We have caught several (20-25) this year between 11" and 14". 14" is HUGE here in Missouri. I'm curious just how big is BIG in you neck of the woods. Our state record 2lbs. 7oz. and I'm fairly sure several of our biggest this year have been over 2#.

I am ignorant on redear as we catch 30-50 'gills and maybe 3 redear on an average day. I really need to shift to targeting redear as a local city lake is where ALL the redears have come from and there is NOBODY fishing this lake anymore. It's just so easy to smack the 'gills we never try to learn redear fishing. I know they feed on bottom mostly but this lake is extremely mossy and makes fishing a worm on bottom frustrating as hell let alone non-productive!

Any tips for targeting the redears would be appreciated.