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Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 04:16 AM
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highcountry
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 04:43 AM
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Fishing_4_Life
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Awesome! Gotta love those Red Spotted Sunfish!
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 04:47 AM
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MrWood
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What is that red badass??????
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 10:11 AM
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Living the Dream HC! Nice fish! It is going to be a SUPER YEAR chasing sunnies!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 10:50 AM
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highcountry
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Thanks, guys! One of the things we love most about targeting sunfish in East Texas is all the different hybrids you will catch in just a single morning. I have no clue what mixes produce some of them, but bluegill is a part of most. The rainbow of color found in this particular body of water is impressive... Even the tiny ones are worth catching, since they make terrific largemouth and bowfin bait!
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 01:14 PM
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Dfitz
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Awesome pics! The redspot is amazing, I have to catch some of those this year! Nice report!
Would you mind sending me a PM on where you were, really want a couple Redspots for my aquarium...
Don't worry about the mule, just load the cart
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 07:07 PM
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highcountry
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Hey Fitz, I tried but got a message that you're over the "private topic" limit... Weird.
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/15/16 10:44 PM
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Dfitz
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Hey Fitz, I tried but got a message that you're over the "private topic" limit... Weird. Pm's cleared
Don't worry about the mule, just load the cart
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/16/16 12:04 AM
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highcountry
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Answer on the way, Fitz... Also submitted a question to TPWD re: that red beastie species.
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/16/16 02:22 AM
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CopenhagenPete
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Good looking fish. I have to agree, the red one is a beautiful fish. That would look great in an aquarium.
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/17/16 01:36 PM
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Gitter Done
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Yes Sir living the good life for sure! Nice post.
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/17/16 08:21 PM
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highcountry
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Thanks, again, guys... and yes, it IS a full blooded red spotted sunfish. TPWD caught a bunch of them in this body of water while netting recently...
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/17/16 08:58 PM
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Been catching a bunch off of the Comal River in my area. The Comal is loaded with them and you can catch them year around! Small fish but very aggressive and great fighters for their size on U.L. tackle.
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/17/16 11:27 PM
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highcountry
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I've been catchin' sunnies for about 55 years, Banker, but it's the first of these lil' beauties I'd ever seen. Of course, you are the guru of sunfish angling!
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Re: Beautiful weekend chasin' sunnies!
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03/22/16 03:02 PM
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Laker One
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Super post highcountry! As for the Red Spotted there are a lot of them down here on certain rivers. I have caught them on the Comal and Guadalupe Rivers. They give a pretty good fight on a light fly for.
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