A Kansas resident has set a new state record for the largest smallmouth buffalo fish caught in Kansas.

Thayne Miller, of Topeka, caught the giant fish from the Clinton Reservoir, five miles west of Lawrence, using bowfishing equipment. The fish weighed 64.75 pounds, measured 45.25 inches long and had a total circumference of 35 inches. The previous Kansas state record for a smallmouth buffalo was set in 1979 by Scott Butler of Lawrence when he reeled in a 51-pound, 41-inch-long smallmouth buffalo from a private farm pond in Douglas County.

Trophy catches, like Miller's smallmouth buffalo, end up as a Kansas State Record if the fish is caught by a licensed angler using legal means, is identified by a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks district fisheries biologist or regional fisheries supervisor, is weighed on a certified scale prior to being frozen, is photographed, in color, and a state record application is filled out and the mandatory 30-day waiting period has passed.