Record redear in Illinois

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Ole tophat tagged me on this on facebook.
Pretty impressive right there.



The Illinois DNR Division of Fisheries congratulates Ken Krumreich of New Lenox on his catch of the new state-record redear sunfish.

Genetics testing by Dr. Mark Davis with the Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign confirmed the fish is a pure redear.
Caught on May 19, 2018 at the Goose Lake Association's Beaver Lake in Grundy Co., it weighed 3 lbs., 1.1 oz. (15 ¼ in. long; girth of 14 ½ in.).

The previous record 2 lbs., 12.3 oz. redear was caught in Williamson Co. in southern Illinois in 1985.
 
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WTM":2nwzj0pm said:
they grow them big in california, big bluegill too. i would like to fish there one day. this red ear was 5lb 13oz.


I seen deer checked in that didn't weigh much more than that fish!

The largest I've ever seen in person was 12 1/2 " long , I dipped two that size at the same time while dipping shad for bait.

I let them go in the slough I lived in at that time.
 

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