New world record bluegill/redear Lake Havasu

[fishermanx14]

"BREAKING FISHING NEWS!!!
Mike Phua of Sun Country Marine in Ontario California is pre fishing for a bass tournament this weekend on Lake Havasu in Arizona. He just landed a redear that is tipping the scale on the boat between 5.7 and 5.9 pounds. The current world record redear (also landed at Lake Havasu in 2011) weighed 5.55 pounds. They just caught this fish and are trying to find a certified scale in town to get an official weight."- okuma fishing USA via Facebook ....i only live an hour away from this place....

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[FKNChristopH]

That thing weighs more than trout I've caught...

NICE

*shakka*

[fishermanx14]

That thing weighs more than trout I've caught...

NICE

*shakka*

ya me too hahah, the old record was 5.5 lbs

[flyhigh123]

that things looks like a LMB with a dot on steroids

[ghost2uu]

Fish came up an ounce short after sitting in a livewell for seven hours. Still a great fish.

[HawgZWylde]

Fish came up an ounce short after sitting in a livewell for seven hours. Still a great fish.

7hrs? Gaaa that sucks! No certs out there or what?

[CL SmooV]

Look at that BULL panfish!!!!!

Nice

[fishermanx14]

7hrs? Gaaa that sucks! No certs out there or what?
i thought i read somewhere that he ran all over town looking for one

[CrownTown]

Dang! I can't imagine landing a pan fish that big, that's nuts!

[fishmounter]

Any word on what Mike caught it on?

[allIdoIsfish]

He got it on a jig

[fishmounter]

A jig with a Quagga trailer! JK!

[allIdoIsfish]

Looks like it was short 1oz of the record.

[vortec_cruiser]

I hope he was able to do a live release after all that time. That fish needs to stay in the gene pool.