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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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Albums: Best Fish 2023, Pannie's 2023
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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 .
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.
Yes Dick ,you are so right ! Always a pleasure catching and releasing these beauties!
The beauty of the freshwater.
Ahha! I looked up PSEED in Tennessee:
World record: 2 lbs 4 oz
TennesseeState Record: 0 lbs 5 oz
Tracy -You dont have Pumpkinseeds?
very nice. that pumpkinseed would be a state record here in Tn.
Bluegills outnumber Pumpkins by a long shot up here in NJ, but no less aggressive ! Beautiful to look at !
Love the colors on a pumpkinseed…..nice catch John…
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