Now they are up thick ! :-)

[Fish Chris]

Not exactly easy to catch. Apparently, they are more interested in making babies, than eating, and the tough thing is, that its mostly the agressive males that will bite, instead o the big fat females. Oh well.

 

None the less, I worked pretty hard for about 7 hours, to catch 25 or so, Sunnies. Mostly RE's, but a few nice BG's too. Brought home 9 sunfish, for about 13 lbs.

Just had one awesome dinner, and a couple more to go ;)

 

Anyway, caught 4 or 5 in the 2 lb range.

 

These two went 2.2 and 2.0 lbs > and fought tremendously ! :)

 This was the big one of the trip, she was a real fatty, and went 2.80 lbs. Released her after photos. {selective harvest is where its at :)}

 

Going again tommorow ;) Whoo Hooo !

 

Peace,

Fish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

You're the man Fish!.....great shellcrackers and awesome pictures! Put some pictures up individually so they can be featured...They are great! Thanks for sharing and good luck today!

[Fish Chris]

Thank you Jeff :)

Do you mean, in this same thread ?

Oh, so hey, does anybody think their will be a time period when the RE's are still mostly up.... but have been spawning for a week or two, and so they are thinking less and less about that, and more about "food" ???

 

I sure remember some hotter bites, last year, and in years past ?

 

Anyway, from the way they look in the water, then catching them and seeing how big they actually are, I know I saw several 3+ fish yesterday ! Heck, I saw 3 of them swarming around one bed, at one time..... Think I stuck a 2 lb male.....

 

Anyway, will be back there in a few hours, and hopefully back here with more photos tonight :)

 

Peace,

Fish

[dick tabbert]

Fish Chris you caught some quality fish awesome fish that anybody would like to catch but you did it you are the man, great job and continued GOOD FISHIN..

[Shawn Allison]

that's some good looking shell crackers Fish.

[Walt Foreman]

Awesome 'crackers, Fish!  

[Tony Livingston]

What an awesome catch! I'm with Jeffrey, would you mind posting some of these photos under the "photos" tab? Would make a great feature!

[Vince Fusco]

Way to catch 'em Fish! I hope to one day catch one close to that size. Any details on how you caught them? Thanks for the pics!

[Troy Dorman]

What's the main food source out there Chris? I'm just wondering why these redear are so big across the board. It just seems like all of your fish are trophy ++ type of fish. Is this a private lake or public lake?

 

GREAT looking catch and your photography is super good. I'd pay a lot of money to catch some shellcracker like this.

[Fish Chris]

Much thanks to all of you guys  :)

Hey Troy, I haven't fished a private pond for years (since I was a kid, and used to sneak onto them ;) LOL)

This lake with the big sunnies gets very light fishing pressure though, as it has a 10hp max, and no bodily contact.

It is slam full of crawdads, which I believe is the RE's main food source. Why they do not work as well as mini crawlers though, I have no idea ?

 

Yea', you probably know I chased trophy sized Bass, almost exclusively for about 10 years, fishing close to 1400 hours a year ! But I kind of burnt myself out on all of that, and have since just reverted back to my multi-species roots.

However, regardless of what I'm fishing for, I'm always after "the big one" ;)

 

Good fishing to all of you guys  :)

 

Fish

[Vince Fusco]

You have catching these huge shellcrackers down to a science, Chris. The presence of the high protine crawfish helps account for their size, but actually catching these monsters is a real art that most people never take the time to learn. You are the master Chris!

[Jim Gronaw]

Astonishing fish Chris! Even at the 2 pound mark those are fabulous fish!

Good luck tomorrow!

[Troy Dorman]

Yeah, I agree with Jim, the look of those 2lb+ males are awesome and would certainly be on my wall.

It's amazing how many monster redear the Western states are starting to produce.