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Record sunfish

Posted By: gar1970

Record sunfish - 10/09/19 10:33 PM

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Posted By: boocat

Re: Record sunfish - 10/09/19 10:38 PM

6 lb red ear ?
Posted By: gar1970

Re: Record sunfish - 10/09/19 10:39 PM

5lb 8.8oz 16.75in
Posted By: Catyakker

Re: Record sunfish - 10/09/19 10:44 PM

Wow Gar. Have you got anything like that swimming in your back yard? bolt
Posted By: gar1970

Re: Record sunfish - 10/09/19 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by Catyakker
Wow Gar. Have you got anything like that swimming in your back yard? bolt

I sure hope there is fish
although pot licker would have already caught it by now roflmao
Posted By: SirDukeOfLor

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 12:13 AM

I assume this is from Arizona, and those fish feed heavily on zebra mussels.
Posted By: boocat

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 12:21 AM

I was close
Posted By: doctorxring

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by SirDukeOfLor
I assume this is from Arizona, and those fish feed heavily on zebra mussels.


Quagga mussels. A relative, but not the same. Quagga are more nutritious.
Posted By: banker-always fishing

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 09:09 AM

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! flehan
Posted By: Laker One

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 02:22 PM

5.80 Lbs. Length 17" Girth 19.5". Caught on Lake Havasu in February of 2014! That fish is a HOG! flehan
Posted By: Osbornfishing

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 02:40 PM

They might have to take me to the hospital if I caught that one. What a beautiful fish.
Posted By: Gitter Done

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 03:25 PM

I had seen an article on both the angler and the fish several years ago.That fish is a tank! Congratulations to the angler!
Posted By: JohnF67

Re: Record sunfish - 10/10/19 03:35 PM

Wow. Knowing the fight that sunfish put up relative to their size, that had to be like fighting a 15 pound bass. What a monster fish.
Posted By: Rionator

Re: Record sunfish - 10/11/19 12:01 AM

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
Posted By: jagg

Re: Record sunfish - 10/11/19 05:09 AM

Man! Seeing that fish never gets old!
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