2023 Leaders

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These are the largest fish recorded so far for 2023.

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Atlantic Sharpnose Shark 05/21/23 12:23am Size: 44" / 10.4lbs Bait/Lure: Mackerel Method: Beach 10 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA
Nice (Mark Hudson 05/21/2023 12:39pm)

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Barracuda 03/02/23 5:43am Size: 16" / 2lbs Bait/Lure: Jig With Shad Tail Method: Backyard fishing Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 10 Like It	1% Chic Ocean View DE
Caught 3 of these teethy fish. (Chic 03/03/2023 13:00pm) That's a cool catch!! Congrats! (Father Time 03/03/2023 19:40pm) Ditto - very very cool :) (Greg 03/04/2023 01:45am) Good eating. (The Fish Whisperer 03/06/2023 18:42pm) Around here? (Mark Hudson 03/06/2023 19:40pm) Florida Keys (Chic 03/07/2023 06:51am) Nice time to be there (Mark Hudson 03/08/2023 19:57pm)

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Black Crappie 04/17/23 10:31am Size: 9" Bait/Lure: Spinner Shop/Boat/Guide: Me 8 Like It	3% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA

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Black Drum 02/26/23 7:45am Size: 34" Bait/Lure: Shrimp Method: Jetty Shop/Boat/Guide: Lee’s Bait Shop 15 Like It	19% Danny Noel Houston TX
PB black drum! Good to be back in the 80° weather. Live shrimp off a Carolina rig Texas City Dike (Danny Noel 02/26/2023 18:13pm) Nice (Mark Hudson 02/27/2023 16:54pm) That’s a nice drum!!! (Greg 02/27/2023 20:22pm) They put up a good fight! I hope that you enjoyed it. Congrats!! (Father Time 03/03/2023 19:42pm)

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Blue Catfish 04/27/23 7:08pm Size: 25" / 10lbs Bait/Lure: Shrimp Method: Bank Fishing 8 Like It	20% Ronald Bays Mansfield OH

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Bluefish 05/28/23 5:42am Size: 36" Bait/Lure: Mullet Rig Method: Surf fish Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 19 Like It	10% Donovan Wierzbicki New Castle DE
Awesome! (Cpt. Terry 05/28/2023 07:55am) Nice fish man (Robbie Spry 05/28/2023 17:19pm) Now that's a Chopper Blue! (Mark Yengle 05/29/2023 10:35am)

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Bluegill 04/24/23 6:00pm Size: 8.5" Bait/Lure: Nightcrawlers Method: Casting Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 9 Like It	1% Emmett Kelly Ocean View DE

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Bonnethead Shark 05/28/23 8:41pm Size: 44.2" / 10.7lbs Bait/Lure: Cut Mullet, Squid & Shrimp Method: Pier Fishing 8 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA

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Bowfin 01/21/23 2:11pm Size: 24" / 6.1lbs Bait/Lure: Chicken Liver Method: Kayak 4 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA
Do they taste good ? (Greg 01/23/2023 12:48pm) Bowfin are horrible tasting. I’ve heard of people eating them but I wouldn’t recommend it. They are only fun to catch or use for catfish bait. (GRF 01/23/2023 12:49pm) Yeah - catfish bait! Love me catfish!!! (Greg 01/23/2023 12:50pm) How do they fight (Mark Hudson 01/28/2023 15:47pm) They fight like a angry combination of a catfish and a pike. (GRF 01/28/2023 16:05pm) Cool (Mark Hudson 02/03/2023 11:05am)

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Brook Trout 05/26/23 6:43pm Size: 12" Bait/Lure: Wax Worms Method: Stream fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Wharton Store 4 Like It	11% Shanan A. Poe Dallastown PA
Brookies are so much fun - nice job (Greg 05/27/2023 19:10pm)

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Brown Trout 04/08/23 6:06am Size: 14" Bait/Lure: Fly Method: Fly fishing 11 Like It	8% Colin Hugney Mount joy PA

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Bull Shark 02/19/23 1:48am Size: 70" / 101.4lbs Bait/Lure: Stingray Method: Beach 7 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA

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Catfish 03/06/23 7:21pm 10 Like It	3% Jordan Marcus Owings Mills MD
Gotta get you back to DE. See ya soon. Nasci reel working great !!! (Chic 03/07/2023 07:09am)

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Chain Pickerel 02/26/23 12:39pm Size: 16" Bait/Lure: Spoon Method: Kayak Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 10 Like It	6% stingray Ray Lincoln DE

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Channel Catfish 05/19/23 6:40pm Size: 17" Bait/Lure: Cut green sunfish Method: Bank Fishing 6 Like It	8% Colin Hugney Mount joy PA

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Clearnose Skate 04/23/23 9:00am Size: 18" Bait/Lure: Frozen Mullet Method: Surf fish Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 10 Like It	6% stingray Ray Lincoln DE

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Crappie 05/09/23 5:49pm Size: 8" Bait/Lure: Sweet Pea Method: Bank Fishing 9 Like It	3% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA

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Crevalle Jack 03/28/23 6:38am Size: 20" / 5.5lbs Bait/Lure: Popper Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 13 Like It	1% Chic Ocean View DE
Caught Jacks on top water popper. What a blast !!! (Chic 03/28/2023 09:27am) Sounds like a great time! (Greg 03/30/2023 05:12am)

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Cutlass 02/18/23 10:27pm Size: 24" Bait/Lure: Sand Fleas Method: Boat Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook 'em & Cook 'em (Indian River) 10 Like It	3% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA
He caught this a couple years ago thought time stamp would show up (Mark Hudson 02/18/2023 23:27pm) My brother in law (Mark Hudson 02/18/2023 23:35pm)

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Fallfish 05/27/23 8:43am Size: 10" / 3lbs Bait/Lure: Wax Worms Method: Stream fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Wharton Store 4 Like It	11% Shanan A. Poe Dallastown PA

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File Fish 02/24/23 10:04am Bait/Lure: Shrimp 14 Like It	7% Julie Stevenson Rehoboth DE
Beautiful fish (Mark Hudson 02/25/2023 11:44am) Was that a nice fight (watt 02/25/2023 15:44pm) Heading to the Keys on Monday. Can't wait to catch a few snook. (Chic 02/25/2023 17:23pm) Good luck in Florida (Greg 02/25/2023 17:54pm) How many inches do you think that fish was ? (Greg 02/25/2023 17:54pm) Thx Greg, will send pics once a catch a few. (Chic 02/25/2023 18:18pm) Nice catch. That's a real cool looking fish. Congrats (Father Time 02/26/2023 14:56pm) Hey Julie nice fish. (Dansfishingagain 02/28/2023 09:39am)

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Flathead Catfish 05/07/23 5:27pm Size: 38" / 24.2lbs Bait/Lure: Shad Method: Bottom Fishing 10 Like It	Austin Robinson Mansfield OH

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Flounder 05/25/23 8:30pm Size: 24" Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 14 Like It	3% Jordan Marcus Owings Mills MD
Nice flounder what bait were you using (Vincent 05/26/2023 06:24am) And where is that bathroom to catch something like that (Mark Hudson 05/27/2023 08:39am) So glad you are bringing back the bathroom selfies......NOT lol (Ray Carl 05/27/2023 12:22pm)

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Golden Trout 03/25/23 9:08am Size: 17" Bait/Lure: Spinner 13 Like It	4% watt Wilmington DE
Yes we even got on in on the action. Weather could have been nicer.had a great time even in the cold rain (watt 03/25/2023 14:29pm)

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Grouper 03/29/23 6:15am Size: 16" / 2lbs Bait/Lure: SP Minnow Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 17 Like It	1% Chic Ocean View DE
My 1st Grouper.believe it is a Gag Grouper. (Chic 03/29/2023 09:58am) Yep that’s what that is great eating (Makoman 03/30/2023 13:42pm) Nice (Mark Hudson 04/01/2023 15:05pm)

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Kingfish 05/10/23 11:09pm Size: 12" Bait/Lure: Sand Fleas Method: Surf Fishing Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 13 Like It	15% JRGSTRIPER Milford DE
Nice . Congrats!! (Father Time 05/12/2023 22:45pm)

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Largemouth Bass 04/27/23 7:00pm Size: 23" / 7lbs Bait/Lure: Chatterbait Method: Casting Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 10 Like It	1% Emmett Kelly Ocean View DE
Big One killed it. 20 minutes to land. (Emmett Kelly 04/27/2023 20:00pm) Nice (Mark Hudson 04/30/2023 14:02pm)

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Northern Pike 03/30/23 6:15am Bait/Lure: Jitterbug Method: Boat Fishing 20 Like It	3% Makoman Laytonsville MD
4th Pike in a row Tridelphia is coming alive (Makoman 03/30/2023 13:51pm) Jealous :) (Greg 03/30/2023 17:25pm) That's a beautiful northern!! Congrats! (Father Time 03/31/2023 10:04am) Sweet northern brother keep catching them (Vincent 04/01/2023 09:01am)

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Oscar 02/21/23 11:35pm Size: 12" / 1lb Bait/Lure: Spinner Method: Casting 13 Like It	Joseph Little Preston MD
5 gal.bucket full at Everglade recreation center south Florida.East of Miami (Joseph Little 02/21/2023 17:39pm)

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Pumpkinseed 04/25/23 6:36pm Size: 9" / 12lbs Bait/Lure: Gulp Method: Casting Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 9 Like It	1% Emmett Kelly Ocean View DE
Fun to catch on light tackle (Emmett Kelly 04/25/2023 19:36pm) That’s a bluegill not a pumpkin seed pumpkins seeds have bright blue spots on there back and bright orange stripes on their faces (Vincent 04/26/2023 09:33am) Yup its a blue gill (Mark Hudson 04/26/2023 15:50pm) Thanks I knew it because I’ve caught a lot of pumpkin seeds in the past (Vincent 04/27/2023 04:06am)

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Rainbow Trout 04/15/23 9:09am Size: 25.9" / 7.11lbs Bait/Lure: Spinner 15 Like It	4% watt Wilmington DE
Omg this man is on fire (watt 04/15/2023 10:09am) My gosh what a fish!!! Congratulations on that monster rainbow!! That's a hog! (Father Time 04/15/2023 10:22am) Holly Cow! (Greg 04/15/2023 11:14am) Nice fish! (Dansfishingagain 04/15/2023 12:48pm) In the Wissahickon? (Mark Hudson 04/15/2023 19:16pm) Yes Mark he was in first place for around 3 hrs but holding on to bronze right now (watt 04/15/2023 20:33pm) Sweet bow man (Vincent 04/16/2023 08:10am) Up date He got bronze he got to stand on the podium (watt 04/16/2023 18:46pm) Cool (Mark Hudson 04/16/2023 20:21pm) Where were u fishinf (Vincent 04/19/2023 12:45pm) Fishing (Vincent 04/19/2023 12:45pm)

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Red Drum 04/04/23 6:59pm Size: 40" Bait/Lure: Mullet Chunk Method: Surf Fishing Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 12 Like It	15% JRGSTRIPER Milford DE
Point Cape Hatteras NC (JRGSTRIPER 05/02/2023 19:37pm)

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Roughtail Stingray 05/22/23 1:29pm Bait/Lure: Bunker Method: Surf Fishing Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 16 Like It	302 fishin
How many hours did it take to reel that one in? (Greg 05/23/2023 18:22pm) Never heard of that species. Thing's huge. (Mark Yengle 05/23/2023 20:57pm)

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Sand Perch 02/04/23 5:03pm Size: 7.5" / 0.3lbs Bait/Lure: Shrimp Method: Pier Fishing 5 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA
They look like a white bass from here (Mark Hudson 02/18/2023 12:27pm)

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Sandbar Shark 04/15/23 6:10pm Size: 80" / 147lbs Bait/Lure: Bonita Method: Beach 10 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA

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Sea Bass 05/15/23 12:57pm Size: 18.5" / 2.15lbs Bait/Lure: Squid Method: Boat Fishing Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 18 Like It	Tim Burg Wilmington DE
Nice one (Greg 05/16/2023 15:57pm) Beautiful fish! (Father Time 05/16/2023 18:03pm)

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Shad 04/07/23 8:08pm Size: 17" / 2lbs Bait/Lure: Shad Dart Method: Bridge fishing 11 Like It	2% The Fish Whisperer Laurel MD
Wow that's a good size shad! Congrats! (Father Time 04/07/2023 21:12pm) Wow that's a big one! (Greg 04/07/2023 22:22pm) i did something really stupid after catching that one. I didnt want to bring any fish home. There was this one catfish that was stuck in a small puddle of water and because i didnt want it to die, i tried putting it back into the river. when i lipped it, it did a death roll and my finger got really messed up. (The Fish Whisperer 04/08/2023 11:00am) Very nice (Mark Hudson 04/08/2023 23:28pm)

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Sheepshead 05/20/23 5:32pm Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 19 Like It	Aidan Gottshall Phoenixville PA
Cool (Mark Hudson 05/21/2023 12:40pm)

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Shrimp 02/04/23 4:59pm Size: 6.5" Bait/Lure: Cast Net Method: Pier Fishing 5 Like It	3% GRF Ludowici GA
Did you eat it? (The Fish Whisperer 02/04/2023 18:39pm) I’m still out fishing, might use him for bait, don’t know yet (GRF 02/04/2023 18:40pm)

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Smallmouth Bass 05/12/23 10:10am Size: 14" Bait/Lure: Tube Lure Method: Boat Fishing 8 Like It	Chad C Stewartstown PA

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Snook 04/29/23 8:10am Size: 28" Bait/Lure: Mullet Method: Casting 13 Like It	Dan F Leesburg VA
5 for the first, 5 for the biggest (Dan F 04/29/2023 13:21pm) Love it!!!! Great fish! Got to get you to the beach in the next couple of weeks cuz the stripers are in the surf now! (Greg 04/29/2023 14:13pm) Congrats on the snook, nice fighting fish. (Chic 04/29/2023 17:27pm) Dan where you at? (Bob Carlin 04/30/2023 11:03am)

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Speckled Trout 05/20/23 8:10am Bait/Lure: Vudu Shrimp Method: Jetty 16 Like It	19% Danny Noel Houston TX
Texas City Dike trout this morning (Danny Noel 05/20/2023 15:47pm) Nice fish - they are so good eating (Greg 05/20/2023 18:19pm)

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Spiny Dogfish 04/23/23 8:56am Size: 36" Bait/Lure: Mullet Rig Method: Surf Fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Ice House 8 Like It	10% Jeff Kirby Rehoboth Beach DE

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Steelhead 04/11/23 1:49pm Size: 25" 13 Like It	3% Jordan Marcus Owings Mills MD
That's awesome!! Nice fish. (Father Time 04/11/2023 22:05pm) That’s such a nice fish! (Greg 04/14/2023 19:29pm)

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Stingray 05/14/23 6:24am Size: 12" Bait/Lure: Bunker Method: Surf fish Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 14 Like It	6% stingray Ray Lincoln DE

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Striped Bass 02/14/23 10:07am Size: 50" Bait/Lure: Buck tail jig Method: Jigging 23 Like It	shawn benton
chesapeake winter jigging (shawn benton 02/23/2023 11:07am) Very nice fish! (The Fish Whisperer 02/23/2023 15:29pm) Wow that’s one hell of a fish!!! (Greg 02/23/2023 15:55pm) Nice striper!! Congrats! (Father Time 02/23/2023 17:45pm) Nice fish bro (Vincent 02/24/2023 04:26am) That is a NICE FISH, congrats! (Dansfishingagain 02/24/2023 21:18pm) Wow!enough said! (Jason Stallings 02/25/2023 02:03am)

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Sucker 05/20/23 12:04pm Size: 16" / 1.2lbs Bait/Lure: Nightcrawlers Method: Stream fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Wharton Store 7 Like It	11% Shanan A. Poe Dallastown PA
Great time fishing in God's Country Potter County,Pa. (Shanan A. Poe 05/20/2023 13:04pm) Lucky you (watt 05/20/2023 13:17pm) Thanks Watt. (Shanan A. Poe 05/20/2023 13:20pm)

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Sunfish 01/25/23 10:11am Size: 8" Bait/Lure: Redworm Method: Bank Fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Me 6 Like It	3% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA

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Tarpon 03/19/23 6:09am Size: 48" / 35lbs Bait/Lure: Swim Shad Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 11 Like It	1% Chic Ocean View DE
1st Tarpon I have ever landed.Released 25 minute fight on light tackle.Air show was spectacular (Chic 03/20/2023 05:59am) You’re having a great trip!!! I’m jealous :) (Greg 03/20/2023 10:35am) That's awesome!! Congratulations! (Father Time 03/20/2023 11:52am) Been a great trip,hoping a "Snook"is next. (Chic 03/20/2023 18:04pm) Congrats (Mark Hudson 03/22/2023 07:30am)

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Tautog 05/12/23 5:06pm Size: 25" / 9lbs Bait/Lure: Crab Method: Boat Fishing 17 Like It	2% Dansfishingagain Bethany Beach DE
Great weather today! I was able to fish without a hoodie all day. After weighing this lucky lady was returned safely to hopefully make more tautog for future enjoyable days. (Dansfishingagain 05/12/2023 18:06pm) Nice fish (Mark Hudson 05/12/2023 19:23pm) That's awesome!! (Father Time 05/12/2023 22:46pm)

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Weakfish 05/21/23 4:40pm Size: 24" / 4.5lbs Bait/Lure: Spec rig Tackle Shop: Hook 'em & Cook 'em (Indian River) 18 Like It	7% Hook 'em & Cook 'em Rehoboth Beach DE
Steve Gurczenski of Fairhill, MD caught this beauty. (Hook 'em & Cook 'em 05/21/2023 17:47pm) I haven’t seen one like that in 20 years / awesome! (Greg 05/21/2023 17:48pm) Same (Mark Hudson 05/21/2023 19:43pm) Nice fish! And ditto!! Long time!! (Father Time 05/21/2023 22:29pm) Beautiful Weakie (Mark Yengle 05/23/2023 20:59pm) Sweet weakie what color speck rig were you using (Vincent 05/25/2023 13:09pm)

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White Perch 05/06/23 8:17am Size: 7" Bait/Lure: Crank Bait Method: Kayak Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 10 Like It	6% stingray Ray Lincoln DE

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Yellow Perch 01/25/23 10:39am Size: 10" Bait/Lure: Crappie Magnet Method: Bank Fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Me 8 Like It	3% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA