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This one took a worm...11 1/2 inches. Note the 'helmet', large gillflap and totally orange pectoral fins and dark breast. I think it to be a male BG/GSF hybrid. What a fish!

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Comment by Xeev Xwm Vang on September 28, 2009 at 2:50pm
nice! HUGE!
Comment by Bill "Musky" Modica on September 25, 2009 at 3:09pm
Nice fish Jim,...one heck of a bully breastplate!
Comment by Anthony on September 25, 2009 at 2:58pm
That thing is a TOAD!!!
Comment by Mike Penrose on September 21, 2009 at 7:19am
What an awesome hybrid!! That thing is a tank.
Comment by JEFF COSTIGAN on September 20, 2009 at 8:32pm
AMAZING GILLS LIKE THIS ARE OUT THERE FOR ANY ONE TO HOOK INTO. GREAT FISH!!!
Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 20, 2009 at 3:04pm
William I caught this fish in a 2 acre pond about 30 minutes from my home right after work, which was a 5 minute run. Pond is in north central MD.
Comment by William on September 20, 2009 at 2:39pm
NICE FISH WHERE CAUGHT?
Comment by Troy Dorman on September 20, 2009 at 11:23am
What a fish Jim, that's well over a pound and a half. The breast portion is very well developed too, I've never caught one here in Indiana with such distinct coloring on the fins.
Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 19, 2009 at 5:23pm
Thanks, guys! I am thinking this one is an easy 1 1/2 lber, maybe pushin 1-12. But I didn't weigh him so it's just a guess. As you can see from the size of the fish to my hand, there was no way I could have possibly grasped the fish. Would have liked to taken more pics of him, but I wanted to get him back in the water.
Comment by John Sheehan on September 19, 2009 at 6:34am
GREAT FISH!Those fins are magnificent.Jim, even you are awed by this fish.This is the only photo I've seen of you where you weren't grinning ear to ear!

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