A Chubby Champ is Crowned

The chub fishing community has been stunned in recent days by the possible emergence of a new state record creek chub.  I am not at liberty to say exactly where it was caught, but clearly it was an accidental catch by an ice fisherman.  

At 11.8 inches and approximately 12 ounces this is a gigantic fish.  By way of comparison the prize winner at our second annual Chub Fest last summer was a puny 4.8 ounces.

I've seen a picture of the fish and the man who caught it.  He, the angler more so than the fish, appears a bit puzzled.  He may not have known what the heck he had caught.

Well even though it was not caught in the traditional Chub Fest way - fishing in culverts and drainage ditches - we do feel a certain obligation to reach out to the lucky fisherman.

We would after all like to express the official congratulations of the Northern Chub Anglers Alliance (NCAA) and invite him to be Grand Marshal of the 2018 Chub Fest.

Heh. That should make him less puzzled for sure.