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Big Fish-of-the-Year
 
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2009 Entries - Updated October 23, 2009
Species Name Size, Location, Angler, and Date
Black Buffalo

30 lb. 14.4 oz. 38.25 in., Apache Lake

Ronald Nuss Jr., 07/06/09

Brown Trout

2 lb. 0.64 oz. 15.75 in., Kinnikinick Lake

Gary Pace, 05/24/09

Carp

23 lb. 2.24 oz. 31.75 in., Saguaro Lake

Ronald Nuss Jr., 04/20/09

Channel Catfish

17 lb. 0.96 oz. 33 in., Scott Reservoir

Richard Pettit, 09/07/09

Flathead Catfish

47 lb. 14.4 oz. 46.25 in., Upper Salt River

Charlie Prince, 05/06/09

Largemouth Bass

5 lb. 15.04 oz. 21.75 in., Gila Gravity Main Canal

Dorothy Young, 05/22/09

Rainbow Trout

4 lb. 0.48 oz. 20.13 in., A-1 Lake

Brad Howard, 09/15/09

Redear Sunfish

1 lb. 14.72 oz. 13.5 in., Lake Havasu

Tina Athay, 08/13/09

Smallmouth Buffalo

27 lb. 1.12 oz. 34.5 in., Apache Lake

Ronald Nuss Jr., 05/04/09

Striped Bass

14 lb. 13.6 oz. 33.5 in., Lake Havasu

Kit Kuykendall, 04/18/09

Yellow Bass

0 lb. 12.32 oz. 10.38 in., Upper Lake Mary

John Henry Taylor Rudd, 06/08/09

Catch and Release**
Apache Trout*

24 in., Silver Creek 

Robert B. Wagner, 03/28/09

Black Crappie

14 in., Alamo Lake 

Arrick C. Benson, 03/15/09

Brook Trout*

13 in., Crescent Lake 

Brian Weisheim, 05/19/09

Carp

36 in., 8th St. Canal - Yuma 

Janice R. Fortier, 06/14/09

Channel Catfish*

32 in., Fool Hoolow Lake 

Justin William Glen Hulbert, 04/10/09

Cutthroat Trout*

17 in., Big Lake 

Brian Weisheim, 04/28/09

Largemouth Bass

24 in., Arivaca Lake  

Ronda Grendell-Larson, 06/27/09

Northern Pike*

34 in., Long Lake  

Mark A. Halter, 06/27/09

Redear Sunfish

11 in., ASU Research Park 

Andrew Schmidt, 04/13/09

Tilapia*

18 in., Tempe Town Lake 

Brandon Williams, 04/29/09

Yellow Bass

11 in., Upper Lake Mary

Bob Ponting, 08/30/09

 
Urban Entries
Bluegill

0 lb. 8.64 oz. 8.5 in., Kiwanis Lake

Garrett Laubinger, 06/22/09

Carp

19 lb. 0.32 oz. 33 in., Papago Pond #3

Emigdio Hernandez, 05/12/09

Channel Catfish

26 lb. 14.4 oz. 37.5 in., Green Valley Lakes

Tuy Sayasavanh, 05/09/09

Rainbow Trout

6 lb. 14.72 oz. 26 in., Papago Ponds  

Morris Sevada IV, 03/11/09

White Amur

18 lb. 4.8 oz. 35 in., Kiwanis Lake  

Tori Townsend, 10/18/09

Catch and Release**
Largemouth Bass

19 in., Steele Indian School Park Pond 

Brandon Williams, 03/03/09

   
* 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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