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Ewest, I believe you are speaking of Bruce's redears, which I have been sworn to never speak of again. Shorty, come to think of it, I couldn't get that tune out of my head either.
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It may have also been that he had home court advantage. He may also know where they live. -------------- There is a fine line between being a pond boss and being bossed by your pond.
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Originally posted by ewest: Bruce's fish looked impressive to me in the pic , but I know what you mean Nedoc. But he is not showing us the 14in. dinner sized plate version. They have been mind altered to only appear to Bruce. Even if Bruce shows up with a camera they take it away from him and laugh while they sing "we are the masters , we are the champions .. of the world. Why do Bruce and the concept of "altered minds" constantly recur together? :p
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Because wherever Bruce is not to far away is that guy named Dr. Frankenbruce and his friend Igor and the altered pets toothed BG, mean RES and killer YP.
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ewest, and to think I was speculating that it was just staying up late on occasion drinking DMD and Jack mixers that led to some late morning bizarre big fish dreams, I would have bet that this was the true source of Bruce's creativity. Just razzing ya Dr. Frankenbruce, now I know! :p
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I like being razzed. I just hope you're razzing me over a 2.5 pounder someday.
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I just hope you're razzing me over a 2.5 pounder someday. I would love to be there when that eventually happens, and you are on track for happening.
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Thanks for humoring me and my constant bluegill banter... How big does this one look? I caught it today and I think it's the biggest bluegill that started in the selection program.
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Pansize????
SOrrry that would almost by canabalism to brucey bruce bruce.
nice fishy
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Originally posted by Bruce Condello: Thanks for humoring me and my constant bluegill banter...
How big does this one look?
I caught it today and I think it's the biggest bluegill that started in the selection program. That lets me know I am doing something WRONG!! Nice fish!
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It LOOKS like a 10".
Now when I catch a 10 incher, it always turns out to be 8" after measuring (I have this problem with deer antlers, too. A 10 pointer always turns out to have only 8.)
But Bruce has like the opposite of this problem (which makes it an advantage - not a problem). SO I am going to guess that this BG is a 12 incher!
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Very nice, Bruce. I am impressed as much by the height as by the impressive length.
12"?
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Very nice fish Bruce! Keep this up and you'll need a whole new set of bigger dinner plates.
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Originally posted by Bruce Condello: Thanks for humoring me and my constant bluegill banter...
How big does this one look?
I caught it today and I think it's the biggest bluegill that started in the selection program. Four of Dr. Bruce’s fingers = ~3.1 inches, extrapolated to length of BG photo = 12.4 inches. Great fish…!
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Is that one of my ten?
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Nice plate Bruce. Same size as the mounted pair. Eleven inches and 1.2 lbs.
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OK Bruce, the suspense is killin’ us – what is length of your mega CSBG? Upon further review of your CSBG, I enlarged the photo to a scale equal to the width of photgraphed four fingers. (~3.1 inches) My revised guestimation, based on actual scale length, is 10.7 inches.
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10 5/8 inches
1 lb 6 oz.
I'm kicking myself for not taking a picture of the fish from the top. It was the thickest bluegill I've ever seen....but I guess I should just be happy I didn't mess up the photo. This is a photo I took of myself, so I'm slowly getting better at using my new camera.
He's definitely got a helmet started. Also I'm pretty sure it was an immature fish.
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george has your finger size down pat.
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Bruce, what is the secret sauce that you put on the hook? Do you do any fly fishing for them?
P.S. The pond is doing great with the SHO2 running about 3 days a week. Lots of life and ZERO floaters.
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BarO, My secret sauce looks a lot like worm woo-woo. I love fly fishing for them but usually don't have enough time. I did use a fly that George made and knocked 'em dead a few weeks ago in my big pond. The perch love George's fly too. Glad your pond is doing better. I want a bumper sticker that says "Ask me about my zero floaters".
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Let's just ignore the last picture, shall we? I was fishing with my Dad at the farm just for a few minutes and I caught a fish that blew away every bluegill I've ever caught. I'll try to get a picture on in a bit. I've been so jealous of Cecil for so long, but now I think I've got a fish that's close to comparable. Maybe I'm just kidding myself, but this is what I've been shooting for...
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Lets not ignore the first pic. Can you give us the details on both. BTW that is a real big helmet head male CSBG.
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