How a Missouri Man Landed a Record 21 Pound Whopper 35 Years Ago

You don’t see walleye this big very often, but late one night 35 years ago, a Missouri man landed one that shattered a state record. This is the story of how that record happened.

The Missouri Department of Conservation just shared a video about how Gerry Partlow went fishing really late at night on March 26, 1988. As they tell it, Gerry wasn’t expecting much since he started his fishing trip so late at night. It was around 11:30pm that night that Gerry’s pole got a jolt. His rod was wound with 10 pound test line that was being tested by a massive fish. It was a walleye that would later tip the scales at 21 pounds 1 ounce.

The catch would happen at Bull Shoals Lake where many walleye live, but few were as old or mighty as the one that Gerry Partlow had at the end of his fishing pole.

Gerry Partlow called Linneus, Missouri home and no one to this day has ever caught a walleye as big…