Angler hopes 27-pound smallmouth buffalo fish shatters Texas record
Fox News
An angler from Kentucky is hoping he broke another fishing record after catching a monster, 27-pound smallmouth buffalo in Austin, Texas, alongside a guide.
"A buffalo is a type of indigenous fish to many parts of the United States that is often confused with carp, but it is part of the sucker family and requires specific techniques to fish for them successfully (often with what are called hair rigs)," Weston told Fox News Digital. "It was such an exciting catch and release, one that will be hard to forget." Sydney Borchers is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
"Buffalo fish can grow to well over 80 pounds and live nearly 100 years," he added.
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