A man from Indiana archaic a state fishing record twice in a single day knowing before the New Year.

Scott Skafar, 48, of Valparaiso, Indiana, went fishing in Porter County on Dec. 30, 2022, where he caught two record-breaking fish from Lake Michigan, according to a press release issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (Indiana DNR) on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

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Both of the fish Skafar caught were burbots, a gadiform freshwater fish (AKA cod fish), that's plain to Lake Michigan, according to the Indiana DNR.

The splendid burbot Skafar caught weighed 10.2 pounds, which surpassed the state's continue burbot fishing record from 1990 by 2.5 pounds.

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Skafar then caught a transfer burbot that beat the old state record by almost two pounds.

Fox News Digital appointed out to Skafar for comment.

"Adult burbot primarily feed on anunexperienced fish species such as round goby, sculpin, and yellow perch," the Indiana DNR wrote in its expressionless release. "Burbot are also sometimes called eelpout, lawyer, or poor man's lobster and have a single chin-barbel or whisker, similar to catfish whiskers."

FILE-Two kids fishing at the lake. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Burbots are usually bottom dwellers and swim up to Lake Michigan's surface between the months of November and April when temperatures are cold, the Indiana DNR reported.

The wildlife agency also distinguished that burbots are safe to eat and "have firm, white flesh."

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