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Greenie Day
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03/22/17 11:56 AM
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J-Moe
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The white bass run is coming to an end in the Somerville creeks so I've turned my attention to crappie and sunfish. I was looking at my fishing log and saw that I tied Chuck's state private water body record for a long ear on March 20th of last year. So I figured I would head out to the pond I caught him in and see if they were biting. It is a crystal clear spring feed pond rich with huge greenies, longear, and a couple different hybrid sunfish species. I tied on a chartreuse briminator variant, jumped in the yak, and started working my way around the pond. For the first hour and a half I caught green sunfish and green hybrids on almost every cast. The fish were all shallow and chasing minnows. Around 6:30 PM the bite died off. I changed to a crystal black woolly bugger and finished the night with some small bass and another half dozen greenies. It was funny but a couple of those bigger hybrids, close to 1 lb. actually turned my yak all the way around in a circle. That's one powerful little sunfish Unfortunately, I didn't catch a single longear. I tried a few different flies and techniques but couldn't find any biting.
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/22/17 02:18 PM
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Laker One
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Those are some beauties J-Moe. Good job on the fly. Side Note: Were you using a 3 weight rod?
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/22/17 02:30 PM
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Those are some beauties J-Moe. Good job on the fly. Side Note: Were you using a 3 weight rod? Thanks, No I was actually using my 5 weight. I had the 3 weight with me but didn't bother to take it out of the case and assemble it. I broke my favorite rod, my 4 weight, last week
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/22/17 03:21 PM
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Action_Jackson
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Wow ...You're the man! Would like to get into a few bull greenies like that! Do they taste as good as bluegills and redear
Katchin krappie...doin surgeries(filleting)...and givin hott grease baths until krunchy and golden brown is what it's all about!!!
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/22/17 03:37 PM
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J-Moe
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Wow ...You're the man! Would like to get into a few bull greenies like that! Do they taste as good as bluegills and redear I catch & release everything
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/22/17 03:48 PM
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Wow ...You're the man! Would like to get into a few bull greenies like that! Do they taste as good as bluegills and redear Nice Greens Jamie. I have been nailing some nice ones on the Creeks! A.J. I usually eat the Bluegill,Redbreast,and Redear. Never had a Green but friends of mine who eat em love em.
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/22/17 03:51 PM
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Thanks Chuck, I can't wait to get down there.
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 03:03 AM
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Ledeez
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We call those chings in my neck off the woods! Sweet pics
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 09:27 AM
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Damn J-Moe those are some pigs!!!!!
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 10:43 AM
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We call those chings in my neck off the woods! Sweet pics Chings, I never heard that name before. Thanks for the reply.
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 11:09 AM
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Those are some beauties J-Moe. Good job on the fly. Side Note: Were you using a 3 weight rod? Thanks, No I was actually using my 5 weight. I had the 3 weight with me but didn't bother to take it out of the case and assemble it. I broke my favorite rod, my 4 weight, last week Thanks! I am going to be using both my 3 and 5 weights a lot this year. Myself and two other friends will be fishing the Nueces Canyon for a few days in April. Will be fishing both the Nueces and Frio Rivers.
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 11:24 AM
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 11:36 AM
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Laker One
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Love catching sunfish on the fly! Can't get enough of a GREAT thing!
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 11:46 AM
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psalty
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Awesome scenery thanks for the pics
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Re: Greenie Day
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03/23/17 06:27 PM
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