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Not for a second! RES are very tasty- close to white perch.... Nah
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I told the wife I am going to get a line wet this weekend, I went outside, and from a distance, I was sure a redear was giving me the fin! I know its early, but I gotta try!
My momma never accused me of being to smart....
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...I was sure a redear was giving me the fin!.... That's awesome.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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I told the wife I am going to get a line wet this weekend, I went outside, and from a distance, I was sure a redear was giving me the fin! I know its early, but I gotta try! perfect!
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Shorty, I am jealous. Congrats...No redears this weekend, but a lmb out of my 2.5 year old pond, weighing in at just under 4 lbs!!!! It made my weekend. Blue 1/8 oz jig head with a white tube body. All the other lmb I caught were still plump too, after a long winter.
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All of those RES were caught on a micro jig (1/80th oz) rigged 24" below a swivel and a casting bubble. All of them were caught in less than 3 ft of water. I also caught about three dozen GSH, two were over 9", and one 14-1/2" SMB, all on the same rig.
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Shorty Can you post a pic of the micro jig, please I love them redears
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Pat, I found this in another thread. For panfish, you can't go wrong w/micro jigs--1/80 and 1/100 oz. $3/25 from Cabelas. I can't remember the last time I hurt a fish using one of these.
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Thanks Shorty Gonna get some
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Wow short, your RES have very vivid yellow pelvic and anal fins. I've seen some with, some without - those are almost blinding! Beautiful coloration.
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I am pretty sure males will darken up once spawning time gets closer.
I also have reduced water clarity from last summers gully washers and an overabundance of GSH, my reduced water clarity might be playing a role in coloration. I find it interesting that the 4 RES I have in my aquarium are no where near that vivid in coloration.
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Below is one caught early spring.
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Good looking fish... They my fav. Besides crappie
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They my fav. Besides crappie Pat, Remind me to send you some YP fillets! Better yet, you guys come up for a visit and catch yer own dang YP!
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Shorty, I am jealous. Congrats...No redears this weekend, but a lmb out of my 2.5 year old pond, weighing in at just under 4 lbs!!!! It made my weekend. Blue 1/8 oz jig head with a white tube body. All the other lmb I caught were still plump too, after a long winter. Mike, that is quite an accomplishment in your neck of the woods. Sounds like you have good RW, too. Way to go!
7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160
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They my fav. Besides crappie Pat, Remind me to send you some YP fillets! Better yet, you guys come up for a visit and catch yer own dang YP! I'll take you up on that Bill
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Very good condition Shorty !!!!!
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My larger 8-9" RES are in great condition coming out of winter, not sure what the have been eating over the winter but the ones I have sampled are thick and in very good condition.
My smaller 5-6" RES are just more average in condition, I have caught a small number of YP and SMB in the 5-7" range and they seem to be in below average condition right now. At the moment I do have a very large year class of 5-7" GSH that most of my smaller fish are all competing with.
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At the moment I do have a very large year class of 5-7" GSH that most my smaller fish are all competing with. I have wondered about this as it seems lots of folks have GSH in their ponds. How do you manage GSH once their size out grows your predators's mouth gap?
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I do have a small number of SMB in the 15" to 16-3/4" that can eat that size of GSH but I may need to add some HSB or simply remove some of the larger GSH by angling. The rig I have been catching RES was originally set up to primarily catch GSH to use for bait on the larger SMB, catching RES was a pleasant surprise.
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If using GSH as forage in a pond not being stocked with LMB, I'd be very careful to not over stock them. Stocking a smaller number of brooder size GSH that are just big enough to not be eaten by your largest predator fish is a good plan to avoid GSH over abundance. You can control the GSH numbers by selecting the numbers stocked. 50 to 100 brooders per acre. All YOY GSH will be vulnerable to predation. The original stocked GSH will remain your baby markers but in the controlled numbers you first stocked. If you go by stocking fry or smaller 1"-2" fish in larger numbers, before predators go in, you could see a high percentage survive and have an over abundance of adult GSH competing with your preferred species.
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