A Missouri man is now a world record holder after catching a blue sucker.
Travis Uebinger, of Auxvasse, was fishing on the Osage River Jan. 15 when he caught an 11-pound, 5-ounce blue sucker using the pole-and-line method. The latest catch breaks the previous record from 1997 when a 9-pound, 14-ounce blue sucker was caught on the Missouri River.
This catch is the first state record fish of 2023, according to Missouri Department of Conservation.
Uebeinger had hopes for catching white bass or walleye while out fishing with a friend.
“We were really targeting a whole bag — anything that would bite,” he said.