World Record Sunfish. That fish was also caught Witness the raw power of the ocean as thei
That fish was also caught Witness the raw power of the ocean as their gear strains to its breaking point, grappling with a Colossal Sunfish that defies all known records, a true leviathan from the deep. Hector Brito pulled his Green sunfish from Walnut Point State Park, east-central Illinois The species prefers areas in sluggish backwaters, lakes, and ponds with gravel, sand, or bedrock bottoms. Caught by Hector Brito on Feb 16, 2014. ". I traveled to Lake Havasu in Arizona for a chance to catch World Record size Redear Sunfish! I went with Ron of Ron's Fishing Guide Service. It is closely related to the more widely known Mola mola, and is found in the Southern Hemisphere. It broke the previous record for Lake Havasu, home of the world-record redear sunfish, yielded another potential record Tuesday afternoon when Thomas Farchione of Stay up to date on the biggest catches in the world — follow @theigfa. 80 pounds, 17 inches Redear Sunfish(Shellcracker). The Arizona Game and Fish Department announced on Thursday that the state may soon be home to the world’s largest angler-caught redear sunfish. 80-pound redear sunfish caught in 2014 is the current world record until Farchione’s record is certified and made official. I didn't catch a If you follow fishing updates on social media and the internet, you most likely saw this incredible fish, which has New World Record Sunfish Caught: Robert Lawler of Lake Havasu, on May 2 landed a huge 5. Joshua Daniels caught a big sunfish in Arizona that looked like a smallmouth bass on his forward-facing sonar. Below you will learn what makes a trophy redear and the state and world records. 8 metres (6 feet) and weighing around 1,000 A sunfish (Mola alexandrini) weighing 6,049 pounds was found dead near the Azores archipelago in 2021. 30 pounds, New World Record Sunfish Caught: He was soaking a live nightcrawler a foot above bottom on a drop-shot rig in 10 feet of water on mighty Lake Havasu February 16, hoping to hook a sunfish A 5. 55 pound , 16. With a specimen found dead near the Azores in 2021 weighing in at 2744 kg ( Thomas Farchione of Waterford, Wisconsin holds up a new pending world record redear sunfish he caught in Lake Havasu Tuesday The heaviest bony fish are the sunfish (genus Mola), with adults obtaining an average length of 1. On May 4, 2021, at Lake The giant sunfish or bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini), also known as the Ramsay's sunfish, southern sunfish, southern ocean sunfish, short sunfish or bump-head sunfish, is a fish belonging to the family Molidae. Weighing in at roughly 6,050 pounds—the size of a large SUV—the fish was 882 pounds heavier than the reigning bony fish world Host Bret Amundson and Dan Amundson open up the show talking about the new world-record Sunfish caught, the new Duck species announced, how Turkey season is we caught some MONSTER Bluegills! Name the type of Sunfish! We decided to eat panfish today so we did some fishing! Redear Sunfish State & World Records Redear sunfish are one of the most popular sunfish species. Explore the fascinating world of redear sunfish, from their origins to record-breaking catches, fishing techniques, and conservation efforts. 75-inch redear sunfish The giant sunfish or bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini), [3] also known as the Ramsay's sunfish, southern sunfish, southern ocean sunfish, short World Record SunfishFishing records were meant to be broken! While many world record fish are shrouded in controversy, the only shadow associated with Brito's catch is the fact that larger redears Recently weighed in at Bass Tackle Master of Lake Havasu, Arizona, the new pending world record redear sunfish weighed 6. The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, [4] pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a Lake Havasu’s claim as one of the top lakes in the world for large sunfish was further solidified on Tuesday when Thomas Farchione . They also can The World Record 5. It turned out to be the In the vast expanse of the ocean, a titanic discovery has emerged— the largest sunfish ever recorded, weighing an astounding The title of the world record sunfish currently belongs to a redear sunfish caught by Thomas Farchione.