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Beautiful 8 Inch plus Flier out of Buckskin Creek.

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Comment by carl hendrix on May 9, 2013 at 5:04pm

now this is a beautiful fish!! great colors !jeff if your grand kids start catching some of these; its going to be a long day for you buddy!!  they wont want to leave!!!

Comment by dick tabbert on May 9, 2013 at 3:47pm

Oh Yeeeeeeeeeeeea what a fish.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 9, 2013 at 9:06am

Still a favorite Sunfish picture of mine....an awesome Flier...

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 15, 2012 at 8:07pm

No problem Tooty.....I agree!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 15, 2012 at 5:38pm

Thanks Jeffrey and I learn something on here every day, all ya gotta do is ask the right guy!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 15, 2012 at 3:57pm

They do look more like a Crappie Tooty hence their Scientific Name is Centrarchus Macropterus which means Anal Spined with long fins......It is a recognized sunfish species in the gamefish category in several states within it's range. In North Carolina Fliers count towards your total 30 fish aggregate for sunfish on a given day......Virginia they count towards your total 50 fish aggregate for sunfish on a given day......  

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 15, 2012 at 10:07am

THANKS JEFFREY and ya know the profile of this fish almost looks to be closer to crappie shape than bluegill shape buddy. Just the way they look to me anyway. Are these an actual species all there own or something else?

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 15, 2012 at 9:46am

We're going to try Jacob....I consider 9" the threshhold for a trophy Flier Tooty....You can get in these things and catch a 100 between 6 to 9 inches but I have been a good student and learned a lot over recent years and now have some waters that produce the world class Fliers that I have featured here.....Just nice to have another option for sunfish that bite in colder water and spawn earlier than other sunfish in my region...most of the time it will be a February/March time frame in North Carolina and Virginia.....

Comment by Jacob Hill on November 14, 2012 at 10:39pm

Hope you keep gettin these guys through Thanksgiving!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 14, 2012 at 7:55pm

NIce looking flyer Jeffrey!!!!!!!! Aren't 8" ers above average size for these? Pretty fish none the less.........

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