If you take the size of his hand into consideration, that is a big fish. Even if it is up close to the camera and his hands are small it is still a big Redear.
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if it is real and not photo shopped it might be for the shell cracker but not a bream.
Musta caught it on a downrigger and salt water outfit.:eek: What a pig!!
Something rather fishy (no pun intended) about this photo. :p That fish looks like it's about to give birth to a 'tribe'!!! He should've taken a picture of the 'shoulders' on that thing! Honestly, I think he used a gaff to get it out the water.. LMAO WOW :eek::eek:
Here is an Arizona Fish & Game report on the catch.
AZGFD.gov May 4 Fishing Report
If that's for real it is truly a giant. Holy smokes.
Lawdy! I sure wouldn't wade in that water if I knew that things living in it mutated to that sort of exaggeration of normal size there. (Imagine a similarly outsize snapping turtle!)