{"id":36565,"date":"2022-12-30T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-angler-gets-record-back-on-tiger-muskie\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:31:58","slug":"cortez-angler-gets-record-back-on-tiger-muskie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-angler-gets-record-back-on-tiger-muskie\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez angler gets record back on tiger muskie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kelly Jo Hall of Cortez poses with a record-breaking 12-pound, 7-ounce tiger muskie at Blue Water Lake in New Mexico in August. (Courtesy Joe Crosby)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The competition is heating up for world-record angler Kelly Jo Hall of Cortez.<\/p>\n

In August, Hall traveled to Blue Water Reservoir in New Mexico to reclaim two tiger muskie records from a competitor, Sarah Elizabeth Harris.<\/p>\n

Harris had broken Hall\u2019s previous 8-pound test record and had tied her 16-pound test record for the fish species.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone takes away a record of mine, I have to get it back,\u201d Hall said with a laugh. \u201cIt is fun to be competitive with someone you have never met. It goes back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall reclaimed the 8-pound test record by landing a 12-pound, 7-ounce tiger muskie at Blue Water and got back the 16-pound test record with one that weighed 14 pounds, 15 ounces.<\/p>\n

A tiger muskie is a cross between a pike and a muskie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very strong and toothy,\u201d Hall says.<\/p>\n

Harris and husband Joe Crosby specialize in fishing from the shore and practice catch and release. Fish are documented based on the standards of the International Game and Fish Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Hall placed second in the women\u2019s worldwide freshwater category for most records in a season at 10. Another competitor, Vicki Martin, took first with 13 records.<\/p>\n

Hall\u2019s plan for 2023 is to reclaim her 6-pound test walleye record nabbed by Meredith J. McCord, who has a television fishing show and travels the world, breaking world records.<\/p>\n

Hall caught her previous record walleye fish at Puett Reservoir and plans to return to get back the title. Another goal is to break a 4-pound test yellow perch record that has held for 100 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be fun to break that one. We have caught them at Narraguinnep and Joe Moore, but they are usually just 6 inches,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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