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Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/12/16 06:09 PM
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Mike Doran
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/12/16 06:17 PM
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banker-always fishing
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Nice fish Mike! You have one very nice "HONEY HOLE"! Those Georgia Giants are some AWESOME FIGHTERS!
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: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
[Re: Mike Doran]
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07/12/16 07:46 PM
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USMC_Guy
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You do have yourself a nice spot there. Nice catches!
Mike C.
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/12/16 11:42 PM
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J-Moe
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/12/16 11:57 PM
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Mike Doran
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Why are they not considered for big fish award?
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/13/16 12:15 AM
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J-Moe
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TPWD told me they were not on the list of fish identified in the big fish program when I asked for a big fish award.
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/13/16 03:24 AM
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Fishing_4_Life
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If you want to send it in as a hybrid green sunfish then just do it! If they decide to not consider it as that then at least you tried. I've seen people send in applications with random guesses of what they think the fish is and they still give it to them. And people that clearly don't use good measuring and weighing methods but they still award it to them. Go for it! These are very nice quality fish, some of the best pond fish that I've seen in a while.
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
[Re: Mike Doran]
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07/13/16 03:54 AM
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Why are they not considered for big fish award? I would think that they would since the fish falls in the sunfish category. However they may look at it as having to be one of the six types of sunfish listed in the sunfish family. The fish also have to be a native Texas fish. I would call Ron Smith who is the program coordinator with Parks&Wildlife and get his advice which in the end will be the only one that matters. Again SUPER fish and I would defiantly send paper work for the STATE Private Water body record.
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: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/13/16 01:58 PM
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J-Moe
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If you want to send it in as a hybrid green sunfish then just do it! If they decide to not consider it as that then at least you tried. I've seen people send in applications with random guesses of what they think the fish is and they still give it to them. And people that clearly don't use good measuring and weighing methods but they still award it to them. Go for it! These are very nice quality fish, some of the best pond fish that I've seen in a while. I agree, I told Mike the same thing. Sometimes they overlook things. This was the response I got back when I asked for my Big Fish Award. No Problem. Not a BFA species. Ron R. Smith Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries ron.smith@tpwd.texas.gov (512) 389-8302
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/14/16 05:56 PM
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Gitter Done
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Re: Gotta love catching these 1 pound 11 inch Sunfish!!
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07/19/16 08:11 PM
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Laker One
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Nice hogs. Great job on the fly.
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