Wesley Daniels tied the Georgia state record for spotted sunfish with a 12-ounce catch from the Suwannee River. Spotted sunfish, or "stumpknockers," are typically smaller and prefer stumps for feeding ...

SOUTH GEORGIA — Georgia fishers have been breaking records lately when it comes to catching spotted sunfish. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources posted photos of Josh Forsythe of Homerville ...

ATKINSON COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - A new record spotted sunfish was hooked right here in South Georgia on the Suwannee River. Pearson resident, Wesley Daniels, was having a slow day on the water when an ...

Atkinson County angler Wesley Daniels reeled in a record-tying palm-sized panfish Tuesday while fishing for catfish. Weighing in at 12 ounces and measuring 8 ½ inches long, the spotted sunfish Daniels ...

ATLANTA — Wesley Daniels of Pearson has kicked off 2025 with a splash, reeling in the year’s first record freshwater fish — a hefty spotted sunfish caught in the Suwannee River. The fish measured 8 ¾ ...

WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. PEARSON, Ga. (WALB) - Georgia has its first freshwater fish state record tie of the year, ...

Wesley Daniels of Pearson, Ga., reeled in a spotted sunfish last Sunday from the Suwannee River. It tied the state record of 12 ounces. “I was fishing for catfish, so the unusual thing was that he was ...