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Comment by Tony Livingston on December 12, 2012 at 11:13am

I hear you David....it turns a lot of heads when you say you're running 500 "head" on a little over 1/2 acre....rancher indeed!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 12, 2012 at 10:48am

Yeah Tony - you know I'm envious of you fish ranchers and your pampered whoppers! LOL!

I have seen some schemes which focus on red ear as stock fish, but it isn't widespread. Safe to say they ARE well considered as "wild," in general.

Comment by dick tabbert on December 12, 2012 at 10:36am

Congrats on the Red Ear David.

Comment by Tony Livingston on December 12, 2012 at 9:46am

Redear are not normally raised and managed in the sense that one might think. They do not readily take pelleted feed.....at least not in the sense that BG do, and not without an extreme effort on the part of the pondmeister. In that respect, I consider Redear to be "wild" wherever they are caught.....public or private. Certainly you might ensure that natural forage is available for them to eat, but it's not like you're throwing a coffee can full of fish feed into the water every day, thereby boosting their growth.....lead em' to water, can't make em' drink.....

Bruce on the other hand, has some very interesting ideas in this regard...............

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 12, 2012 at 6:32am

Ill get there, Greg. I always like to add the reminder that these are wild caught from public waters, too; they are not pond raised and managed. LOL

Comment by Greg McWilliams on December 12, 2012 at 5:06am

WAY TO GO, DAVID!!!!!! ZEROING IN ON THE 12" MARK!!!!!!!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on December 11, 2012 at 4:07pm

Nice Cracker David.....S.C. represents!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 11, 2012 at 1:53pm

Lake Murray is reputed to be loaded with these, Jim. The entire bottom is littered with freshwater mussels shells; at least the places I see are. This certainly suggests the redear have enough to eat. Large rod stealers, the kind that snatch the gear from your boat, are well documented.

Comment by jim cosgrove on December 11, 2012 at 1:50pm

wow 11 and still growing,must be some monsters in there david as this fish looks young

Comment by John Sheehan on December 11, 2012 at 1:12pm

Great catch David!

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