Arizona has some BIG Redear. That fish was caught a few years ago! Fred aka Rionator fishes that lake in Arizona once a year. He has caught a lot of Redear in the three to four pound range. The above fish is a world record!
Ive caught 16" red ear at havasu but by no means look like this the biggest I have caught was 4.3 # best time to go is in the spawn about may. You can find the beds in 10ft of water the lake is suoer clear