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Mississippi State student catches unofficial record green sunfish – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper
Mississippi State student catches unofficial record green sunfish
Published 4:13 pm Monday, August 7, 2023
- Mason Wells, a Natchez resident and Mississippi State student, caught the unofficial state record green sunfish out of a pond in Fayette. His catch weighed 1.54 pounds and was caught on a fly rod and reel. (Submitted Photo)
FAYETTE — Natchez resident Mason Wells returns back to Starkville for college soon but he managed to catch an unofficial state record before leaving home first. He landed a 1.54 green sunfish on a fly rod at a pond in Fayette Saturday.
Wells is a graduate of Monterey High School but he and his family live in Natchez. His dad Patrick Wells shared the catch on Facebook and wrote in the caption “Beats the Mississippi rod and reel and fly rod Green Ear.”
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks reports the official record for a green sunfish is 1.26 pounds and was caught with Rod and Reel at Waltman’s Lake in Canton. The fly rod record in Mississippi is .43 pounds for a green sunfish, also known as a green ear sunfish. The fish caught by Wells would have surpassed both of those records.
Fisheries Bureau Assistant Director Ryan Jones said they had not received an application for the record fish caught by Wells as of Monday morning.
“Record fish applications must be submitted with a weight from a certified scale,” Jones said. “And the fish species must be confirmed by one of our field biologists.”
Patrick Wells said the fish was released back into the pond to “grow bigger.”
Apply for a fishing record
Possible fishing records need to be weighed on certified scales at a grocery store or meat market, they must be measured and the species must be confirmed by a biologist. A list of fishing records can be found on www.MDWFP.com to see if your catch could set a record.
Applications for fishing records can be found on the MDWFP website under the fisheries tab. Once you submit an application go ahead and share your catch with your local newspaper. Email hunter.cloud@natchezdemocrat.com with photos and information to share any of your adventures in the outdoors.
Natchez has had a couple of record catches in the past two years. In April 2022, Eugene Cronley caught a 131 pound blue catfish on a rod and reel. In August 2022, Christopher Halley caught a 104 pound blue catfish on a trotline.
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Thanksgiving on Mississippi Public Broadcasting Think Radio, set to air on Thursday, November 28th
MISSISSIPPI (KTVE/KARD) — For Thanksgiving, on Thursday, November 28, 2024, the Mississippi Public Broadcasting Radio will air a special programming.
Photo courtesy of Mississippi Public Broadcasting
According to officials, “Turkey Confidential” and “Feasting with the Great American Songbook: An Afterglow Thanksgiving Special” will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Francis Lam will be taking calls and help those in need of Thanksgiving cooking tips for the biggest cooking day of the year.
According to officals, “Feasting with the Great American Songbook: An Afterglow Thanksgiving Special” will explore classic jazz and popular songs about food by singers like Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, and Fats Waller, perfect for listening while sitting at the table.
MISSISSIPPI (WKRG) — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the Gulf Coast and that means Santa Claus will be heading to town for multiple parades around the area.
WKRG has compiled a list of Christmas parades coming to Southeast Mississippi.
Christmas on the Water — Biloxi
- Dec. 7
- 6 p.m.
- Begins at Biloxi Lighthouse and will go past the Golden Nugget
Lucedale Christmas Parade
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – The Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport is spreading holiday cheer with a new event, ‘’A Magical Mississippi Christmas.’
The aquarium held a preview Tuesday night.
‘A Magical Mississippi Christmas’ includes a special dolphin presentation, diving elves, and photos with Santa.
The event also includes “A Penguin’s Christmas Wish,” which is a projection map show that follows a penguin through Christmas adventures across Mississippi.
“It’s a really fun event and it’s the first time we really opened up the aquarium at night for the general public, so it’s a chance to come in and see what it’s like in the evening because it’s really spectacular and really beautiful,” said Kurt Allen, Mississippi Aquarium President and CEO.
‘A Magical Mississippi Christmas’ runs from November 29 to December 31.
It will not be open on December 11th, December 24th, and December 25th.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate.
The event is made possible by the city of Gulfport and Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
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