Redear Fest on the Little Blanco River!

Fished the Littel Blanco River the other day and found a bunch of hungry Redear. Fished from 11:30am till 2:30p.m. and caught over 40 nice Redear. The fish were all in the 8 to 9 inch range.(Perfect eating size). Fish were caught on both live worms and the Berkley Trout Worms-natural color. Fish were in shallow water 2 to 4 feet deep. A float technique was used. Most of the fish were released with the exception of a few which will make it to the dinner table. Rounding out the catch were a couple of nice Bass in the two pound range and a nice Redbreast in the 9 inch range.The water was crystal clear and the river is in great shape. A great afternoon on the Little Blanco River. It just don't get any better.

Chuck looks like you wore em out. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks CK for the reply. When you find em shallow water it's "Lights Out Fishing"!

Good job Banker. Sounds like a real good time and something for the dinner table too.

Those worms are hard to beat! Seems like you have been liking that float technique more lately.

Way to go, looks like a fish fry at your house soon.

Thanks Wade and "Data Hawk" for the replies: "Data Hawk": Fried up those fish last night. They were GREATTTTTTTTTTT!

Wade: A lot of the water bodies where I am fishing have very grassy bottoms so I put the float on!

I don't mean to hijack your thread Banker. But are there any Redear in the DFW area?

Banker, I didn't know there was a Little Blanco Rover. Is it in Blanco, or is that the regular Blanco River?

CK. According to Parks&Wildlife Redear are native in the eastern half of the State but can be found in other States including Michigan,Ohio,and Pennsylvania. Parks&Wildlife stated the fish can be found just about in any part of Texas but mainly the eastern areas. I checked for water body records on the Redear in some of the Dallas waters but could not find any. I may have missed some.



"Fish 'till I drop": The Little Blanco River is a separate river from the Blanco. Both Rivers run through Blanco Co. Somewhere in the Northeast corner of Blanco Co. The Little Blanco empties into the Blanco River. Both Rivers are GREAT to fish.

Thanks Banker. I have never heard of them being caught around here.

Very nice Chuck! That is some clear water!

CK- I have caught RE at Fork but never in Ray Hubbard, Lavon, White Rock or any of the creeks around here.

Thanks Dfitz!

Those are nice. Love to catch redear. Used to fish a small shallow state lake in Arkansas that was full of them at that time. One summer, I caught 900 during the entire summer. A friend and I caught two limits of 50 (100), and I weighed them undressed - 75 lbs. Average of 2/3 lb. each. The lake froze over the next winter for an extended period and killed most of them due to lack of oxygen. Was never the same after that. I catch a few in Lake Fork but never that size.

Catching good size RE in a tributary like the Little Blanco is hard to beat this time of year. Them being that shallow in a river that clear makes me think that they may have cleared out some beds in that grass and may even had been spawning. Good job and great post as usual, Chuck!

Thanks "Fish Slime" and "Jagg" for the replies. The Redear is my favorite to catch of the six Sunfish! Love the size and fight!





Side Note: They also taste GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

Nice ones Chuck. It's been a couple of years since I have fished the Little Blanco. Need to get up there.





Side Note: Were the Redear Spawning?

Thanks Curtis for the reply. Yes sir I think they were spawning. They were in shallow water and were bunched up really good. Was getting em every other cast.

Great seeing a Little Blanco River report. Just like the past ones that water is crystal clear. Nice fish and glad you found a bunch.




Side Note: As "Jagg" stated seems that you might have gotten em on beds. Any of em have eggs?

Thanks "Gitter" for the reply. Half the fish had eggs.





Side Note: That little river is "GEM"! Holds some nice fish.

Thanks Chuck. Again super river fishing.

Thanks Chuck. Will be hitting the Gills on Mcqueeney this weekend.

Let us know how you do Curtis.