Looking forward to catching a few like that, which brings up a question.
Yesterday I was slow trolling the edges of weeds when I had a solid hit
I thought was a crappie by the way it hit. But it fought harder than a crappie,
and was some type of blugill looking fish. All dark coloration with a slight purple
hue to it and no other color anywhere. Caught it on the St Johns west of Melbourne.