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I copied this from Facebook, a post from the Georgia State Wildlife Division.
The latest state record fish, and pending WORLD record tie, is a redbreast sunfish caught by Lester Roberts of Blackshear. His catch, caught on May 7th on the Satilla River near Folkston, weighed 1 lb, 12 oz and was 11 3/8 inches long. This fish replaces the 1998 record of 1 lb, 11 oz. Congratulations, Lester!
That is a hawg
What a monster! Beautiful colors. Awesome!!!
What a beast, can only imagine the fight to land. Great color.
Beautiful fish !
That IS one humongous fish! Congrats to mr Roberts! Thanks for the post!
Bob
If I get em 8” long, I’m dancin!! That’s a great fish!
Oink!
what a toad!!!
Wow what a fish!
Big beautiful fish. Also ties the world record for redbreast sunfish.
stupid big bream for sure :highfive
Wonder what kind of rig he caught it on? You know, that was a fun ride while it lasted.
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Copied from the story as told to GON Magazine.Quote:
Originally Posted by DWILL
Lester’s fish was caught on May 7 while he fished a bass tournament with long-time friend Whitey Hendrix. They were competing out of Burnt Fort Landing on the Satilla.
“We had put in that morning and started fishing upriver. We had a couple good bass in the livewell and were hoping to pick up a few more,” said Lester.
Lester was beating the banks with a Bandit crankbait looking for a big bite from a hungry bass when the boat approached a deep bluff wall with a laydown with several limbs running out from it.
“I cast up in the limbs in the swift current and was bringing my crankbait back out. That’s when he slammed it,” said Lester
Lester fought the fish with Whitey looking on, both anglers thinking they had a pretty good bass on the line until the moment the fish broke the surface.
“I swung him in the boat, and we couldn’t believe just how big he was. We’d never seen anything like it,” said Lester.
That’s a cool story and a beautiful fish. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! If I caught one like that, I might quit fishing.
Congratulations!! That thing is a pig