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Fished my favorite fixed position shore spot today for a bit over an hour. Used one of my favorite Panfish presentations; a 1/3 or 1/4 Crawler piece hooked on a floating jig-head under a split shot eight inches above FJH. . Great slow Fall that makes them commit . 16 Bluegills, 7 White Perch ,2 Yellow Perch ,1 Pumpkinseed and 1 Brown Bullhead .The Fish were so aggressive the rather large 1/0 Hook was inhaled by the small mouthed Bluegills, Pumpkinseed and White Perch.68degWT

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Comment by John Sheehan on October 10, 2023 at 5:34am

Hey Tracy! That may happen to Pumpkinseeds in some lakes  if the the Green Sunfish , which are consider evasive up here in New jersey, take over . I catch very few Greenies as of now but they are surely aggressive and competitive  .

Comment by tracy willis on October 9, 2023 at 3:29pm

John- i live near and fish the lake where the record was caught but have never caught one.  i believe the shellcaracker have displaced them.  there is only another small population in far east tn.

Comment by John Sheehan on October 9, 2023 at 11:50am

Yes Dick ,you are so right ! Always a pleasure catching and releasing these beauties!

Comment by dick tabbert on October 9, 2023 at 7:41am

The beauty of the freshwater.

Comment by John Sheehan on October 8, 2023 at 1:24pm

Ahha! I looked up PSEED in Tennessee: 

Pumpkinseed sunfish

World record: 2 lbs 4 oz

TennesseeState Record: 0 lbs 5 oz

Comment by John Sheehan on October 8, 2023 at 7:49am

Tracy -You dont have Pumpkinseeds?

Comment by tracy willis on October 7, 2023 at 5:25pm

very nice.  that pumpkinseed would be a state record here in Tn.  

Comment by John Sheehan on October 6, 2023 at 7:31am

Bluegills outnumber Pumpkins by a long shot up here in NJ, but no less aggressive ! Beautiful to look at ! 

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 5, 2023 at 2:09pm

Love the colors on a pumpkinseed…..nice catch John…

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