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2008 Entries - Updated May 12, 2008

Species Name

Size, Location, Angler, and Date

Bigmouth Buffalo	39 lb. 0.64 oz. 40.5 in., Roosevelt Lake Scott Kellner, 04/05/08
Black Crappie	4 lb. 3.84 oz. 17 in., Roosevelt Lake Greg Schmid, 03/06/08
Carp*	38 lb. 3.84 oz. 39 in., Saguaro Lake Ronald Nuss Jr., 04/24/08
Channel Catfish	22 lb. 3.68 oz. 33 in., Goldwater Lake Andrew T. Barker, 03/20/08
Largemouth Bass	7 lb. 8 oz. 24.25 in., Roosevelt Lake Nathan Ayers, 03/08/08
Striped Mullet	5 lb. 0 oz. 22.38 in., Fortuna Pond Emil J. Lindal, 01/18/08
Rainbow Trout	5 lb. 12.32 oz. 24.5 in., Willow Springs Lake Gary Thompson, 04/06/08
Redear Sunfish	2 lb. 8 oz. 12.88 in., 12th Ave Canal, Yuma Jerry Simkins, 03/25/08
Sonora Sucker	3 lb. 7.84 oz. 20 in., Oak Creek Daniel Iberri-Shea, 02/16/08
Walleye	9 lb. 6.88 oz. 28.75 in., Show Low Lake Todd Graffa, 03/25/08
Yellow Bass	1 lb. 7.52 oz. 13 in., Apache Lake Indra Polk, 04/26/08

Catch and Release**

Brown Trout

10 in., Canyon Creek

Michael Gonzales, 04/19/08

Urban Entries

Channel Catfish

10 lb. 3.2 oz. 28 in., Lakeside Lake

Shay Denniston, 03/24/08

Rainbow Trout

5 lb. 4.64 oz. 23 in., Water Ranch Lake

Tony Morello, 01/11/08

Catch and Release**

Rainbow Trout

18 in., Sahuarita Lakes

Don Hoffman, 03/04/08

* New State Record
** Based on length only and rounded down to nearest inch. New entries must exceed existing entry by at least 1 inch.

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