New World-Record Sunfish?www.gameandfishmag.comRobert Lawler, of Lake Havasu, Arizona, landed a huge 5-pound, 8.8-ounce, 16.75-inch redear sunfish
gonna need more backing!
Huge is an understatement!
That is an unbelieveable redear!
When you can arrange your affairs to go fishing, forget all the signs, homilies, advice and folklore. JUST GO.
Don't you just love the joyful expression on the guy's face. If I died after landing a fish like that it would take them a week to get the grin off my face. I will bet that fish fought like a fresh water permit. I would like to know the details of his tackle, line, etc.
A friend was recently telling me about a nephew who lives in AZ and wants to be a pro bass fisherman. The nephew told my friend about this fish and said a species of shellfish had been introduced into Lake Havazu and resulted in a good number of these huge redears or as we call them shellcrackers. A similar situation in SC resulted in the previous world record there.
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Even given what looks like very long arms on the fisherman, that is a serious monster redear. Wow!
If it swims and eats, it'll eat a fly.
That is a toad! I caught one that was around 11 one time on a cricket, but it wasn't anywhere close to that deep and fat.
"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore." - John Gierach
If I hooked a redear that size, I would have a heart-attack before I ever got it landed. These things are vicious little demons, and can outfight any fish there is, pound-for-pound.
It's a toad? I thought it was a Redear Sunfish.Originally Posted by DaveP63
I bet that was like reeling in a dump truck!
In low gear.
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" I caught an 11". ?? 11 What?
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
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