Jim Dain was on a family fishing trip the day he brought in a new Missouri record paddlefish on Lake of the Ozarks. The Pittsfield, Ill., man almost didn't get on the boat March 18 because of unruly weather.
“The forecast was calling for storms, and then it changed to no rain, so we went out, but it just kept getting colder,” Dain told the Missouri Department of Conservation. “We weren’t having much luck, but decided to fish for another hour so we took another turn."
Within that next hour, the reel started dragging.
"It felt like a tree was on the line," Dain said.