Robert Audrain III's new Missouri record fish beat the old mark by 33 percent.
The St. Louis angler's 4-ounce longear sunfish eclipsed the previous record longear by a whole ounce.
“It’s funny because most of my friends thought it was a joke,” Audrain said, laughing. “Because of the fish’s size, they really didn’t think that it was a record.”
The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed the new record, which was caught July 3 while Audrain was fishing in a private pond in Franklin County.
“I was fishing off my father-in-law’s dock at a private lake a little south of Eureka,” Audrain said, in an MDC news release. “I was with my 12-year-old son and we knew there was some good-sized sunfish in the lake. I was using my handline and it was the first line I threw in when we caught the fish.”
The sunfish was weighed on a certified scale at MDC’s St. Louis Regional Office. It’s the eighth state-record fish recorded for 2020.
The previous record was a 3-ounce fish caught in 1993 in Lick Log Creek.
“The previous record was recognized before the requirement to meet or exceed the Master Angler Award minimum was instituted,” said MDC Fisheries Programs Specialist Andrew Branson. “Even though this new record is below the Master Angler Award minimum of 8 ounces, it still beats the existing record.”
As for his new record, Audrain said he plans to mount the sunfish.
“My buddy’s father is a taxidermist, and I think I’m going to have him mount it,” he said. “But I think my son and I are going to try for another record. We’re pretty sure there’s a bigger fish in that lake. I think it’d be cool for him to beat my record!”
Missouri state-record fish are recognized in two categories: pole-and-line and alternative methods. Alternative methods include trotlines, throwlines, limblines, banklines, juglines, spearfishing, snagging, snaring, gigging, grabbing, archery and atlatl.
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