Reply With QuoteThose sure are some good looking/pretty fish DB, congrats!!
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My Catfish were little ones, good thing on 4 pound test line, LOL. I hook a carp occasionally by accident, but first time with a redhorse. I only know what they are from the locals gigging them in the rivers during winter in Missouri. They cut into chunks, score the meat, bread with corn meal and fry. The small bones dissolve during frying. Not bad, but also not gills and Crappie, LOL!
Here's the fish.
They're all Redbreast except the Crappie. I typically always find Redbreast near moving water. When cleaning them they often have the remains of shells or small crayfish in there stomachs. Not sure if that's typical or just my experience where I fish. They like to bed very shallow. Some of the largest I've caught came from beds in 6 inches of water.
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Those sure are some good looking/pretty fish DB, congrats!!
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I grew up on what I calla branch. Caught creek chubs and bream. There were a few holes that in the middle of spring you could walk down and see and hear big fish for there splashing. My uncle came with me one time and told me they were red horse. I’ve fished all over that creek and that’s the only time I’ve ever saw them. Also worked with a guy that would get excited and say they were spawning on limestone. He’d catch them,pressure cook them and can them like salmon. Said they were awesome but I’ve never tried them.
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That sounds like a lot of fun!
Can you tell the difference between pumpkinseed and long ear sunfish? I caught some long ear for the first time on Monday, and they were so colorful. My wife said I could go back sometime and get one for the aquarium haha
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Here are some pictures
3 long ears, an actual Shellcracker, and a blue gill so you can see the difference. All these caught right around the corner from each other
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Cool. Pretty fish for sure.Originally Posted by 153Crappie
Here are some pictures
3 long ears, an actual Shellcracker, and a blue gill so you can see the difference. All these caught right around the corner from each other
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Yep, Pumpkinseed have a red dot on the flap at the end of the gill, but not as large or pronounced as the shellcracker. I'll try to remember to take a pic next time. Limestone is one of the few places where I catch a lot of them. What most people call Pumpkinseeds are Longears. What I've always called Goggle-eyed are actually Rockbass and often get confused with warmouth that I always call stumpknocker. Maybe I'll just go back to calling them all bream, LOL!
By the way, if you get a chance, Limestone Creek has huge Shellcracker. I returned numerous that were ten inches on this trip with the largest two around 12". The creek is covered with several types of snails so the shellcrackers get plenty to eat without much effort. With the clear water I've seen several much larger than I've ever caught, but I'm sure there are some unpressured 14 or 15 inch shellcracker swimming around.
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The redhorse I caught was only about 10 or 11 inches, but fought like crazy. I thought it was a much larger fish at first.
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Google Eye, Stump Knocker, Warmouth. I have caught these little tasty treats for years in a certain area of our Creek that runs through the farm. They love structure. Like Ditch said they are thick little buggers that put up a pretty good fight. They love to run, or the ones ive caught have. They grab the bait and take off up or down the creek with it. I heard the name stumpknocker came from them ramming limbs, wood under the water to eat what bugs fall off when they do. Great day Ditch! that getting in and out would kill me.
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This is what ive always called a Stump Knocker or Google Eye. Notice how big the mouth is on a 6-7 inch bream.
