Best of 2012.......A great Frisbee Gill from Bagleys Swamp N.C.

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 7, 2013 at 6:51pm

Thanks Bullworm......never know what the swamp will yield next....

Comment by Patrick "Bullworm" Olson on January 7, 2013 at 5:36pm

That is one of the coolest looking FREAKS I'VE EVR SEEN!!!! AWESOME!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 7, 2013 at 5:30pm

Thanks guys....this fish barely made ten inches long but it was just as tall......He made it rough on me with only a 10 foot telescopic pole......came out of the water like a bass.....banging into the side of the boat.....Wild moment!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on January 7, 2013 at 5:21pm

WOW JEFFREY!!!!!!

Comment by carl hendrix on January 7, 2013 at 4:59pm

you got any more of those hid out?  those kind are hard to find where i fish!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 7, 2013 at 4:46pm

Not very good aging gills David...looks like an old man but who knows....Some scientific studies of our estuary say gills can grow three to five inches a year here in North Carolina's public waters with the Coppernose being the fastest growing of the sunfish....I'd like to catch another round one similar to this one to get them mounted together....

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 7, 2013 at 4:35pm

What a pig! Small wonder it could even swim. How old do you reckon it was?

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 7, 2013 at 4:08pm

This fish was also a Telescopic challenge and a 1/50th ounce tipped tomato seed jig.....I thought I was at Busch Gardens when I set the hook......