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Little pond full of these! #11327871 01/07/16 02:42 AM
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Since all this rain has come there was a little dry pond that is all wooded up by my house. I went there not knowing what I was going to find. Little did I know it was full of these. The picture that is up and down is probably the biggest Pumpkin seed I have ever caught. It was the size of a perch.

The strangest part is that the feeder pond is full of bluegills. Probably caught them all in less that 30 minutes. Drop shot with night-crawler pieces.















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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11328077 01/07/16 04:00 AM
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Pond fishing is hard to beat! Those are some super nice Bluegill! Good job! cheers



Side Note: Picture #1 is hard to tell an I.D. but I think it is a Bluegill. Body does not look right for a Bluegill but maybe it is just the angle. Again nice fish. Also you may have a couple of Redear. Again hard to tell. thumb

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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11328078 01/07/16 04:00 AM
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Hard to beat a mess of fried panfish. When I lived in Florida, folks would make fish cakes out of em.
Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11328345 01/07/16 11:15 AM
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Nice catch. That pond couldn't have been too dry. Those fish are all grown up, LOL
Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11328431 01/07/16 01:04 PM
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Nice Bluegill! Love those backwoods ponds! woot
Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11329362 01/07/16 07:41 PM
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Good Job Daniel...WTG cheers

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: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11329462 01/07/16 08:16 PM
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I swear these aren't bluegills. I'm pretty sure they are Pumpkin Seeds. The biggest one certainly didn't match any bluegill I have ever seen.

The camera colors are messed up. All the fish are just yellow and white with black, no green or blue at all.

On closer look they might be, I don't know...

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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11330112 01/07/16 11:57 PM
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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11330279 01/08/16 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted By: Daniel Mtanous
I swear these aren't bluegills. I'm pretty sure they are Pumpkin Seeds. The biggest one certainly didn't match any bluegill I have ever seen.

The camera colors are messed up. All the fish are just yellow and white with black, no green or blue at all.

On closer look they might be, I don't know...


They are not pumkinseeds. Pumkinseeds are found in the far northern states. The fish usually mistaken for pumkinseeds are long eared sunfish, but your fish are bluegills.

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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11333396 01/09/16 02:55 PM
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Bluegill and bluegill crossed with red ear

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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11333951 01/09/16 07:43 PM
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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11340530 01/12/16 07:30 AM
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And I was hoping it was my first Pumpkin Seed too... oops
Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11340620 01/12/16 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted By: Daniel Mtanous
And I was hoping it was my first Pumpkin Seed too... oops






Your learning and that is part of fishing! I make I.D. mistakes a lot on fish especially the Sunfish. Anyway nothing can take away the day you caught some very nice fish. Keep fishing and good things will happen! cheers


Side Note: Looking forward on seeing more of those nice sunnies! thumb

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Re: Little pond full of these! [Re: Daniel Mtanous] #11345155 01/14/16 01:23 PM
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Those are some very nice fish. Good job.
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