A largemouth bass caught on the Rosebud Indian Reservation on Monday has broken a 20-year state record.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department announced on Wednesday that Matthew Dunham, of Rosebud, caught the largemouth bass weighing 9 pounds 5 ounces, at 8:20 p.m. Monday in Indian Scout Lake. The fish had a length of 23 inches and a girth of 19 7/8 inches.
It breaks the previous largemouth bass state record of 9 pounds 3 ounces, caught on Nov. 14, 1999 in the Rollins Game Production Area gravel pit.
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