Texas fisherman breaks record with 64-pound smallmouth buffalo: ‘Very strong fish'

A fisherman in Texas caught a 64-pound fish earlier this year, which broke the record for the lake where he was fishing.

Cassady Douglas, 29, of Austin, Texas, broke the record for the largest smallmouth buffalo caught at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, in February of this year.

Douglas told Fox News Digital that he and a friend had been fishing at Lady Bird Lake for several hours without catching anything when finally, Douglas got a bite on one of his fishing rods.

"I realized it was a tremendously huge fish," Douglas said of the moment after he made sure the fish was on his hook. "I didn’t know what kind of fish it was. I assumed it was a carp or catfish."

Douglas said he knew right away that his catch would be a record-breaker.

"The fight was just so intense," he said. "It was a very strong fish."

Douglas, who’s been fishing his entire life, said he had been hoping to break a water body record for a while.

"To set a record for the largest fish recorded out of a water body in Texas, and especially have it be smallmouth buffalo, which is probably one of my favorite fish, is just an amazing feeling," Douglas said. "It's extraordinary."

Now that Douglas has broken a record for smallmouth buffalo caught in Lady Bird Lake, he said he’s got new adventures ahead.

Douglas told Fox News Digital he’ll be moving to Colorado in about a month with the goal of learning how to become a river rafting guide.

Of course, he also plans to continue fishing. "I’m going to try to target northern pike, so I think that might be the next big game fish that I go for," Douglas said.