In May, Florida angler Jimmy Ray Tice set a new state record for shoal bass with a 5.2-pound fish caught on the Apalachicola River. Tice’s shoal bass is the fourth certified state record since March 2015. The certified weight of … Continued
In March, Wesley Cummings set a Mississippi state record for yellow perch while fishing in Mill Creek at Pickwick Lake. The fish was positively identified by Tyler Stubbs, a fisheries biologist with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks … Continued
A new Mississippi state record for striped bass was set in March with a 39.6 pound fish. Angler Rocky Rawls of Gautier Rawls landed the record setting striped bass while fishing in the West Pascagoula River near his home. The … Continued
In February, Andrew “A.J.” Klein set a new Delaware state record for largemouth bass with an 11-pound, 1.6-ounce fish. The bass was 27 inches long with 20.5 inch girth, as measured at Bill’s Sport Shop in Lewes and certified by … Continued
In December, a North Carolina angler caught two state record blue catfishes in a 24-hour period while fishing at Lake Gaston. Zakk Royce caught first fish on Dec. 20, which weighed 91 pounds and measured 53 inches in length. On … Continued