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Friends, lead weights sink angler's 'record' catch

[#666666]October 12, 2006

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[font "verdana, arial,geneva"][size 2]KENNEWICK - A Kennewick man won't be listed in state record books because the smallmouth bass he caught was packed with lead weights, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Two of Austin Kenyon's friends signed statements saying Austin's fish had been tampered with when it was weighed on a state-certified scale at Fred Meyer in Kennewick.
Kenyon denies the state's ruling and says the fish he caught Labor Day weekend was legitimate.
Kenyon says his fish weighed 9.32 pounds on a state-certified scale and measured 22 inches long.
Ray Wonacott of Ellensburg holds the record with an 8.75-pound smallmouth bass caught in 1966 on the Columbia River's Hanford Reach[/size][/font]
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