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BISMARCK – A bow fisherman from Bismarck has set a new North Dakota state record in the bowfishing/spearfishing category, the Game and Fish Department confirmed Monday.
Mitch Estabrook arrowed a 60-pound, 8-ounce buffalo from Heart Butte Reservoir on May 16. It broke the previous record by 3 pounds, taken at Heart Butte Reservoir in 2017 by Derek Larson of Mandan.
Gov. Tim Walz announced the annual angling event would take place in Mankato for the first time.
Buffalo are a native fish sometimes confused with nonnative and invasive common carp. North Dakota Game and Fish Department records indicate that Estabrook’s fish is the largest weighed in the state that was not a paddlefish or pallid sturgeon.
