Quote Originally Posted by mrdux View Post
Hey, it takes a huge amount of fishing ability to catch a quality fish like that one!

Story on that fish; I had cast into an area we had been catching some quality gills but no redears. I was using a red Eagle Claw panfish hook with a red worm on a drop shot rig. I got a hit close to the bank and was just holding pressure on it when I almost got the rod jerked out of my hands. The line started screaming down the bank with the drag slipping then it was gone. I reeled it in and this little guy was on. Apparently he hit initially then something sizable hit him and took off. It was definitely a juvy redear and it was released alive.
Looks more like a juvy Green Sunfish, to me, Dux !! LOL !!

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