Thread: Giant bream

I've got a first cousin in Palm Beach, his dad was from up north but his mom from here,my dads sister. When he speaks he don't soud like us, not saying that's a bad thing, just saying.

i know when i was in Utah for a while it was really hard to find a place to catch Southern species like bass and bluegill, but we stumbled upon a small lake out of Vernal,Utah called PELICAN LAKE strange enough since having been born and raised in Louisiana (THE PELICAN STATE) that had bluegill and bass in it that was originally stocked in the 1950's with this species and the local cafe on the lake had a picture of what they called the lake record and it weighed 3.5 pounds? Perhaps it was never officially certified? I know as soon as the ice was off the lake you could catch 50 to 100 bass per day and then after temps warmed a little you could take a flyrod with popping bugs and catch bream that were 1#+ on a regular basis! ~~<*{{{{<< On most lakes in the West they kill off this type fish to preserve the trout population...... that had to be restocked every year, so they would spray rotenot? on the lake to kill the scaled species such as bream and bass!!! Also even though there were crawfish in some of the lakes there, it was illegal to transport them live because they love to eat the trout eggs and there was the fear that they might be accidently released into a lake that Utah Dept. of Natural Resources regularly stocked trout into??? Too bad they didn't prefer a fish that can reproduce automatically....... ~~<*{{{{<<

Originally Posted by FSH4FUN

i know when i was in Utah for a while it was really hard to find a place to catch Southern species like bass and bluegill, but we stumbled upon a small lake out of Vernal,Utah called PELICAN LAKE strange enough since having been born and raised in Louisiana (THE PELICAN STATE) that had bluegill and bass in it that was originally stocked in the 1950's with this species and the local cafe on the lake had a picture of what they called the lake record and it weighed 3.5 pounds? Perhaps it was never officially certified? I know as soon as the ice was off the lake you could catch 50 to 100 bass per day and then after temps warmed a little you could take a flyrod with popping bugs and catch bream that were 1#+ on a regular basis! ~~<*{{{{<< On most lakes in the West they kill off this type fish to preserve the trout population...... that had to be restocked every year, so they would spray rotenot? on the lake to kill the scaled species such as bream and bass!!! Also even though there were crawfish in some of the lakes there, it was illegal to transport them live because they love to eat the trout eggs and there was the fear that they might be accidently released into a lake that Utah Dept. of Natural Resources regularly stocked trout into??? Too bad they didn't prefer a fish that can reproduce automatically....... ~~<*{{{{<<

Whaaaaaat??

On the accent subject, I was born and raised in SC. I was out in Oregon fishing with my buddy on the Columbia River. We went into a little deli to grab some lunch to take back to the boat and the lady had trouble understanding me. I asked if she was struggling with my accent. She said, "I'm sorry, Sir. What country are you from?"
Yep, got asked in the good old USA what country I was from.

Originally Posted by brucec

Chinquapin? I thought that was a nut!!!

LOL. I did too, had to go look it up to see it's also a Redear. Always learning sumpthin from you boys down south.

Originally Posted by yankee doodler

LOL. I did too, had to go look it up to see it's also a Redear. Always learning sumpthin from you boys down south.

That's funny... I had no idea it was a nut! Guess I learned something from you northern folks too! lol

Originally Posted by SeaRay

That sounds small to me for La. Alabama record is 4#12oz, Miss is 3#7oz. For some reason this chart does not list La., but I would have expected it to be in this range.

Bluegill Sunfish Fishing Records

Louisiana record bluegill is 1.63 lbs. ( 1lb. 10oz.) caught in Old River.

Originally Posted by LouisianaFishNut

That's funny... I had no idea it was a nut! Guess I learned something from you northern folks too! lol

Hey Scott, it is a plant also. There is alot of them in the marsh when the lily pads start drying up. They use them in alot of flower arrangements.