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The Wisconsin DNR certified a 9-pound, 11.5-ounce smallmouth bass caught by Austin Schiefer in Green Bay as the state record on November 3, Field & Stream reports. The fish, taken on a 5-inch soft jerkbait and weighed at 9.72 pounds on a certified grocery-store scale, beat the record Leon Stefonek set in 1950 by more than 10 ounces.
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