Official Weight for North Dakota’s Record Goldeye Reduced

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A whopper goldeye caught by a 9-year-old North Dakota boy this summer is still a state record, but a slightly smaller one.

It also might still be a world record.

The state Game and Fish Department has determined that the 4-pound, 12-ounce goldeye that Brayden Selzler caught in Lake Audubon in late July was actually 4 pounds, 3 ounces.

That still breaks the previous state record by 6 ounces. Craig Unser of Mandan had held the record with a goldeye he landed in New Johns Lake in 1998.

Selzler's 4 pound, 3 ounce goldeye also is still bigger than the recognized overall all-tackle world record of 3-pounds, 13-ounces held by Gary Heuer, of Aberdeen, South Dakota. Selzler plans to apply for world record consideration for his fish.