The redear sometimes Bosanko, David, and Dan Johnson. All fish must be caught per IGFA rules. "Redear Sunfish." The previous world record for yellow perch caught ice fishing with a tip-up was 2 pounds 6 ounces out of Sheep Pond, Mass. Tia's catch was recently confirmed as the largest yellow perch caught while ice fishing using a tip-up rod, anywhere in the world. But he didn't know the depth of its breadth until he brought it to Bass Tackle Master back in Lake Havasu City, where it tipped the state-certified scale at a whopping 5 pounds, 12.8 ounces. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets.To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine.
Brito's bruiser, however, is big enough to knock both catches from the books.Lawler's fish is also listed as the Arizona state record for the Colorado River Waters division. If so, submit your record with the Official Wyoming State Fish Record Application. Stretching along the California and Arizona border, Lake Havasu has become a hotbed for trophy redear sunfish.Lake Havasu City lies on the reservoir's east shore, offering easy access to the lake's lunker redears.Catches of 3- to 5-pound redears rose dramatically after exotic quagga mussels arrived in Lake Havasu. In fact, record applications are already in the works. Regardless, Havasu is the hottest thing happening for giant sunfish at the moment. The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch) is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeastern United States.Since it is a popular sport fish, it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America.
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Even when you're merely angling for a few sunfish for supper, there's always the possibility that a world-class catch may swim your way.
"I had only a size 8 Aberdeen hook and 6-pound line," he says.
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These fish meander along lakebeds, seeking and cracking open snails and other shelled creatures. Arizona biologists acknowledge that sunfish of epic proportions have been on the upswing ever since exotic quagga mussels appeared in the reservoir in recent years.
The world record bluegill caught in Alabama in 1950 weighed four pounds and twelve ounces. 5-pound 12.8-ounce World Record Sunfish Part of fishing's allure is the fact you never really know for sure what's lurking beneath the surface. Caught on click bait, tipped with a maggot, and the maggot was t ipped with a small egg pattern, tipped with a San Juan worm that was dipped in troll sauce. "Redear Sunfish." "I am so excited, it's hard to explain," he grinned.While many world record fish are shrouded in controversy, the only shadow associated with Brito's catch is the fact that larger redears undeniably lurk in Havasu. The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame's current all-tackle redear record, caught by Amos Gay in South Carolina back in November of 1998, stands at 5 pounds, 7 ounces.For its part, the International Game Fish Association recognizes the South Carolina fish, along with a 5-pound, 8.8-ounce redear plucked from Havasu in May of 2011 by Robert Lawler. Galbraith agrees. An avid fisherman, the Lake Havasu City, Arizona, angler has landed his share of hefty catches over the years. "So I was afraid I would lose the fish."