Angler Snags World-Record Paddlefish During Snagging Season Opening Weekend

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MDC congratulates Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas for catching a world record 164-pound, 13-ounce paddlefish. Williams was on his first snagging trip March 17 when he reeled in the fish at the Lake of the Ozarks.


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