New state-record gizzard shad caught in the Grand River
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 baitcasting in 1996 on Lake St. Clair (St. Clair County). Gizzard shad are a fish native to Michigan and are named for their gizzard, a muscular organ filled with grit and stones that helps to break down food, more commonly associated with birds like chickens than with fish.