“Biggest Pumpkinseed I’d Ever Seen.” Shore Angler Catches (and Releases) Record Breaking Panfish

“Biggest Pumpkinseed I’d Ever Seen.” Shore Angler Catches (and Releases) Record Breaking Panfish

Sierra Adamson of Beverly, West Virginia, was fishing from shore with her boyfriend Ronald Davis on the Tygart Valley River the morning of July 14 when she topped a brand-new fishing record. “It was the second spot we’d fished that morning, right after I got off work from Walmart,” Adamson tells Outdoor Life. “That shoreline place has been a good one for us. We catch bass early in the year there, plus some big panfish now – usually bluegills, gr…