Austin Schiefer Green Bay fishing
The gist
Wisconsin angler Austin Schiefer caught a 9.7-pound smallmouth bass in Green Bay, breaking a 76-year-old state record.
The catch tops a 1950 mark and highlights the bay's smallmouth fishery.
How it unfolded
- Oct 30, 2026Schiefer caught a smallmouth bass at about 2 p.m. over roughly 20 feet of water; a hand-held scale read 9.72 pounds.
- Oct 30, 2026The fish weighed 9.7 pounds and measured 23.75 inches on a certified scale at Thompson's County Market in Oconto, Wis.
- Oct 31, 2026Wisconsin DNR fisheries biologists Logan Sikora and Jacob Steckmesser examined the fish in Brussels, Wis.; its stomach was empty, no lead sinkers or other objects were found, and it was a male.