Another Pretty Seed today.....Pictured and Released

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Comment by dick tabbert on April 21, 2013 at 3:11pm

Man Jeffrey what a beautiful Seed

Comment by Jacob Hill on April 21, 2013 at 12:23pm

That's about the size difference that we have here. Males seem to be bigger among most lepomids with the exception of longears I believe. It could be a coincidence but the biggest longear I've caught was an 8 inch female. 

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 21, 2013 at 12:21pm

Some fish are just a work of art and I give them a free pass like this one...not a big fish by any stretch but one of the prettiest sunfish in our waters.....One day I'll catch one of these guys 10 or 11 inches and it'll be on the wall....

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 21, 2013 at 12:16pm

No worries, I can answer that with an emphatic yes, it has been my experience that the females are smaller here as well.....most of them are five to six inches...

Comment by Bob Garner on April 21, 2013 at 12:14pm

I do alot of CPR fishing also

Comment by Jacob Hill on April 21, 2013 at 12:07pm

That's interesting I really love redears and that's interesting that the biggest ones live in ponds. I always thought that they grew bigger in large lakes. I must admit, I had a junior moment just then, I meant big female pumpkinseeds always seem to be smaller.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 21, 2013 at 12:03pm

Thanks Jacob....these are traditionally the earliest sunfish to bed on our local rivers and this year is no exception....Yes, I have caught big female shellcrackers but the brackish rivers in my region don't hold great numbers....The best Shellcracker fishing near me is in a chain of lakes known as the "Suffolk" lakes just across the border in Southeastern Virginia......I'm going to try to take a Redear trip next month to hunt a few nice ones.....Most of the biggest Shellcrackers caught in N.C. have come from ponds including the state record a few years back.......

Comment by Jacob Hill on April 21, 2013 at 11:55am

Out of curiosity, have you ever caught a big female shellcracker? The big ones in my boat are always males.

Comment by Jacob Hill on April 21, 2013 at 11:54am

You're really catching some nice seeds this year Jeffrey!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 21, 2013 at 10:08am

These Seeds have nest built already in locals rivers....they like sand and gravel.....