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Went out after work this evening and caught this beauty on a yellow 4 inch texas rigged swimbait. Put up a great fight. Measured 24 inches. 
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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and you was all dressed up for it!
congrats weissguy, really nice fish...length and weight??
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Just edited and added length. It was 24 inches. Didn't have a scale handy and wanted to get it right back in the water, so no weight. Yea, I went out to the pond directly from work. I just had an itch to get out there today. The itch was scratched well. hehe
It was a blast!
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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wow! nice fish, not much activity at my pond yet, but looking
forward to it several 5+ pounders that haven't been caught in
a couple years
fish tremble at the sound of my name
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I think it was probably a little below 7, but I can't be sure. It just didn't have that "girth" that I normally see in a 24 inch bass. Regardless, it was a real treat for sure!
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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Hey Weissguy, You're going to need to grow your arms longer or take a friend for the next biggest fish pic. 
20 acres of trees & 3/4 acre pond.
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Yes...longer arms help.
Or take me along.
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I had to hold it BACK instead of forward as I had to use my long arm to hold the cell phone to take the pic, and I couldn't get the whole thing in the frame for the life of me. hehe...
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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What a wonderful problem to have! 
"Only after sorrow's hand has bowed your head will life become truly real to you; then you will acquire the noble spirituality which intensifies the reality of life. I go to an all-powerful God. Beyond that I have no knowledge--no fear--only faith."
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What a wonderful problem to have! I'll take that "problem" any day of the week!
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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You need to cheat like Bruce. He shoves those fish right into the camera to make them look better. He's never grown any bluegills over 6 inches!  Oh,oh. Now I let out the secret!  Seriously that fish looks like it was between six and seven pounds. Not a bad fish anywhere. Edit: I meant 4 inches. Sorry. BTW for those of you that don't know I am only kidding about Bruce. He grows some monster bluegills and he's a great guy.
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Thanks Cecil. Much better than the "big" one I caught last Thursday when I took the day off to take my nephew fishing. (I need to regrow the facial hair... I look much prettier) 
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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We've always said that the advice you get at Pond Boss is based on experience.
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Actually, if you're taking your own picture on a cellphone you get the opposite of the desired effect.
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The work shirt is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
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Beautiful fish Weiss! Didn't have a scale handy and wanted to get it right back in the water, so no weight. Well at least you had a camera, that's a great photo! Yea, I went out to the pond directly from work. I just had an itch to get out there today. The itch was scratched well. That's what I'm talking about, a man with a good sense of priorities.
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Weiss, I'm gueesing 85% Wr so that would make it almost exactly 7 lbs. Nice fish!
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