(Joe Hymer)
FISHING – A Camas, Washington, angler had a close call with a 50-year-old state fishing record Wednesday on the Columbia River.
Using a plastic grub near Stevenson, the angler caught a 8.53 pound smallmouth measured by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Joe Hymer.
“It was 21 7/8 inches long and had a 18 1/2 inch girth,” Hymer said.
“The state record is an 8.75 pound specimen caught on the Hanford Reach in April 1966.
