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DNR Certifies New State Record Pumpkinseed Fish

Contact:  Barb Dilts 517-373-1280
Agency: Natural Resources


Dec. 1, 2009

The 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.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, accessible use and enjoyment of the State's natural resources for current and future generations.

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