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Bruce and Yolkie, those are beautiful fish!!!!! Ditto!
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Longear sunfish are one of the prettiest native fish in North America. There is such variation in their coloration from one drainage to the next, they can almost look like completely different species.
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...If the background was an urban brick wall, one could easily replace the bluegill with a sign that says "Will work for food, and may God bless you!"
Sorry Dreamboat, couldn't resist! I do look a tad unkempt in that pic. TJ, with my platinum mane, I'm working on the Thor look right now. My bride says I still have a ways to go.
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What is that fish Bruce is holding? Would they make it in Texas ponds?
If they will, I want some.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Longears are a stunning fish. The creeks around here are full of them.
"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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Tony, do you think it's the temp, or water quality that makes them so common in the creeks up there?
Dave, I just checked, and the TX record is 13 oz, and that's the lowest weight record of any of the sunfish family. I think.
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I don't know, AL. I just assumed that they were partial to moving water. Many of the creeks we used to catch them in ran through cornfields, so I'm not too sure about water quality. Just guessing, but maybe they are tolerant of less than pristine water conditions?
I've never seen a really big one, most top out around 6" around here.
"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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I don't know, AL. I just assumed that they were partial to moving water. Many of the creeks we used to catch them in ran through cornfields, so I'm not too sure about water quality. Just guessing, but maybe they are tolerant of less than pristine water conditions?
I've never seen a really big one, most top out around 6" around here. Gotcha, thanks.
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Bruce were those longears pond fish and how big of a pond? Were they common or scarce in the pond? We did very much miss your posting.
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I have caught them in Batesville Arkansas on the white river. They were in moving water when I caught mine. Just on the other side of a point waiting on stuff to float by. I wish they got bigger they are some good looking fish!!
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I wonder what one of those and a RES would look like?
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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You know you're dealing with a sunfish nut when he comes to Nashville, catches stripers and hybrids to 14lbs, 4lb+ smallies, an 11" female bluegill.......and the only pic he posts is the 5" Longear!!
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Say, is that Sunfish Nut, or TOTAL FREAK???
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Total Freakin' Freak!!
Almost perfect trip, but I made him late for the Grand Ole Opry. However, I have no regrets, and would [and likely will] brave the stern disapprobation of Condollo Females for the same opportunity again.
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Condello females can be harsh and direct!
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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It was OK that I was late to the grand old Opry because when Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood made their surprise visit it was at the end anyway.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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I'm sure wishing I'd gone to Yolkies place to change water! Pretty fish!!!
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Here's the picture you've been waiting for! Yolkie with a enormous hybrid striped bass. This was the biggest of the trip, but there were several other fish that were near or at the double digit mark!
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Nice one Yolk! Totally worth blowing off Garth and Trisha.
"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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Water looks tropical, beautiful fish and tolerable angler photo.
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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