DNR Certifies New State Record Pumpkinseed FishContact: Barb Dilts 517-373-1280
Agency: Natural Resources
Dec. 1, 2009The Department of Natural Resources has certified a 2.15-pound pumpkinseed caught Oct. 26 from Lake Nepessing as a state record.
Deaunti Kemp of Flint was fishing with a leaf worm on the Lapeer County lake when he caught the 12 and one-half inch sunfish. Kemp's pumpkinseed eclipsed the record of 1.58 pounds, set in June this year from Pickerel Lake in Emmet County.
The pumpkinseed marks the fifth time a state record fish has been caught in 2009. New state benchmarks also have been set for Great Lakes muskellunge, brown trout and redear sunfish.
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