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Strange fish found during pond excavation! #126496 07/25/08 11:36 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida G GW OP Lunker
OP GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	The strangest thing is that it was found under 8 feet of topsoil.

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! GW #126502 07/25/08 12:39 PM
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dave in el dorado ca Ambassador Lunker D Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,261 el dorado ca	keep diggin, you might find the former pondmeister......mr. bill...... GSF are people too!

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! dave in el dorado ca #126503 07/25/08 12:42 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,512 Likes: 270 Miss.	Is that a Uforma Reproductus ?

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! dave in el dorado ca #126504 07/25/08 12:42 PM
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sullpond Lunker S Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 122 VA	CSF=Clay Sunfish

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! sullpond #126509 07/25/08 12:53 PM
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OP GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	I wonder if those are spawning colors... It was hanging around this structure:

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! GW #126522 07/25/08 01:50 PM
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Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	That was the first fish I ever mounted. Are you making fun of me boy?! If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! Cecil Baird1 #126527 07/25/08 02:04 PM
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heybud Lunker H Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,319 Central Texas	It was planted there by the GSA, better check with JHAP and quick. In Dog Beers, I've had one.

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! heybud #126561 07/25/08 08:25 PM
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OP GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	Cecil, let me know if you need any blanks. $\:\)$ Luckily the pond builder was on the other side of the site while I was, um, collecting the specimen. I tried the Condello technique but the fish wouldn't hold still enough. Last edited by GW; 07/25/08 08:27 PM.

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! GW #126562 07/25/08 08:54 PM
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FattyMcButterpants Lunker Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,114 Ft. Worth, Texas &Richland,Tex...	isnt that a rock bass?

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! FattyMcButterpants #126563 07/25/08 08:59 PM
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OP GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	Go to your room FattyMcButterpants.

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! FattyMcButterpants #126565 07/25/08 09:35 PM
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Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,997 Likes: 285 Central Ohio	Originally Posted By: FattyMcButterpants isnt that a rock bass? The Master has spoken. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! GW #126566 07/25/08 09:49 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,114 Ft. Worth, Texas &Richland,Tex... FattyMcButterpants Lunker
FattyMcButterpants Lunker Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,114 Ft. Worth, Texas &Richland,Tex...	Originally Posted By: GW Go to your room FattyMcButterpants. I amnot allowed in the house....

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! FattyMcButterpants #126567 07/25/08 10:00 PM
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OP GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	Well, of course you aren't. $\:\/$

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! GW #126587 07/26/08 08:36 AM
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bobad Lunker B Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,365 Eunice, Louisiana	Looks like he's well preserved GW. Maybe he was buried close to a barrel of grog. Shrimp

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! bobad #126595 07/26/08 09:13 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,934 Likes: 2 Illinois Brettski Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Brettski Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,934 Likes: 2 Illinois	How far did you excavate the periphery of this archeological find, GW? Chances are the rest of this historical dig lies closeby. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! Brettski #126606 07/26/08 10:33 AM
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OP GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	Careful excavation is under way...

Re: Strange fish found during pond excavation! GW #126607 07/26/08 10:49 AM
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jeffhasapond Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker J Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,615 Likes: 5 Pond in No CA, Me in So CA	As skilled as he is, I'm betting there is no way that Bruce can fillet that CSF (you killed me with that one Sullpond) in under 50 seconds unless he has a concrete saw. Oh and by the way, the GSA had nothing to do with the relocation of that CSF to GW's pond as far as you know. JHAP ~~~~~~~~~~ "My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." ...Hedley Lamarr (that's Hedley not Hedy)

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