I caught my first two RES today. Maybe my first two ever, but for sure my first two since moving to MO 10 yr ago. These fish impressed me. They were considerably bigger than my biggest BG, and that fish made my day. I've always read that they grow larger than BG, but I never paid much attention to that. I just considered them another type of sun fish that preferred deeper water than BG and ate snails. Now I have much more respect for that species. I caught them on a 9' 4 wt fly rod, and they gave me quite a tussel. They pretty much went where they wanted to go. Fun, fun, fun.