Re: Burke lake fishing records
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Date: May 22, 2014 04:26PM
chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> Bassmaster Wrote:
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> > Does anyone know the record for the heaviest LM
> > bass caught at lake burke?
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> I do.
>
> Per Paul Bugas, Region 4 Aquatics Manager at the
> Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,
> a 9 lb. 10 oz. largemouth bass measuring 28 inches
> was caught at Burke Lake on June 8, 1985.
>
> While it is possible that a heavier largemouth
> bass has been caught at Burke Lake, the DGIF's
> older records are sketchy and this was the largest
> that could be easily found.