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The Shellcrackers

If you've caught a redear sunfish, or if you want people to THINK you've caught a redear sunfish, this is the group for you.

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Latest Activity: Mar 16, 2023

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Comment by shooter on May 15, 2009 at 3:11am
hi Dick, some good looking pictures you got there,i fish chinks all year . i use fly rods and flies,nothing like a big'o thumper on the end of a leader.

gators stink
Comment by shooter on May 2, 2009 at 5:26am


this is what it's all about,i love it.
Comment by shooter on April 30, 2009 at 4:28pm
well it's on the water temp is 75,and the big,ole biguns are bumping the beds.
caught a nice mess this am,ugly green sinking spider,nothing like the wine of fly line in the am.

gators walk funny.
Comment by shooter on April 3, 2009 at 5:01am
well the weather just will not get right,the temp this am is 54 at sunrise,the water temp is in the upper sixteys,the wind is out of the north.
i guess i will go take a shot at those chinks this am.



gators stink
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on March 6, 2009 at 9:07pm
Hey Shooter, I with you on that ,the scarest time I ever had down there was I was sculling from the front of the john boat and I hit a log right in the ribs with the paddle
Comment by shooter on March 6, 2009 at 5:38pm
i went today,15 to 20 mph winds,out of the south,caught a few,not ready yet but close.
water temp dropped ,i had to go deep to find fish,would have been a nice day to go sailing.



gators are out for sure
Comment by shooter on March 6, 2009 at 5:34pm
Lord of the Fly,rods
a man in a float tube looks like an audurve to a gator,no man you could not melt me and pour me in a float tube in Chicot Lake.

gators "will" eat you
Comment by Bill "Musky" Modica on March 4, 2009 at 8:49pm
Very interesting about the spawning temp fluctuation due to demographic location.... In my area (Northern Illinois) the reds spawn right after the Gills when water temps are in the mid 70's.
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on March 4, 2009 at 8:25pm
Hey Shooter, If you were to try float tubes down there when the water temp warms up do you think those gators would be sucking on your toes?
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on March 4, 2009 at 8:17pm
I can see right now I'm going have to take some photos out on the water this year, I've tried not to in the past because sometimes they could be considered evidence.
 

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Cool Air Spawns Great Sunsets……9/1/2025

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Cool Air Spawns Great Sunsets……9/1/2025

"ted sky at night, a sailors delight."
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"mine too.  have a good supper."
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Rose Skimmer…..8/29/2025

I’ve seen these guys in Louisiana and North Carolina…..one of the reasons I like pink jigs, the…
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Check Out The Emerald Green Cheeks on this Flier……8/29/2025

They kind of have a distinctive black line under the eye similar to a chain pickerel but not as…
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One of a Dozen Largemouth in a Feeding Frenzy….8/29/2025

This river was pretty steady around 76 degrees for surface temperatures…..
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Soaking Live Cricket Tipped Jigs on Bridge Pilings….8/29/2025

"Zoom in to see those popping emerald colors at the base of the tail……this pod of…"
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"Hit a different river today, this time working beavers are more beneficial than river otters……surface temperatures at 76.4 degrees"
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"The black under the eye and a business mouth……..👍, a true predator!"
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"Yes, and mean eyes, Jeff. A bandit with the black across the Eye!"
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