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george1 #412399 05/22/15 07:08 PM
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I went and fished a public body of water near my house this afternoon and caught a lot of crappie, a few BG, and one GSF. Here is one of the non-pellet fed female BG I caught today. This lake has a lot of sub 12" LMB. grin





The GSF


Then I fished my pond this evening, TJ, both of these are males.






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Today's catch: the large (BGxRES)


and the small (YP)


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Mr. Gallus,

A big welcome back to the forum after your hiatus.

May we hopefully see more regular postings from your camera and your mind!

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One very nice hybrid.

The perch looks like something I would catch.

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Awesome Gill-Cracker Theo! cool



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Dang Theo, Nice fish!!

Good to see you back posting!!


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One of the finest gillcrackers I've seen. Outstanding!


"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
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I would like to nominate Dustin Pratt as the most honest man alive.

If my grandson caught a 3.95 pound fish it would be a 4 pound fish !!!


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Just a quick trip before dusk, first fly cast this season. 10 BG in about 15 minutes not bad. I didn't have scale only my fly box which is close to 9"









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I posted this in my pond thread but wanted to share in the pond fishing 2015 archieves... I caught this last week in my pond.


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Awesome fish everybody!


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Wow cool nice fish Bobby!!


The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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Saturday me and my boy caught a few nice ones!! Here are a couple of pics for that.



Brett had a blast Saturday he caught several BG but this was one of the better ones.

The Bass were biting also I caught like 5 or 6 in the 3 pound range. Here is one of them they all looked in GREAT shape!


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The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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Nice work RC !
















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Thanks Eric I love watching my boys catch fish! Brett sat and fished with me for over 2 hours and never once said anything about an electronic anything!! It was great!! They don't realize just how much they really do love it! I told him he will remember this day for a long time and he couldn't wait to go again!! smile

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Originally Posted By: Theo Gallus
Today's catch: the large (BGxRES)




I'm fascinated by the ongoing thread Shorty and others have going right now helping identify mail and female RES and the wonderful pictures on it. I'm seeing small variations in the color and intensity of the color on the tab of the pure RES but still cannot figure out how you can tell by the ear tab the male vs female RES. The pictures and the labels help and I hope someone keeps the pictures and tutorial coming!

Then this fish was posted and is called a 'gillcracker' or BGxRES. Can someone teach us how to see that this is a hybrid and where are the RES features? I don't see colored ear tab at all, maybe slightly larger ear tab? It looks like a big bluegill to my very untrained eye. Maybe it is the size of the mouth that gives it away?

If you scroll down from Theo's great picture to the nice bluegill posted by Snakebite in the next post they look similar to me.

IF someone can help that would be good. Maybe it is one of those things you get a feel for only after studying hundreds of pictures.

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It's finally happened !!!!

I broke the record that I was initially shooting for, a panfish over 8".
RES solid 10", weight 15 oz.
Never physically seen a RES or BG this size in person, just pics of what all you guys catch. Yaaahoooooooooo.......
After this one, I still can't even imagine one getting so round like you guys show.

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Awesome! cool



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Well I got to go fishing with two of my nephews and here are some of the fish we caught!!

Over a pound and a half and very tasty!!!






This one was over 3 and 3/4 Lbs!! 108 RW




Here is it's gape.



I got lucky and bested them with this one. Nearly 6Lbs and 120 RW!!



All the LMB uder 14 inches and all the crappie were delicious!!


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Congrats on the record catch fish n chips!!! That RES is a beauty!

And Brian, looks like things are working VERY well for your pond (lake?)....love that crappie!


"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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Ok well this Saturday was a pretty good day on the pond. We culled a few bass caught a few nice BG and had a fish fry. Cant beat that.


Here is a nice 9.5 incher I caught on a 4 inch worm!



Here is a cage we made to keep fish in until we get enough to have a fish fry it works great!



Here we are using the new cleaning table we made up! Worked like a charm!




Then that evening my mom caught a real nice Bass she was excited her little rod and real almost didn't get it in!! It was a blast!! Course we let this one go back. But we kept 5 others that were smaller.



Then of course the best part of all!! Grilling them fish baby!!




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The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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That's some good looking fish Flyer!! Nice!


The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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fish n chips, is that a Mr. or Mrs. RES? Very beautiful, I can imagine your excitement.

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I think that RES looks female, but curious to hear what others say.

CC, you asked about Theo's photo of the gillcracker, check out the "cheeks" on that fish... See the mottled pattern? Pure bluegills do not display that. The opercular is shaped a little differently than what I would expect to see on a male BG of that size, and the overall pattern of color, body-wise, appears to indicate another influence as well.

That's what I see anyway....


"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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