwards may have tied a world record with this catch, too, wildlife officials said.
The world record for a white sucker is 6.8 pounds, and it was caught from the Rainy River in Minnesota in 1984, officials said.
The International Game Fish Association is considering his fish for a record, officials said.
“Living in Wyoming my whole life and being an avid angler, I never thought I would have one state record — let alone two,” Edwards said in the release.
There has only been one world record-breaking fish caught from Wyoming waters. C.S. Reed of Omaha, Nebraska, caught a golden trout from Cook Lake in 1948, and it weighed 11 pounds and 4 ounces.
This story was originally published May 9, 2023 at 12:52 PM with the headline "Massive fish earn ‘avid angler’ two state records in two weeks, Wyoming officials say."
