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Redbreast Sunfish Fishing Article

Redbreast Sunfish may be IGFA Record

IGFA maintains and publishes world records for saltwater, freshwater, fly fishing catches, U.S. state freshwater records, and junior angler records, awarding certificates of recognition to each record holder. Recognized as the official keeper of world saltwater fishing records since 1939, IGFA entered the field of freshwater record keeping when Field & Stream transferred its 68 years of records to the association in 1978. World records coordinator Rebecca Wright provides monthly highlights of selected documented fish catches made from across the globe and submitted for world records. Below is a potential January world record now before the world...
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Redbreast Sunfish Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Lepomis auritus)
Other Fish Species Names:
Regions Fished: river systems of eastern Canada and the United States
World Record:
Common Tackle: usually caught with live bait such as nightcrawlers, crickets, grasshoppers, waxworms, or mealworms.
Additional Information:

Has been transplanted to and become established in Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, sometimes with a harmful effect on native species.


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