Bright red fish caught by Mississippi angler with electric reel breaks new record

A Mississippi angler conscionable broke a fishing record in the Magnolia State.

Joseph Hoang of Biloxi, Mississippi, caught a vermilion snapper utilizing an electrical reel.

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) certified the all-tackle authorities saltwater fish record for the period of May.

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The snapper weighed 6 pounds and 9.6 ounces, according to the MDMR quality release.

Vermilion snappers are known for their agleam reddish colour and slender body.

Joseph Hoang, pictured here, acceptable a caller authorities grounds with a 6-pound vermilion snapper successful May. (MDMR)

They tin turn up to 2 feet agelong and measurement up to 7 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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The food tin beryllium recovered from North Carolina down to Brazil, including successful the West Indies, the Gulf of America and the Caribbean Sea.

Red snapper tin turn up to 2 feet agelong and measurement up to 7 pounds. (iStock)

Red snapper season started in Mississippi connected May 23.

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Anglers are allowed to harvest 2 reddish snappers per idiosyncratic per time with a 16-inch minimum size limit.

Mississippi anglers are allowed to harvest 2 reddish snappers per idiosyncratic per time with a 16-inch minimum size limit. (REUTERS/Gary Cameron )

The largemouth bass is Mississippi's authorities fish. 

It's besides the astir communal fish to find, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP).

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Largemouth bass tin scope weights greater than 10 to 15 pounds, sometimes stretching implicit 26 inches successful length, according to the MDWFP.