A Good Redear Bite !

The Redear bite has been great all year and continues to be. With these latest fronts that have blown through and the places where myself and Rick aka Catyaker fish I have a strong feeling that the Redear/Sunfish bite will be slowing down. We have been catching fish in shallow water, in and close by thick grass beds. The fish have been active feeding. Fish have been caught in hill country creeks, ponds, and rivers. Both bottom, drop shot, and float techniques have been used. Worms was the bait of choice. We caught plenty of Trophy Redear in the 10 inch range and even a couple in the 11 inch range. We also have caught a bunch in the 7 to 9 inch range. Only a very few were under the 7 inch mark. All fish were released on most trips but some on other trips were kept for the dinner table. I also was able to catch a few pending water body Redear Records in both the weight and catch & release categories. Having a great Redear year. It just don't get any better!

Man those are some pretty fish. That top one looks almost like a crappie. Well done Chuck.

Super nice red ear ! Love the 1st 2 pics...all that green behind you may be brown tomorrow after the freeze tonight

Absolutely beautiful fish! Well done, sir.👍👍👍

Ahoy and well done Mr. Chuck.

Great job guys!! redear are so pretty!

Thanks Curt, Steve, Skeeter22, Ken, and Yesenia for the replies. It has been a very good year for Redear!

Beautiful fish.

Thanks Barry!

Those are some nice Redear. Good job Guys. How would you rate the Redear bite this year?

Thanks Gitter for the reply. The 2020 Redear bite has been very good! Plenty of trophy fish and a few records also.

do you think the readers eat the zebra mussels?

Yes They do. I know anglers who have cleaned Redear on certain water bodies and found them inside their digestive system . Redear also love snails

Thanks Chuck. Hope your 2021 is as good as your 2020!

I love catching redear but is mainly when its warm. I am living through you for now till the bite turns on at Caddo.

Thanks Timberking for the reply. Love catching those Redear!

You guys have had a great 2020 Redear bite all year. Nice fish and congratulations Chuck on yet more records.




Side Note: Prediction on the 2021 Redear Bite !

Thanks Curtis for the reply. 2021 should be a pretty good year. Hopefully we can get some RAIN both here, hill country, and southwest Texas. Having a wet winter and spring will be good for the water bodies I fish, thus good for the fish, which will equal a good year. We need the RAIN.



Side Note: I have done pretty good during droughts. Blue Holes can be "Gold Mines" for BIG FISH !

Those guys fry up nice. Found a spot with a good population, need to get back to it.

I agree with you Chuck. We need the rain. So far 2021 is going great for myself, Jeff, and Steve !

Thanks boocat! Yes Sir Redear fry up "MIGHTY GOOD" Curtis. Hopefully a lot of the snowfall from this last freeze will fill up some of the springs where we fish. Hopefully a wet rest of the winter and a wet spring.

Do you think the freeze we had this winter will play a factor in the upcoming Redear bite?



Side Note: Have not caught as many as years past while fishing the spots I do.

Curtis. Hard to say how much of an effect the freeze will play on this upcoming Redear bite. The creeks are starting to get more active. Catching some Bluegill and a couple of nice Redear. Also seeing a lot of minnows which is a very good sign. I personally think the Redear/sunfish bite will be good this year. The Rio bite is another story. Certain water bodies will have a huge loss of Rios this year.

It seems the the Red Ear spawn 1st on Fayette...we caught some monsters last week...

Thanks Chuck. I guess we will know more by April or May!

Yes Sir. Seems that Fayette usually get's a quick start on the active bite. Hard to figure the patterns on a power plant lake.