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Man Shatters Walleye State Record
Submitted by Adam Dunnom
on February 12, 2010 at 12:30AM
Categories:
Freshwater Fishing
WATERBURY, Vt. -- A West Swanton man shattered the Vermont state record
for largest walleye recently, landing a monster fish that weighed in
just under 15 pounds.
Richard Levesque
caught the fish Wednesday through the ice on Lake Champlain. The fish
weighed in at 14.55 pounds and was hooked at 9 p.m. using a tipup
baited with a golden shiner. The walleye measured 32 1/2 inches long
and had a 20-inch girth.
The previous Vermont state record
walleye weighed 13.44 pounds and was caught in the Clyde River in 1997
by Doug Niles of Newport Center, Vt.
The record-breaking fish
was examined by State Fisheries Biologist Brian Chipman at the Vermont
Fish and Wildlife's office in Essex.
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