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02/15/12 02:28 AM
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Michael Doughty
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Anybody else grow up hearin a drum called a Gasper Goo ?
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Re: Texas slang
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02/15/12 03:56 AM
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Comeonfish
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i thought that was a louisiana thing? idk. theres ditch pickle for bass funny name for sure. for me perch is what got me. up north theres the yellow perch so i always called "perch" sunfish or bluegill.
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02/15/12 04:02 AM
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The perch thing covers all sunfish to me. I ran into the same thing when i went to Min. fishin. They call sunfish sunnies
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Re: Texas slang
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02/15/12 04:04 AM
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Comeonfish
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yep thens theres bream/brim too and shell crackers
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Re: Texas slang
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02/15/12 04:25 AM
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and YANKEE.....anyone North of the Red River.......
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Re: Texas slang
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02/15/12 04:48 AM
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Anybody else grow up hearin a drum called a Gasper Goo ? That's Cajun for "BIG UGLY" (Gaspergou)-Up north those Yankees call em' "SHEEPHEAD". My Pops used to call Bass "Green Trout" haha.... It's not Boiled Shrimp, Crabs, or Crawfish in my family...It's Bald...
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02/15/12 12:39 PM
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For me perch is what got me. up north theres the yellow perch so i always called "perch" sunfish or bluegill. I agree. Calling any small fish a perch is what sets my teeth on edge. Calling a drum a Gaspergou is OK because it is a nickname and not the name of another fish but calling a Sunfish a Perch is just ignorance. It is exactly the same as calling a Crappie a Bass. Any fisherman ought to know the difference.
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02/15/12 12:52 PM
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and YANKEE.....anyone North of the Red River....... Anybody else grow up hearin a drum called a Gasper Goo ? That's Cajun for "BIG UGLY" (Gaspergou)-Up north those Yankees call em' "SHEEPHEAD". My Pops used to call Bass "Green Trout" haha.... It's not Boiled Shrimp, Crabs, or Crawfish in my family...It's Bald... Yeah & Us Yankees also call them Champions alot too! Consider the New York Yankees & THE New York FOOTBALL Giants  
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02/15/12 08:36 PM
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I've read that gaspergoo is a mis pronunciation of some french (Cajun) words meaning muscle eater. I forgot what the words were. I've heard them called sheepshead too.
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02/16/12 01:01 PM
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I've read that gaspergoo is a mis pronunciation of some french (Cajun) words meaning muscle eater. I forgot what the words were. I've heard them called sheepshead too. From the on line dictionary. You were close. Origin: 180010, Americanism ; < Louisiana French casburgot, French casse-burgot, equivalent to cass ( er ) to break + burgeau a kind of shellfish
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