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Aaron Matos' pond produces a goliath redear!

This shellcracker easily tips the scales at two pounds. The biggest I've ever seen!

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Comment by jacob wilson on July 29, 2010 at 12:21pm
thats a big ole chinqupin
Comment by Brian on January 21, 2010 at 6:19am
wow i didnt even know they got bigger than 10 inches. wow wow wow that is the biggest ive ever seen in a picture lol and in person nice catch
Comment by Bruce Condello on April 30, 2009 at 5:54pm
Look at the helmet on this son-of-a-gun! I should say that this is the biggest I've ever seen..."in person". :-)
Comment by Bruce Condello on April 29, 2009 at 8:34pm
LOL! :-)

Trust me...someday we'll be having a get-together. Wish I wasn't building a new dental office right now! It's taking literally 40 hrs/week. Yikes!
Comment by Nathanael Deloach on April 28, 2009 at 9:12pm
This is what we would call a Double Hand Panfish. Doesn't get much better than that. Is this where the Bigbluegill.com reunion is going to be?
Comment by Eric White on April 28, 2009 at 8:42pm
This photo still makes me want to just start Riding, stop and cast in every brook, lake and stream i see just to hold a redear in my hands.
Comment by Bruce Condello on April 28, 2009 at 8:28pm
It's got what I call a "chainsaw" pattern. I love the vertical banding, and the way it looks like the individual links of a chainsaw.
Comment by Bluegill Bill on April 28, 2009 at 9:08am
That fish is sweet, this northerner can only dream of a fish like that.
Comment by Eric White on April 27, 2009 at 9:31pm
I need to take a nice long motorcycle ride just to fish some southern states so I can say I finally caught a shellcracker. NICE FISH!
Comment by IceWarriorGill on April 27, 2009 at 7:08pm
Beautiful monster Shellcracker---a fish of a lifetime for most folks!!! Congratulations!!!

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