I loved seeing this picture. We just stocked RES in our pond and my wife had no idea what they are. I was able to show her this picture and now she's excited, LOL.
They can be hard to catch in waters with lots of BG or CNBG, as RES tend to hang near the bottom & seem less aggressive. Almost every one I've ever caught has been on live bait near the bottom, and I don't see them at feeding time. Electro survey found a RES spawning bed at my place, I guess there's enough snails to keep them going.
Great thing nowadays is that we can make a trophy replica without killing the trophy fish.
