New state-record gizzard shad caught in the Grand River

  • Sedrick Neinhuis holding the state-record gizzard shad he caught April 22 in the Grand River (Kent County). The new state record gizzard shad weighed 4.45 pounds and measured 20.3 inches long.
    Sedrick Neinhuis holding the state-record gizzard shad he caught April 22 in the Grand River (Kent County). The new state record gizzard shad weighed 4.45 pounds and measured 20.3 inches long.

    LANSING

    An angler from Lowell, Michigan, caught a new state-record fish: a gizzard shad that weighed 4.45 pounds and measured 20.3 inches long! Sedrick Neinhuis was spincasting on the Grand River in Kent County on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 22, when he brought in the record-breaker.

    This fish beats the previous state-record gizzard shad, which was 4.12 pounds and 21 inches, caught by baitcast…