World Record - 279.00 pounds, caught in the Rio Grande River, Texas, in 1951.
Thats a bigin alright.

Didn't think you guys would see the leaves on the penny...... LOL
And the hole for the sinker is thru the center. The wgt sits right on the bottom.......... about 1/4" high. Awesome weights, there is little way for the current to catch them.
An childers I would love to go for GAR....... just we don't have'em. Me thinks wifey hooked into a sturgeon. Hit just like'em....... tap....... tap...... tap........................ bang down the rod goes. Looked like a teeny bullhead and bang....... line being pulled off drag for what seemed like over a min. All she did was set the hook and lean back to enjoy the ride and then pop she fell over backwards. But like I said as soon as she hit the 20lbs mono backing she would have more than likely lost the fish. what a waste of line tho....... I had just respooled hers[&o]

I thought maybe yall had sturgens there& that might be what it was possibly.
Oh barbless ? I didnt relize that either- just thought the barbs looked kindasmall in that other picture or it was my eyes my eyes arent great( i rely on one eye mostly)did look a little blurry to- tho i could see that maple leaf

( i use to poke fun at my cuzin in ontario& there weird queen mum funny money- ( thats of course after they called me a yankee hot dog eater)