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Big 10.5 Spawning Male represents the Low Country

A standard five gallon bucket is 11 7/8" wide. He didn't quite make that but he was right at 10.5 inches and what a fight on my spin casting rig to get him out of the grass......He came ashore with a big clump of weeds on his side.......

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 1, 2012 at 7:33pm

This fish was caught just a few days ago in the same general area as today's fish but I believe this is a Spawner just from location and aggressiveness......Again, not scientific but more of a belief.....Hope that helps you Jim.....

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 29, 2012 at 1:06am

Going to see if the tides are right this morning.....forecast calling for highs in the low 90s down here in coastal South Carolina........Water temperatures are climbing through the mid 70s now.....

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 28, 2012 at 11:27am

Thanks Dick and John.....it was exciting to get into the hay makers.......It's a bit harder to find quality Gills from the bank on public waters but even a blind chicken finds a kernel of corn every once in awhile....Three Cheers!

Comment by John Sheehan on April 28, 2012 at 8:16am

Great fish Jeffrey!

Comment by dick tabbert on April 28, 2012 at 5:44am

Jeffrey quit a fish.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 28, 2012 at 1:54am

Thanks guys....we actually may be turning the corner on these Spring water temperatures down here in S.C......It would still be challenging back home in Northeast N.C. as the cold fronts and associated winds are dominating still.....Fish like this keep my adrenaline flowing! And it don't hurt to see the gills that Jim Gronaw landed either........Good Fishing to all!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 27, 2012 at 7:33pm

Fat honker - helluva a wild caught fish.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on April 27, 2012 at 7:24pm

Ninety degrees??? Man, we barely got out of the 50's here today! I need to move south!

Comment by Tony Livingston on April 27, 2012 at 6:43pm

Very nice.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 27, 2012 at 5:33pm

These fish are beginning to spawn a little deeper in this particular creek because of local tides....There's roughly a 2 to 3 foot change here so the fish have adapted and nest outside the grass lines....roughly 15 to 20 feet from shore during high tide......Which also means they are caught a little deeper.......

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