SALT LAKE CITY — An Eagle Mountain man o-fish-ally broke an Idaho state record with a catch that was over ten feet long!
Greg Poulsen and his wife Angie traveled to Idaho in early August with the hope of catching a white sturgeon fish, which is North America's largest freshwater fish.
While fishing on C.J. Strike Reservoir, Polsen caught a 10-foot 4-inch monster sturgeon, setting an Idaho state record.
"It was really just a amazing day fishing and so glad I got to share it with my wife and 2 of our closest friends," Poulsen wrote to FOX 13 News.
Idaho Fish and Game reports that the last record-breaking fish was 119.5 inches (9.96 feet), set in 2019.
The white sturgeon fish in Idaho is only allowed to be caught on a catch-and-release basis and they may not be removed from the water while handling.
Restrictions are in place because that species of fish take upwards of a decade to mature and thus have infrequent reproduction.
