A Missouri man has broken a state record after catching a whopping 140lb paddlefish . Andy Belobraydic III snared the behemoth , measuring 56 ¾ inches long and 43 ¾ inches wide , at Table Rock Lake in The Ozarks on Saturday . The previous best was 139lb hooked in at the same location in 2002 . It was the first time the 33-year-old had been out hunting the game fish after his friends urged him to go . Andy Belobraydic III snared the behemoth at Table Rock Lake in The Ozarks on Saturday . The previous best was 139lb caught at the same location in 2002 . Two days after reeling in the monster , he told the Sedalia News Journal : ' I ’ m still sore this morning . ' I told my buddies to take a picture of it in the water , ' he added 'because I knew if I couldn ’ t get it in the boat , no one was ever going to believe this . When he managed to bring the fish in , one of his friends kept repeating the famous line from Jaws : 'You 're going to need a bigger boat . ' Belobraydic revealed he had already had a successful outing , snagging two paddlefish earlier in the day . However the third toppled the record . It took him 30 minutes of work to get the creature onto the boat . It was then taken to the Missouri Department of Conservation ’ s ( MDC ) Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery near Branson , Missouri , . After weighing and measuring the fish , the record was ratified on Monday .
Andy Belobraydic III , 33 , snared the behemoth at Table Rock Lake in The Ozarks on Saturday . He was fishing with his brother and a friend when they saw something that looked like an alligator swimming through the water near their boat. As he reeled it in his friends chanted the famous line from Jaws .