08-25-2011, 05:39 PM
[quote lavaman]My fast-growing son caught a 6 3/4" green sunfish from Mantua last weekend....biggest one I've seen since I've fished there. I know they get bigger though. Isn't the record green sunfish 10" or along those lines?
Agree with TD, conditions have to be just right for the record-class fish; and their rate of growth slows way down after a certain length.
TyeDye- shrinkage occurs anytime anything freezes. Physics 101. Wise man once told me never to jump into the water during ice fishing season- your g/f will never look at you the same.[/quote]
The record is 10 inches for a C&R green sunfish. Last time I went out with CvFisher at Willard bay I nailed a 8 inch Greenie while fishing for SMB's. Once again we busted out the proc and were semi-disapointed that it was not a record. Still I finally got a real fillet out of a Green Sunfish. I have yet to find a Greenie at Mantua, all I get are gills there and an ocassional LMB and once a trout.
The choice word of "shrinkage" was a seinfeld reference.[
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Agree with TD, conditions have to be just right for the record-class fish; and their rate of growth slows way down after a certain length.
TyeDye- shrinkage occurs anytime anything freezes. Physics 101. Wise man once told me never to jump into the water during ice fishing season- your g/f will never look at you the same.[/quote]
The record is 10 inches for a C&R green sunfish. Last time I went out with CvFisher at Willard bay I nailed a 8 inch Greenie while fishing for SMB's. Once again we busted out the proc and were semi-disapointed that it was not a record. Still I finally got a real fillet out of a Green Sunfish. I have yet to find a Greenie at Mantua, all I get are gills there and an ocassional LMB and once a trout.
The choice word of "shrinkage" was a seinfeld reference.[
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