Decent RedBreast Sunfish......5/24/2020

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 31, 2020 at 8:06am

That's a pretty RBS John and he attacked a huge spoon!

Comment by John Sheehan on May 31, 2020 at 7:27am

Comment by John Sheehan on May 29, 2020 at 6:59am

The RBS  are in a River minutes from my House ,I've caught them on your excellent Hard Bodied Ants Dick ! Its skinny water so I dont get them over 7" or so.But they fight great for their body dynamics and Man are they aggressive and plentiful . My biggest came out of the Lake that feeds the River I'm talking about and that one hit a #4 Crocodile Spoon meant for a Smallmouth!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 28, 2020 at 5:01pm

Thanks Dick......I caught alot more RBS when I lived down in South Carolina thirty years ago......but they're hanging in there despite the brackish water......

Comment by dick tabbert on May 28, 2020 at 4:01pm

Nice fish. I have never seen one up north here.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 28, 2020 at 8:32am

I'm hoping John!  I caught some nice ones back in the 80s when I lived in coastal South Carolina.......we could catch them all day on the Edisto River on beetle spins tipped with a cricket during the summer.......had several of those hundred fish days and there would be some nice ones in the mix........but on that river you didn't catch many other sunfish species.......but as you stated they are aggressive and the estuary has abundant food items available.........

Comment by John Sheehan on May 28, 2020 at 6:03am

Hopefully their aggressive nature keeps them in the game Jeffrey!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 27, 2020 at 8:31am

Thanks John.....they seem to be doing ok but appear to be dominated by redear and coppernose in most locations on the Albemarle......

Comment by John Sheehan on May 27, 2020 at 6:04am

Great RBS!