Originally Posted by FishinRod
Originally Posted by jludwig
The oldest state record for Oklahoma is a spotted bass weighing 8 lbs 2 oz caught 6/27/1958.

https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/spotted_bass_oj_stone.jpg

The Kansas record is 4.44#. The Texas record is 5.56#.

I suspect that whopper was a misidentified LMB?

Of course, the world record is 10.48# from California - so who knows about the OK record.

Sure looks like a LMB to me smile It was in Pittsburg Co. from a Pond. They do have them in that part of the state but I've only seen spots in a flowing creek (like Flint Creek near Siloam Springs AR) or a lake. Certainly never seen one that large.

I was thinking I might be able to grow a record that my grandkids could catch from my pond but OK has a rule that won't allow it. The ODWC’s regulations on state records consider the location where the fish was caught. For a fish to qualify as a state record, it must have been caught from a body of water that is legally open to the public, ensuring that the angler had the proper licensing and access rights.

2 Acre, Completed July 2022, CC,BG, Sept. 2022, LMB June 2023, GSF, YBH invasion in 2022. BG, CNBG, RES, 2025, TP seasonal.