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#11179555 - 10/22/15 04:32 PM
Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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TFF Guru
Registered: 07/12/10
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Loc: Universal City Tx.
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Congratulations to Michael DeKoch of New Braunfels who caught this 10" Green Sunfish while fishing the Blanco River. Mike brought the fish over to the Parks&Wildlife Office located at the Blanco State Park for weighing and they refereed him over to my weigh station which is also with Parks&Wildlife. Mike kept the fish alive in a large Yettie ice chest filled with river water. Measurements and official weight were completed and the fish was released to fight again. The fish was 10" in length with a girth of 8.50". Weight of the fish was .75 Lbs. Paper work will be sent to Parks&Wildlife for a State Catch&Release Water Body Record,Blanco River Catch&Release record,Blanco River weight record,and a Big Fish Award. The fish was caught using a top water Torpedo Lure. Again Congratulations to Michael Dekoch on his pending records! Side Note: A State Catch&Release Record for a Green Sunfish was submitted before Michael's fish. Michael's Green still got the Blanco River weight and catch&release records. He also got the Big Fish Award.
Edited by banker-always fishing (11/04/15 09:51 PM) Edit Reason: State Record awarded to a prior catch.
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#11179609 - 10/22/15 04:58 PM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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Angler
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 467
Loc: Nacogdoches, Tx
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Way to go Micheal. One day I hope to join in the record books with some East Texas giants.
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#11179658 - 10/22/15 05:22 PM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 04/23/11
Posts: 1643
Loc: southwest more west than south...
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congrats on the record micheal! awesome greenie
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#11179834 - 10/22/15 07:34 PM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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"Nice Guy"
Registered: 08/12/10
Posts: 9594
Loc: Feeding Time
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Good looking Greenie, nice stripes
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#11179843 - 10/22/15 07:38 PM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 04/04/14
Posts: 3255
Loc: Brenham, TX
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Congrats Michael  I'm jealous. I love catching big green sunfish. That is one beautiful specimen with some of the most unique coloring I've seen before.
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#11180253 - 10/22/15 10:25 PM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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Pro Angler
Registered: 11/04/03
Posts: 854
Loc: The Republic of Texas
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Gorgeous fish ! Congrats Mike ! Kudos to Chuck for providing this service 
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#11180479 - 10/23/15 07:32 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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TFF Guru
Registered: 07/12/10
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Loc: Universal City Tx.
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Gorgeous fish ! Congrats Mike ! Kudos to Chuck for providing this service Talking to other Anglers and helping them through the record process is simply AWESOME.  You really meet some super people! 
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#11180822 - 10/23/15 09:57 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 01/20/15
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wow, that's tough to imagine. Great picture, although I bet in real life that thing looked huge. Most greenies I catch are pretty small, and that's the size of a keeper crappie!
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#11180877 - 10/23/15 10:17 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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Green Horn
Registered: 10/22/15
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Thank you all! I was in shock at the size of the fish when landed him. I knew he was a record, or close to a record. My wife and I only had enough time to make a couple of cast before we had to pick up our daughters. I made 4 cast. The first was a pretty large 15" largemouth bass. The second & third cast yielded nothing. The forth cast was in the right spot. As soon as my lure hit the water the fish attacked. The Fight was on. I was using a quantum spinning reel and a rod that I made, from a blank, when I was an agricultural science teacher a few years back. I have been fishing the Blanco river for at least 20 years, and I don't think I will be changing anything anytime soon. Thanks again to everyone for your congratulatory praise, and thanks a bunch to Mr. Dewey.
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#11181070 - 10/23/15 11:55 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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"Nice Guy"
Registered: 08/12/10
Posts: 9594
Loc: Feeding Time
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Thank you all! I was in shock at the size of the fish when landed him. I knew he was a record, or close to a record. My wife and I only had enough time to make a couple of cast before we had to pick up our daughters. I made 4 cast. The first was a pretty large 15" largemouth bass. The second & third cast yielded nothing. The forth cast was in the right spot. As soon as my lure hit the water the fish attacked. The Fight was on. I was using a quantum spinning reel and a rod that I made, from a blank, when I was an agricultural science teacher a few years back. I have been fishing the Blanco river for at least 20 years, and I don't think I will be changing anything anytime soon. Thanks again to everyone for your congratulatory praise, and thanks a bunch to Mr. Dewey. Welcome aboard Michael! You got a state record and met a TFF legend in one day, pretty awesome 
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#11199035 - 11/01/15 08:42 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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TFF Guru
Registered: 02/06/07
Posts: 11266
Loc: San Antonio Tx.
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Nice fish! Catch of a lifetime. Congratulations on your records. Also  To the Texas Fishing Forum.
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#11206219 - 11/04/15 08:41 PM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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TFF Guru
Registered: 07/12/10
Posts: 43388
Loc: Universal City Tx.
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Saw the updated records and a record catch&release Green Sunfish that was 10" was filed before Michael's fish making it the State record.  Michael still got the Blanco River weight record and the Blanco River catch&release record.  He also received a Big Fish Award.  Again super fish and  To the Texas Fishing Forum. Looking forward to seeing some post! 
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#11210601 - 11/07/15 09:07 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 06/22/05
Posts: 1238
Loc: New Braunfels
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Nice job, That beats my fish by .04 on the comal River Congrats
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#11226371 - 11/16/15 05:18 AM
Re: Pending State Catch&Release Green Sunfish Record!
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TFF Guru
Registered: 07/03/11
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Loc: San Antonio TX
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Nice fish and  to the TFF!
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