LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. - An Illinois man now holds the Missouri paddlefish state record, and he can thank Mother Nature for some of that title.Jim Dain snagged a monster 140-pound, 10-ounce paddlefish on March 18 at the Lake of the Ozarks.
The latest record breaks the previous record of 140-pounds, 9-ounces set in 2015 on Table Rock Lake."We went last year and really didn’t have much luck.
But this year was different," Dain said.The Pittsfield man was on a fishing trip with his family and almost didn’t get the boat out that day because the weather kept changing."We fished for two days.
The day before on the 17th was beautiful, like 70-something degrees and sunny. We had to get the sunscreen hats out," Dain said.However, forecasters called for rain on the day of the record catch and later turned into thunderstorms.