male redear 010

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Comment by harald kronemeyer on December 7, 2011 at 10:51am

Thanks Vic I have heard the name before never knew what it was. I just call them gils and sunfish. They all taste the same to me. :)

Comment by Tony Livingston on December 7, 2011 at 5:51am

Nice catch, Troy.

Is that a male BG I see, on the left side of the pic?

 

Comment by Vic Tankersley on December 7, 2011 at 5:20am

Down here in Dixie we refer to redear sunfish (Lepomis Microlophus) as Shellcrackers, due to there hard boned area in the back of their throats which allows them to crack open the ectosheletons of small mullusks and snails thus the nickname shellcracker, but this is not strictly a southern term, but we like it. It's kind like the nicknames such as Pumpkinseed or stumpknocker.   LOL  It's just fishing lingo

Comment by harald kronemeyer on December 6, 2011 at 12:59pm

Sorry for my ignoance but what is a shell cracker. Those look like red ears to me. Remember im a notherner. :)

Comment by Vic Tankersley on December 6, 2011 at 7:08am

Nice shellcrackers man.... I like catching and eating a mess of those little critters