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The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat #10857155 05/20/15 03:02 AM
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Hit one of my Las Colinas honey holes for big sunfish and decent bass, and frankly, when I got there was sorta disappointed. Water was chocolate milk color, and this is usually a crystal clear pond with a lot of hydrilla. Makes for big sunfish and even bigger bass.

But I was there, so why not wet a line. Well sir, between 2 pm and 3:30, I caught probably fifty or so longear sunfish, green sunfish, hybrid greenies, black basss, two of them pretty decent, and even a bullhead! All on red/chartreuse tube jigs with an UNPAINTED jig head. Kept 20 or so nice greens and hybrid greenies, and two respectable black bass. Not bad for an hour and a half of fishing.



The greenies were bedding and the bass apparently looking for easy meals of either the greenies or the eggs.

Good times!

Rudy

Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10857338 05/20/15 03:52 AM
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Wow very nice catch! Were you casting and retrieving the jigs or fishing them under a float?


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Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10857353 05/20/15 03:58 AM
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Nice catch, looks like a nice dinner for sure. And if you're going to eat bass, that's the perfect size to eat. smile

Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10857368 05/20/15 04:03 AM
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They were legal, tape measured em before they went on the stringer.
Believe it or not, I gave the whole batch away to a Bachman Lake fishing buddy of mine. He and his family assured me they were going to enjoy the meal! I can always run get some more. Pond's full of em

Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10857376 05/20/15 04:05 AM
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Wadefishing, just cast and retrieve. slow, but steady. Even though i could not see the hydrilla, i snagged it enough times when i let jig sink just a tad too deep. Also some big rocks or concrete slabs on bottom that also have quite a collection of my jigs dangling off of them.

Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10857388 05/20/15 04:12 AM
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Lovfldx, thanks for the info! I'm going to give that a try at the pond near me.


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Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Wadefishing] #10857420 05/20/15 04:32 AM
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wow, nice haul!

i tried fried bluegill recently and they were awesome. i think i like them more than sandbass.

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Nice work sir. Good eating for sure. cheers

Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10858063 05/20/15 03:20 PM
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Good mess of perch and good for the pond too! Awesome!

Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10860351 05/21/15 12:39 PM
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Nice Haul! Good job. thumb


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Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10860927 05/21/15 03:50 PM
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As always....the Unpainted comes through again!

Strong work out there Buddy


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Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10860944 05/21/15 03:58 PM
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nice work bud, give me a call next time!! lol


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Re: The Water May Be Chocolaty, but the Fish Still Gotta Eat [Re: Lovfldx] #10861566 05/21/15 06:59 PM
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WOW!

And not one Crappie


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