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Comment by federico del toro on September 3, 2012 at 9:06am
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thanks guys, Greg this fish are pretty amazing, the lake has mostly red ear and gillcackers there are a lot of bluegills but they are somewhat smaller biggest I've caught from there is a 9"
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Comment by dick tabbert on September 2, 2012 at 5:45pm
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Monster
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on September 2, 2012 at 5:41pm
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That is a BEAUTIFUL FISH, FEDERICO!!!!! THESE ARE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE FISH!!!!! LIKE REDEAR ON STEROIDS!!!!!!! I have not caught one that big but a 10.5 inch FOLDED MY 2 wt. FLY ROD!!!! AWESOME FISH!!!!!!!
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 2, 2012 at 2:17pm
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11 inches and 1.47 pounds is a very heavy fish! Congrats!
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Comment by Tony Livingston on September 2, 2012 at 12:24pm
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Same here Walt. We have them in all of our ponds, but they are especially prevalent in pond #2. I also expect great things from them in the future!
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Comment by chris kowaleski on September 2, 2012 at 11:35am
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Very nice Federico. Always impressed by your catches!
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Comment by Walt Foreman on September 2, 2012 at 10:50am
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That's fantastic, Federico!
Tony, I have also seen gillcrackers eating pellets, many times. And, as far as studies go, I read one recently that found that they grow faster than BG-GSF hybrids. I think they have awesome potential. I'm fortunate to manage a pond in which there have appeared lots of them naturally just in the past couple years, so I'm excited to see how big they eventually get, considering they're eating the pellets.
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Very nice Federico! I'm beginning to see Gillcrackers in a different light. The awesome photos here on BBG show that they have the potential for superb growth, and my observations from those in our own ponds leads me to believe that while sometimes found near the bottom like their RES parent, they will also take baits from higher up in the water column, reminiscent of their BG lineage.
I have also witnessed Gillcrackers taking pelleted feed right alongside the BG in our ponds, which may indicate they have the potential for further, faster growth yet.
I wonder if they tend to absorb the spawning habits of BG, or RES? I remember reading a study of BG x RES hybrids, I will have to search and see if I can turn it up.
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Walt, biggest of the day was 11" 1.47 on my scale
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That's a hawg! Did you weigh or measure it?
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