Man Catches Record-Breaking 51-Pound Muskellunge In West Virginia
By: Michael Guise/KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A record-setting fish was caught in West Virginia over the weekend.
Lucas King of Burnsville caught a record muskellunge on Saturday, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said in a release. The record-setting fish, which was released, was 55.0625 inches long and weighed 51 pounds. The previous record musky was nearly 50 pounds and 54 inches long.
King was fishing from a public access site from the bank of the Little Kanawha River in the tailwater section of Burnsville Dam in Braxton County. He used a 6-inch glide bait to catch the musky.
