Been watching this red breast build his nest for about a week now and finally today the female shows up and they start spawning right before my eyes. I guess im a voyeur now

What a sight Leo! The water where you're fishing looks incredible, too.

Leo you should get a job with National Geographic as a photographer. Rare sight indeed. I have seen that several times over the years only by accident. Right place, right time, equals a great picture.



Side Note: I think those fish are either Longear, or some sort of hybrids.

What I have found out over the decades is that when you are outside fishing, a lot, you get to see cool stuff. And you seem to be out a lot of the time.

Cool pics

Agree, those are Longear.

Thanks Lonestar Angling for your reply the west prong has some very clear water!

Thank you for the reply Chuck! As for the National Geographic photographer job would be so cool but God picked this job for me and I will keep doing his will until he says otherwise.

Thank you Barry! You are right I'm usually outside 15hrs a day durring the week. I'm not an "inside" kind of person

This is what I consider a longear
This is what i consider a red breast
The longear is from Amistad. The red breast is from the west prong. This is the same kind of fish on the nest. You can't see the red in the pics but with the naked eye I can see its breast is very red

The first picture is a Redbreast. The second picture is a Longear-Hybrid .

I have never ran across fish on a nest mating. Great picture!

Awesome shots you were able to capture!

Thanks Laker! It was really neat to see nature in progress. There were actually 2 nest the other is a few feet away and the pair in that one we mating also.

Side note: I'll see them this morning and am going to check if the female is still in the nest

Thanks pop r! Right place at the right time

Rare opportunity indeed. Good job. Thanks for sharing.