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**Alphahawk** · 04-08-2023, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by skeetbum

Thanks guys. I had to end the day on a high note so I went to mudhole and bought another build of a 6’ version of the rod I used so much today. Already started on it. Need to wait for the reel to position the reel seat for proper balance. That’s hard for me.

I also forgot to add that I kept the good crappie but three of the gills were all I kept of those. They had work to do and I let ‘em get back to it. They’ll be waiting when you get there.

Va, only reason you aren’t getting any of them is you’re not here. Open invitation. They will bed sometimes 4 times or more this year I’m told.

Great looking fish! Big congrats! I use to fish a lake in TN that had copper nose and those things would spawn 5 times a year. Seemed the hotter the water got the better they liked it. You know they have stocked them in Fall Creek Falls Lake in TN. Maybe if it works out there they will stock them in more lakes. Of course now that I’m in Arkansas that don’t do me no good…LOL.

Regards

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**Ketchn** · 04-08-2023, 09:39 PM

KABOOM bro

**skeetbum** · 04-08-2023, 10:11 PM

Randy, I know this guy with a Jon boat and an empty seat that can go find some if you’re ever back where you came from. They are just about tough.

**Special K** · 04-08-2023, 11:55 PM

Congrats on a great day Tim. I wish you many, many, many more to come.
Thanks for sharing your day and the pics with the rest of us.

**BuckeyeCrappie** · 04-09-2023, 03:59 AM

Awesome day Tim, thanks for sharing with us

**Rojo** · 04-09-2023, 05:45 AM

Monster Gills! Just Awesome. I never catch them that big, if I did I would be tempted to chase them.

**skeetbum** · 04-09-2023, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Great looking fish! Big congrats! I use to fish a lake in TN that had copper nose and those things would spawn 5 times a year. Seemed the hotter the water got the better they liked it. You know they have stocked them in Fall Creek Falls Lake in TN. Maybe if it works out there they will stock them in more lakes. Of course now that I’m in Arkansas that don’t do me no good…LOL.

Regards

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Thanks Randy, and the possibilities of the crossbreeding that will inevitably happen makes it even more interesting. The really big ones are just brutes, pulling drag and not giving up easy. The only panfish here that’s any stronger are the shellcrackers. If I had some side imaging I could hunt the beds a lot easier.

**JUNGLEJIMJIGS** · 04-09-2023, 09:08 AM

I like pics, especially of them coppernose. Brings back memories of my Cali trips with Sonny. 10 inch gills are rare, especially in public waters around here. Got one five years ago but think it was a hybrid gill/cracker. I was trout fishing a couple years ago and saw a pleco swimming near the surface at a city park close to my house. Maybe 10" long, I flipped my jig at him and it ate it. Tried flipping it onto the dock but it fell off a bit short. I sure wanted to get a picture of it. Things look prehistoric. I wonder what dinosaur tastes like.

**skeetbum** · 04-09-2023, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I like pics, especially of them coppernose. Brings back memories of my Cali trips with Sonny. 10 inch gills are rare, especially in public waters around here. Got one five years ago but think it was a hybrid gill/cracker. I was trout fishing a couple years ago and saw a pleco swimming near the surface at a city park close to my house. Maybe 10" long, I flipped my jig at him and it ate it. Tried flipping it onto the dock but it fell off a bit short. I sure wanted to get a picture of it. Things look prehistoric. I wonder what dinosaur tastes like.

I throw em on top of the concrete bridge pads and they stay there til they dry out and blow off. Nothing eats them, even when they’re easy prey. Their skin is like small armor plates. Not good for our spawns.

And I miss Sonny and his posts too. Tell him I was asking about him if y’all talk.

**Jamesdean** · 04-11-2023, 08:41 AM

Tim, those are some excellent specimens for sure. Glad you got out and wet a line. Thank you for the ride along. and as far as pics go, never enough...congrats on an excellent adventure.

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