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Fished my favorite fixed position shore spot today for a bit over an hour. Used one of my favorite Panfish presentations; a 1/3 or 1/4 Crawler piece hooked on a floating jig-head under a split shot eight inches above FJH. . Great slow Fall that makes them commit . 16 Bluegills, 7 White Perch ,2 Yellow Perch ,1 Pumpkinseed and 1 Brown Bullhead .The Fish were so aggressive the rather large 1/0 Hook was inhaled by the small mouthed Bluegills, Pumpkinseed and White Perch.68degWT
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Comment by John Sheehan on October 10, 2023 at 5:34am
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Hey Tracy! That may happen to Pumpkinseeds in some lakes if the the Green Sunfish , which are consider evasive up here in New jersey, take over . I catch very few Greenies as of now but they are surely aggressive and competitive .
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Comment by tracy willis on October 9, 2023 at 3:29pm
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John- i live near and fish the lake where the record was caught but have never caught one. i believe the shellcaracker have displaced them. there is only another small population in far east tn.
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Yes Dick ,you are so right ! Always a pleasure catching and releasing these beauties!
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Comment by dick tabbert on October 9, 2023 at 7:41am
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The beauty of the freshwater.
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Ahha! I looked up PSEED in Tennessee:
Pumpkinseed sunfish
World record: 2 lbs 4 oz
TennesseeState Record: 0 lbs 5 oz
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Tracy -You dont have Pumpkinseeds?
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very nice. that pumpkinseed would be a state record here in Tn.
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Bluegills outnumber Pumpkins by a long shot up here in NJ, but no less aggressive ! Beautiful to look at !
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 5, 2023 at 2:09pm
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Love the colors on a pumpkinseed…..nice catch John…
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