9-Year-Old Shatters Junior Record with Massive Twin Buttes Catch

By Lucas Banda, Feb 26, 2024

SAN ANGELO, TX - Nine-year-old Jaxon Yoakum has submitted a catch for the pending junior waterbody record Blue Catfish for Twin Buttes Reservoir in a remarkable feat.

Yoakum's impressive Blue Catfish weighed in at 51.5 pounds and measured 46 inches in length.

His catch smashed the previous Twin Buttes junior record of 8.95 lb. set back in 2021.

This catch narrowly missed the overall Twin Buttes Blue Catfish record of 52.5 lb. set back in 2002.

Congratulations to Yoakum!

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