jwhernandez Report post Posted May 14, 2013 My sister caught this bruiser the other day as soon as she landed it we knew it was definitely above average for a sunfish we waved over the park ranger he took pictures and recorded the weight 1pound 2 ounces we then asked my sister if she was gonna mount it she wanted to but also wanted to release the fish so we took some measurements with the only thing we had some nylon string then released the fish we measured the strings when we got home length was 11"5/8 girth was 12" we looked up catch and release records for sun fish and realized hers would brake any of the current sunfish records so on Monday we contacted game and fish they attempted to confirm the length of the fish with pictures and Hand measurements but today game and fish called and unfortunately there measurement was almost 10" and the current record is 10" Hard lesson but we will make sure we have a tape measure from now on in the tackle box Hope y'all enjoy the pictures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ8 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 Awesome! Those fish are a blast to catch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted May 14, 2013 Looks like a cross between a crappie and a sunfish. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Browns Report post Posted May 14, 2013 Nice fish! Great Job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwhernandez Report post Posted May 14, 2013 I also thought it was a hybrid but game and fish are calling it a redear sunfish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ RANGER Report post Posted May 14, 2013 Great catch! I've seen some huge redear come out of that lake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHALE Report post Posted May 14, 2013 Looks like a cross between a crappie and a sunfish. was thinking the same thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLW Report post Posted May 15, 2013 I also thought it was a hybrid but game and fish are calling it a redear sunfish like there aren't hybrid deer either... LOL! I've caught hundreds of sunfish, bluegill, and thousands of crappie as a lot of people have.... never seen a sunfish like that James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwhernandez Report post Posted May 15, 2013 I also thought it was a hybrid but game and fish are calling it a redear sunfishlike there aren't hybrid deer either... LOL!I've caught hundreds of sunfish, bluegill, and thousands of crappie as a lot of people have.... never seen a sunfish like that James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwhernandez Report post Posted May 15, 2013 I was surprised when they said red only because there was no red line on the black part of the gill plate but when I googled redear sunfish a few similar fish came up show what I know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLW Report post Posted May 16, 2013 shows what I know... maybe thats what a red ear sunfish old moss backTOAD looks like! LOL! James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
