Mississippi Official State Record Freshwater Fish
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Alligator Gar
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215 lbs
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Earl Stafford
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MS River (Natchez)
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5/3/2003
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American Eel
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5 lbs 1 oz
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Mitch McLendon
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MS River (Vicksburg)
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7/12/1994
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Bighead Carp
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67 lbs 12 oz
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Ron Maxwell
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Sardis Lower Lake
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4/3/2007
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Bigmouth Buffalo
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46 lbs 3 oz
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Willie Hearn
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Private Pond
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10/24/2007
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Black Bass Hybrid
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11 lbs 4.5 oz
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Hunter Yarborough
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Private Pond
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9/26/1964
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Black Bullhead
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5.56 lbs
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Harold B. Alexander
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Sunrise Lake
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6/12/1988
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Black Crappie
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4 lbs 4 oz
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Gerald Conlee
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Arkabutla Reservoir
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3/19/1991
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Blue Catfish
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95 lbs
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Dakota Hinson
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MS River (Natchez)
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3/16/2009
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Bluegill
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3.45 lbs
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Gerald E. Thurmond
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Farm Pond
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2/2/1995
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Bowfin
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18 lbs 14 oz
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B.H. Toney
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Ross Barnett Reservoir
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11/23/1978
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Brown Bullhead
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6.13 lbs
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Bobby L. Gibson
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Farm Pond
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1/19/1991
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Chain Pickerel
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6 lbs 4 oz
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Ronnie Boren
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Bay Springs Lake
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10/4/1986
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Channel Catfish
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51 lbs 12 oz
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Tom Edwards
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Lake Tom Bailey
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5/31/1997
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Common Carp
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74 lbs
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Curtis Wade
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Pelahatchie Lake
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6/13/1963
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Drum
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29.85 lbs
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Bryan A. Christian
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Sardis Lake Spillway
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5/15/2011
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Flathead Catfish
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77.7 lbs
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Matt Bingham
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MS River (Tunica)
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5/8/2012
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Grass Carp
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53.2 lbs
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Melvin Murphy
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Prairie Waters
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4/16/2008
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Green Sunfish
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1.26 lbs
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Craig Jones
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Waltman’s Lake (Canton)
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5/21/1986
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Green Sunfish Hybrid
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1.23 lbs
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Troy M. Wright
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Priavate Pond
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4/6/1986
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Largemouth Bass
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18.15 lbs
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Anthony Denny
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Natchez State Park Lake
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12/31/1992
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Longear Sunfish
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0.21 lbs
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Patton Guest
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Fresh Water Lake
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6/26/2009
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Longnose Gar
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40 lbs
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J.E. Bennett
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Grenada Reservoir Spillway
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1/16/2004
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Magnolia Crappie
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3.46 lbs
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Tom Box
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Lake Charlie Capps
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3/24/2004
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Paddlefish
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65 lbs
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Randy Pues
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Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway
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6/23/1974
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Rainbow Trout
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2.96 lbs
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William Tribble
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Lake Whittington
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3/21/2001
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Redear
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3.33 lbs
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James K. Martin
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Tippah County Lake
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11/5/1991
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Sauger
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2.52 lbs
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Pete Mauceli
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MS River (Greenville)
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8/5/1992
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Saugeye
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4.66 lbs
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Scott Wood
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Bay Springs lake
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2/26/2000
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Shadow Bass
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0.45 lbs
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Jeffery Jackson
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Copiah Creek
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1/21/2006
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Shortnose Gar
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5.83 lbs
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Robert Mills
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Enid Spillway
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8/22/1999
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Silver Carp
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15 lbs
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Vernard Williams
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Log Loader Lake
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7/31/2011
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Smallmouth Bass
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7 lbs 15 oz
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Thomas Wilbanks
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Yellow Creek Arm (Pickwick Lake)
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1/24/1987
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Smallmouth Buffalo
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57 lbs 12 oz
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Charles M. Cox
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Ross Barnett Reservoir
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11/21/1983
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Spotted Bass
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8 lbs 2 oz
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S . Ross Gratham
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Farm Pond
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9/2/1975
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Spotted Gar
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6.18 lbs
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James Starnes
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Reflection Point (Flowood)
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10/18/2005
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Striped Bass
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37.82 lbs
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Tony C. Graves
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Bouie River
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5/13/1993
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Striped Bass Hybrid
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17.77 lbs
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Robert F. Fulce
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Lower Sardis Lake
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4/15/1991
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Walleye
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9.66 lbs
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Clayton E. Hobbs
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TN River (Iuka)
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1/19/1985
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Warmouth
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1 lb 8 oz
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Lilliam Morris
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Black Creek
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6/17/1979
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White Bass
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5 lbs 6 oz
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William Mulvhill
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Grenada Reservoir Spillway
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4/21/1979
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White Crappie
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5 lbs 3 oz
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Fred Bright
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Enid Reservoir
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7/31/1957
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Yellow Bass
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1.76 lbs
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John Hopper
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Pickwick Lake
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11/19/2010
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Yellow Bullhead
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2 lbs 13 oz
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Robert Cason
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Mossy Lake
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5/26/1974
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Yellow Perch
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1.13 lbs
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Bobby Joe Towry
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Bull Mountain River
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1/21/2006
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