PORTAL, Ga. — A fisherman has caught a record-breaking fish from a Georgia river.
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Jamie Boylett, of Portal, GA, caught a 12 oz. Spotted Sunfish from the Ogeechee River last month.
The catch breaks the previous record of 11 oz., which happened in 2019.
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The fish is nine inches long.
“I was fishing for redbreast sunfish with my 8-year-old son Brannen at one of our regular spots on the Ogeechee. When I caught this fish, I wasn’t 100% sure what it was,” Boylett said. “A friend thought it looked like a stumpknocker, which made me laugh because it was the biggest one I had ever seen. After getting home, I decided to confirm the species, and I’m sure glad I did!”
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Spotted Sunfish, which are known as “stumpknockers” like to hang out in heavy-vegetated, slow-moving lowland streams and warm, shallow ponds.
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