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 Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/09/13 03:52 AM
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Finally got myself another big'un! Same Warmouth I caught last week, this time on a plastic crawdad (ultra light fishin is awesome!)   Just measured and this greenie was 8.5" For all you green people, is that medium sized, large, huge..?
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/09/13 06:26 PM
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That's a good size pure strain greenie. The pure strains don't get to much bigger than 8"-9", but a greenie mutt can get pretty big.
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/13/13 05:47 AM
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That's a good size pure strain greenie. The pure strains don't get to much bigger than 8"-9", but a greenie mutt can get pretty big. A greenie mutt huh? I'm glad I know where to catch one! I know for a fact the other fish I caught (the first pic in this thread) was a warmouth
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/13/13 09:43 PM
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Fairfield is a killing field for Tilapia !!! We camped there over Spring Break and my son and a buddy arrowed 20 of them and we saw some guys in a jonboat who had 4 big coolers full of them that they said they had castnetted in about 2-3 hours. The ranger there (Mike) is a super guy and he loves to see as many taken as possible. They are over by the hot water discharge area.
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/15/13 01:56 AM
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Fairfield is a killing field for Tilapia !!! We camped there over Spring Break and my son and a buddy arrowed 20 of them and we saw some guys in a jonboat who had 4 big coolers full of them that they said they had castnetted in about 2-3 hours. The ranger there (Mike) is a super guy and he loves to see as many taken as possible. They are over by the hot water discharge area. Unfortunately, Fairfield is a little far to go catch some Tilapia! I wish though
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/15/13 04:07 AM
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We caught some tilaps down south here in Coleto Creek by surprise in the cast net. I didn't weigh them but I estimated each one around 3 #s. I didn't even know they got that big. They may have even weighed a little more. I don't know. Anyway we filleted them up and cooked them there at the lake and they tasted just like hydrilla smells. Lol
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/16/13 03:31 AM
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We caught some tilaps down south here in Coleto Creek by surprise in the cast net. I didn't weigh them but I estimated each one around 3 #s. I didn't even know they got that big. They may have even weighed a little more. I don't know. Anyway we filleted them up and cooked them there at the lake and they tasted just like hydrilla smells. Lol Gosh! I wish they were in Dallas (only 1 big pond though)
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/18/13 03:20 AM
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After the fish kill and lack o preditors lake Fairfield is full of giant talapia. Tpwd allows the stocking of blue talapia that strain is not cold hardy and reproduce a few times over the course of there season. Make great forage for bass.
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/21/13 12:32 AM
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 nice cichlid  a few longears  and a few stock pond bluegills
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/21/13 01:07 AM
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 Nice Ones. Good job. 
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/22/13 08:00 AM
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nice cichlid a few longears and a few stock pond bluegills Very nice my friend! You catch most of those on the fly? Never seen a guy wearin' the sportsman jacket not on the fly Nice redfish! Was it a bullred?
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/22/13 04:01 PM
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I like to fly fish, but the vest is a good place to stash a few rapalas as well. The red was a bull out of O'Connor
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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05/29/13 11:17 PM
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This massive red ear came from Dunlap a couple years ago. Up by the Mill dam  Looks prehistoric!!
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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06/20/13 02:10 PM
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Anybody caught any 10"+ lately?
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Re: Massive Sunfish/Bluegill/Warmouth
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06/24/13 11:06 PM
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Fred (The Rionator) has caught bigger fish than this, but this guy was a fatty. It's where he garnished the name "The Rionator", for reasons obvious to all. I've posted this pic before, but I never get tired of looking at it. Behold. The Rionator!  Obviously that fish is only in the southern Texas because I've never caught one, are those Rio's? Whatever it is, it's ugly and big! LOL! Ugly? nah... It's a beauty! On aquarium websites they are referred to as a Texas Cichlid. They get huge and under tank lights are kinda pretty in a big, knucklehead cichlid kinda way. Bigger the nogg'n head the meaner too. Incredibly aggressive fish. Beasts! LOL
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