in the fish. The catch beat the previous record of , caught by Greg Megibben in 2001, also at Percy Priest. After the record was certified, Wilkins released the fish back into the lake. In Omaha, Nebraska, Joe Slavic caught a bigmouth buffalo using mulberry bait on June 8, 2000 in a Dodge County sand pit. The International Game Fish Association all-tackle record stands at , caught on April 21, 1980 by Delbert Sisk in Bastrop, Louisiana. See also Haff disease References External links Ictiobus Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes Fish described in 1844 Freshwater fish of North America