2 Dozen Redears and a couple of Gills

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Comment by Rob Hilton on May 16, 2011 at 2:52pm

Marisa... I caught these in the East end of the lake after a tough day of fishing.  We couldn't find the fish all day and then we found a small group of beds (they were very hard to see).. .

We use tiny jigs (1/100th ounce) tipped with a cricket or for these Redears we tipped the jig with small worms... Let the bait hit bottom and let it sit for a bit... then move it just a tiny bit and stop... and Hang on... 

Comment by Marisa Armendariz on May 16, 2011 at 2:05pm

Lake Perris !? I Go There All The Time ! Yeah They Got Some Big Ones In There ! Where At Perris Did You Catch These And What Did You Catch Them On ?:)

Comment by Zach Pierce on May 16, 2011 at 12:10pm

Man I would like to get into these somewhere.

 

Then again I would be happy just catching one from my pond.

 

I guess the challenge is what makes it fun.

 

Great fish.

Comment by Rob Hilton on May 16, 2011 at 6:49am

Marisa, I caught these at Lake Perris in Southern California...  The fishing has been somewhat tough since they lowered the water level a few years ago... but there are some monsters in there... Lake Record is over 3 pounds... and I'd bet there's a four pounder in there just waiting for my jig to swim by... Sweet Dreams...

Comment by Rob Hilton on May 16, 2011 at 6:46am

The Redears at Lake Perris are considerably thicker than the Bluegills... These produced some incredible fillets... Hush Puppies anyone ?

Comment by James Micheal Landrum on May 14, 2011 at 8:35pm

Yep I can smell the GREASE from South Georgia!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Marisa Armendariz on May 14, 2011 at 6:15pm

Nice Catch ! Where's This At ?.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on May 14, 2011 at 2:39pm

Nice!!

Comment by Jeff Soto on May 14, 2011 at 12:19pm

Nice Rob!  Looks like almost all fish are REs.  How did you do and Sonny do yesterday (Fri. 5-13-11)?