{"id":2558,"date":"2024-07-05T13:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:24:25","slug":"bro-im-in-disbelief-12-year-old-catches-the-montana-record-sucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2558","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bro I&#8217;m in Disbelief!\u2019 12-Year-Old Catches the Montana Record Sucker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-toc-container=\"\">\n<p>Wade Merschat was bank fishing at the Noxon Rapids Reservoir in northwest Montana on June 19 when he hooked into a largescale sucker that he knew instantly was big enough to beat the standing record. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks certified the catch on Monday, officially recognizing the 12-year-old\u2019s 6.72-pounder as <a href=\"https:\/\/fwp.mt.gov\/fish\/anglingData\/records\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the new state record for the species.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"i3j9ek4_sTg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cBro I\u2019m in Disbelief!\u201d Montana 12-Year-Old Catches State-Record Sucker\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3j9ek4_sTg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Trout Creek local was fishing in a swift-water section near Thompson Falls with his friend Collin Norton, who works for the Merschat family\u2019s outfitting business, Waypoint Outfitters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollin has his driver\u2019s license and Wade is always looking for someone who can take him fishing,\u201d Wade\u2019s mother, Morgan Merschat, tells <em>Outdoor Life<\/em>. \u201cWade loves the outdoors and wants to be a famous fisherman. He knows all the Montana fish records by heart, [which is how] he knew when he caught that fish it was a state record largescale sucker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12-year-old was fishing a nightcrawler on light spinning tackle when the sucker bit. In a video recorded by Norton, Wade starts yelling excitedly before he even lands the fish, repeating, \u201cThat\u2019s state record! That\u2019s state record!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBro, I\u2019m in disbelief,\u201d he tells Norton as he lifts the sucker. \u201cDude, that\u2019s easily over four [pounds], it\u2019s like five!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, Merschat\u2019s sucker weighed closer to 7 pounds and measured 25.25 inches long. The previous Montana record for largescale sucker was a 6.16-pound, 23.1-inch fish caught in 2008 from Woodland Park Pond in Kalispell. <a href=\"https:\/\/igfa.org\/member-services\/world-record\/common-name\/Sucker,%20largescale\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The world-record largescale sucker<\/a> is 7 pounds 14 ounces, caught from Idaho\u2019s Snake River in March 2023 by Josh Dolin. It\u2019s one of at least 16 sucker species recognized by International Game Fish Association.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Merschat with a largemouth. <\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Morgan<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Largescale suckers are native to Montana\u2019s Western drainage, and usually weigh under five pounds. They\u2019re found from British Columbia to Oregon, usually in slow-flowing areas of rivers, streams, and in lakes. They\u2019re classed as rough fish by many anglers, especially in Montana where trout reign supreme with most fishermen. Suckers are bottom dwellers that chiefly feed on aquatic invertebrates, and plants. They can be caught on live bait like worms, as demonstrated by Merschat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/gear\/best-kids-fishing-poles\/\">The Best Fishing Rods for Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Merschat says her son has been a hard-charging fisherman since he was four, when he caught a largemouth bass that was almost as big as him. The sucker is in the freezer, and the Merschats plan to take it to a taxidermist for mounting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWade\u2019s planning to fill a whole wall with his record-breaking catches.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/fishing\/video-montana-largescale-sucker-record\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wade Merschat was bank fishing at the Noxon Rapids Reservoir in northwest Montana on June 19 when he hooked into a largescale sucker that he knew instantly was big enough to beat the standing record. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks certified the catch on Monday, officially recognizing the 12-year-old\u2019s 6.72-pounder as the new state record [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gun-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}