03-24-2004, 05:20 PM
From The Denver Post 3-24-04:
Pueblo Reservoir yields whopper record wiper
By Charlie Meyers
Denver Post Outdoor Editor
PUEBLO - Kevin Treanor wasn't content simply with smashing
the Colorado record for wiper.
The remarkable 26-pound, 15-ounce fish he caught Monday at
Pueblo Reservoir also is the second-largest taken anywhere
and the biggest on a fly.
The International Game Fish Association world record is 27
pounds, 5 ounces. Robin Knox, sport fish coordinator with the
Colorado Division of Wildlife, said Treanor's fish almost
certainly will rank as the fly rod world record.
The 37-inch fish with a 26-inch girth added 3 pounds to the
Colorado record, dwarfing a 23-pound, 15-ounce specimen taken
in 1996 at Nee Noshe Reservoir near Eads.
The wiper that Treanor, a resident of nearby Pueblo West and
a former fly-fishing guide, took on a streamer fly while
searching for fish on the surface might have fared even
better in the record department had he been more aware of its
potential.
"I wish I had gotten to the scale sooner," said Treanor, who
made it to a certified scale at a local grocery store on his
second attempt at weighing it. "Like a knucklehead, I drained
the live well. I believe this cost me at least 6 ounces in
weight."
Treanor spotted the fish rolling on the surface near the west
end of the reservoir.
"At first, I thought it was duck. Then when I got within 30
yards, I knew it was no duck."
He fought the fish for 15 minutes and then broke a net while
bringing it into the boat."
There is a picture, too. Here's the link to the story:
[url "http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E95%257E2036968,00.html"]http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E95%257E2036968,00.html[/url]
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Pueblo Reservoir yields whopper record wiper
By Charlie Meyers
Denver Post Outdoor Editor
PUEBLO - Kevin Treanor wasn't content simply with smashing
the Colorado record for wiper.
The remarkable 26-pound, 15-ounce fish he caught Monday at
Pueblo Reservoir also is the second-largest taken anywhere
and the biggest on a fly.
The International Game Fish Association world record is 27
pounds, 5 ounces. Robin Knox, sport fish coordinator with the
Colorado Division of Wildlife, said Treanor's fish almost
certainly will rank as the fly rod world record.
The 37-inch fish with a 26-inch girth added 3 pounds to the
Colorado record, dwarfing a 23-pound, 15-ounce specimen taken
in 1996 at Nee Noshe Reservoir near Eads.
The wiper that Treanor, a resident of nearby Pueblo West and
a former fly-fishing guide, took on a streamer fly while
searching for fish on the surface might have fared even
better in the record department had he been more aware of its
potential.
"I wish I had gotten to the scale sooner," said Treanor, who
made it to a certified scale at a local grocery store on his
second attempt at weighing it. "Like a knucklehead, I drained
the live well. I believe this cost me at least 6 ounces in
weight."
Treanor spotted the fish rolling on the surface near the west
end of the reservoir.
"At first, I thought it was duck. Then when I got within 30
yards, I knew it was no duck."
He fought the fish for 15 minutes and then broke a net while
bringing it into the boat."
There is a picture, too. Here's the link to the story:
[url "http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E95%257E2036968,00.html"]http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E95%257E2036968,00.html[/url]
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