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Lanier Shellcracker Record Broken After Nearly 20 Years
This record fish bit a "dew worm" in 30 feet of water.
Brad Gill | December 22, 2021
When you think about fishing on Lake Lanier in December, visions of big striped bass on the end of your line likely come to mind—at least before a shellcracker flopping in the boat would.
Michael Madryga, of Cumming, and his son Blair, 25, were fishing Lake Lanier Dec. 12 when they put a new lake-record shellcracker in the boat.
Chase Mason with Hammonds Fishing verified the weight on the 13-inch fish using the store’s certified scale. It weighed 1.59 pounds (1-lb., 9.44-ozs.) and beat a nearly 20-year-old record, a 1-lb., 5-oz. fish caught on June 13, 2002 by Russ Toole.
“Lanier is an incredible fishery, and I’m sure there are bigger ones out there. This unexpected catch made for a memorable day on the water,” said Blair.
Largemouth Bass | 17-lbs., 9-ozs. | Emory Dunahoo | 12/19/65 |
Spotted Bass | 8-lbs., 0.5-ozs. | Patrick Bankston | 05/20/85 |
Striped Bass | 47-lbs., 12-ozs. | Ward Schanhals | 04/03/10 |
Hybrid Bass | 12-lbs. | Fred Duncan | 12/22/92 |
White Bass | 5-lbs., 1-oz.* | J.M. Hobbins | 06/16/71 |
Shoal Bass | 5-lbs., 5-ozs. | Peter T. Thliveros | 12/01/94 |
White Crappie | 3-lbs., 2-ozs. | Bill Fretwell | 04/17/91 |
Black Crappie | 3-lbs., 5-ozs. | Chris Williams | 10/06/06 |
Walleye | 8-lbs., 9-ozs. | Buddy Wade | 01/20/13 |
Bluegill | 1-lb., 2-ozs. | Mrs. Pat Johnson | 06/03/79 |
Yellow Perch | 1-lb., 8-ozs. | Jeff Howard | 02/02/90 |
Shellcracker | 1-lb., 9.44-ozs. | Michael Madryga | 12/12/21 |
Rainbow Trout | 9-lbs., 6-ozs. | Brooke Wheeler | 03/02/19 |
Brown Trout | 6-lbs. | Tim Wyatt | 04/24/04 |
Flathead Catfish | 51-lbs., 10-ozs. | Rodney Stephens | 08/14/16 |
Channel Catfish | 22-lbs., 8-ozs. | Robert Hancock | 09/28/11 |
Longnose Gar | 30-lbs., 13-ozs. | Gerald Kennedy | 09/04/13 |
Common Carp | 19-lbs., 9.6-ozs. | Charlie White | 03/17/24 |
Blue Catfish | 19-lbs., 5.5-ozs. | Tyler Kesselring | 07/27/24 |
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