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Wild Chesapeake: Va. Man Sets New Snakehead World Record

Category: Big Fish

 May 25th, 2019 by Keith Worrall  1299

Modified May 25th, 2019 at 11:36 AM

Angler Emanuel Tankersley caught this 19-pound, 5-ounce northern snakehead (Channa argus) last year, May 15, 2018 while fishing Potomac Creek in northern Virginia. Tankersley’s catch is now the new All-Tackle world record, certified by the International Game Fish Association. Photo courtesy of Emanuel Tankersley.

Emanuel Tankersley wasn’t looking for fame when he caught a monster northern snakehead last year while fishing on a Northern Virginia creek. He’s caught a lot of big snakeheads, he says, and some of them were trophy-sized, if not record, fish.

Perhaps that explains why Tankersley’s 19-pound 5-ounce catch, which was certified as the world record by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) in October, remained under the radar.

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