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Big Fish-of-the-Year
 
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2008 Entries - Updated June 5, 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

Bluegill

1 lb. 2.08 oz. 11.75 in., Lake Pleasant  

Bob Bax, 01/13/08

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

Northern Pike

21 lb. 4 oz. 42 in., Upper Lake Mary 

Danny Iberi-Shea, 04/08/08

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

Largemouth Bass

23 in., Fool Hollow Lake

Andrew Schmidt, 05/08/08

 
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

White Amur

35 in., Red Mountain Lake

Andrew Schmidt, 05/28/08

* 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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