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2010 Entries - Updated August 13, 2010

Species Name

Size, Location, Angler, and Date

Apache Trout	5 lb. 4 oz. 24.75 in., Silver Creek Brady Dupke, 04/01/10
Black Buffalo	33 lb. 7.36 oz. 40 in., Apache Lake Ron Nuss Jr., 06/07/10
Black Crappie	1 lb. 12.48 oz. 14.17 in., Roosevelt Lake Arthur Borrego, 03/17/10
Bluegill	1 lb. 0 oz. 10 in., Rainbow Lake Jean Klink, 07/20/10
Carp	24 lb. 15.36 oz. 33.5 in., Saguaro Lake Ron Nuss Jr., 04/26/10
Channel Catfish	7 lb. 3.84 oz. 27.5 in., San Carlos Reservoir Dana Gaulin, 06/28/10
Cutthroat Trout	3 lb. 10.56 oz. 20.88 in., Big Lake John Delancey, 07/07/10
Flathead Catfish	33 lb. 6.72 oz. 40.5 in., Lake Pleasant Jack Collett, 06/02/10
Largemouth Bass	14 lb. 0 oz. 27.5 in., Roosevelt Lake Erik A. Mitchell, 03/31/10
Rainbow Trout	3 lb. 6.4 oz. 19 in., Rose Canyon Lake Rebecca Holman, 06/29/10
Redear Sunfish*	4 lb. 2.24 oz. 15.5 in., Lake Havasu David J. Smith, 02/16/10
Striped Bass*	29 lb. 13.76 oz. 45.25 in., Lake Pleasant Bob Liddington, 07/13/10
Walleye	10 lb. 13.12 oz. 30.5 in., Apache Lake Terry Otts, 02/20/10
Yellow Bass	1 lb. 1.28 oz. 12.5 in., Apache Lake Devin Olsen Monroe, 07/02/10

Catch and Release**

Carp	17 in., Tempe Town Lake Edward S. Zalig, 02/04/10
Largemouth Bass	27 in., Colorado River, Yuma Area Richard Mendenhall, 04/15/10
Rainbow Trout*	32 in., Silver Creek Ben Sandall, 01/30/10
Redear Sunfish	11 in., Patagonia Lake Clarissa Munguia, 05/28/10
Tilapia	12 in., ASU Research Park Steven Schmidt, 07/16/10

Urban Entries

Black Crappie	0 lb. 15.04 oz. 11.9 in., Kiwanis Lake Garrett Laubinger, 05/30/10
Channel Catfish	8 lb. 11.84 oz. 29.25 in., Kiwanis Lake Garrett Laubinger, 06/04/10
Largemouth Bass	6 lb. 14.24 oz. 21.5 in., Kennedy Lake Joe Sanchez, 04/20/10
Rainbow Trout	3 lb. 10.56 oz. 20.4 in., Water Ranch Lake Antonio Lopez, 01/25/10
Redear Sunfish	0 lb. 11.84 oz. 9.4 in., Papago Pond #1 Brandon Dugan 02/13/10

Catch and Release**

Carp

28 in., Kennedy Lake

Ronda Grendell-Larson, 04/10/10

Channel Catfish

26 in., Red Mountain Lake

Jim Howell, 03/26/10

* 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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