**LAKE TALQUIN, FL **—Tallahassee, Florida, angler Jep Dove recently shattered the state’s chain pickerel state record by more than a pound while fishing Lake Talquin, an 8,800-acre reservoir west of Tallahassee.
Dove landed the 6.96-pound fish at 7:45 p.m., June 11. The fish, which hit a Bomber Long A, measured 28.5 inches and had a 14-inch girth. Florida’s previous state record pickerel was a 5.75-pounder.