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How to Certify a
State Record
1. Fish must be caught on rod and line and must
be hooked and played by only one person.
(Except for unrestricted division, which recog-
nizes fish species taken by legal means other than
rod and reel such as bow and arrow, gig, spear,
trotline, jugline, limbline, etc. These records must
tie or exceed the weight of the existing rod and
reel record.)
2. Fish must be caught in accordance with Okla-
homa fishing regulations.
3. No fish caught from any hatchery or com-
mer cial put-and-take lake is eligible.
4. Accredited or certified weight scales must
be used to weigh the fish. Ac cred it ed steel
mea sur ing tapes must be used to measure
the fish. The fish should be measured from Jason Schooley
tip of the snout to the end of the tail, with
fish laid flat on a ruler, mouth closed and
tail lobes pressed together, giving length of
fish in inch es. Measure the girth of the fish From left to right, Grant Lee Rader (Current world-record holder) of Wichita, Kansas, with help from
in inches around its widest point. Three wit- Jeremiah Mefford (guide) and Cory James Watters (former world-record holder), holds his rod-and-reel
nesses, one of which must be an employee world-record that he snagged June 22, 2021 at Keystone Lake. The fish weighed 164 pounds.
of the Wildlife Department, must witness
the weighing and measuring of the fish and
sign the af fi da vit. 6. A clear photograph showing a close-up side questionable fish affidavit submitted. The
5. The fish may be frozen, but must be in a view of the fish must accompany the complet- affidavit must be sub mit ted within 30 days
thawed, natural, live-weight condition when ed fish affidavit form. All pho to graphs become of the date the fish is caught.
approved by a Wildlife Department biologist the property of the Wildlife Department. 8. With the exception of grass carp, no restrict-
or tech ni cian. Preserve the fish until you 7. The Wildlife Department reserves the right ed exotic species will be eligible for state
receive an official letter of verification from to collect fish scale, tissue or spine sam ples record fish recognition.
the director of the Wildlife Department. to check fish identification and to refuse any

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