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Attachment 125415Attachment 125416Attachment 125417Attachment 125418We nailed 21 big redear this morning, I weighed at least seven or eight fish that were over a pound and a half with the biggest being 1lb 14oz. We had a great week down here, I'll be back in Sept.
Very nice. Congratulations.
I've been taking care of them at home for you.
yeap those are hogs. real nice
I see you have Locator, good ears for back home. I'm ruined now, can't imagine having to be satisfied with our fishing now that I've tasted Barkley's offerings. We started to shrug off one pound redear, back home that's a trophy fish. I'll bet we caught at least twenty or so fish that were over 1.8lbs, caught tons of 1.6 lb shellcrackers. I missed some monsters that pulled the hooks on my monofilament line...braided lines didn't pull one hook all week. I think I'll switch all of my reels over to braid, these big fish sure do tax your knots and test your knot tying skills too.
Anyone willing to tell me where and how to fish for redears. I have never gone to ky lake to fish for redears but would love to try it.
Check these out :Quote:
Originally Posted by reggis
Catching Redear on Barkley - YouTube
Bluegill & Red Ear Fishing on Lake Barkley - YouTube
.... cp :kewl
Great trip and pics. Same info as before as to where and how you caught them? Did your spot reload or did you have to move? Did you find they bit better in the morning or the afternoon or pretty much all day? Details are always appreciated. I liked the pic with the big bluegills so people could get an idea of how much bigger a shellcracker gets. Thanks, good post.
I got lucky and sort of stumbled upon them the second day, they were found in 3-4ft of water way back in one of the main coves on the Northern end of the lake. I have a general idea of what I'm looking for regarding water depth, shore structure, cover next to bank etc., and then try to find the exact mix of conditions I'm looking for and simply drop anchor and fish. If you're fishing steep banks or even semi steep banks, you probably won't do well IMO. Redworms outfish other presentations even though many people like nightcrawlers and other baits. When you hook into these size fish hang on and hope your knots are well tied, they will put a hurtin on lightweight gear real quick.
I noticed the bite was good in the morning and evening, it slowed down significantly during the middle of the day though. Redear are very tough to locate and they don't get this big by being stupid. We had the good fortune of simply going back to the same ole spot day after day and seeing it produce better and better as each day passed. This week should be GREAT down there, wish I was still there. If you're not on bottom you will not have success.
One more thing, I kept a few females but tended to let a lot of them go so they could go back and do their thing.
Them are some really good ones!
Thank you crappiepappy, coming down tomorrow to try my luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
those are some great fish I landed 13 on dale hollow sunday morning the biggest were about a pound and I have to admit I kept 4 big females that were busting with eggs but I was hungry wishe we had them that big down there
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Originally Posted by reggis
Had real good luck on good size blue gill as i brought home 81 of them but only caught one redear. I guess the place i choose to go to wasn't good place for redear or it may have been just me trying to find them.
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Originally Posted by reggis
I was always told that if you were catching bedding Bluegill, you were probably sitting over top of the bedding Shellcrackers :Doh: (Redear spawn/feed in deeper water than a Bluegill)
... cp :kewl
I know the Redear I caught last week on Ky Lake were all in deeper than 6 ft except 2 and those were in the flooded trees back of Big Bear, and they were the smallest ones we caught all week.
Great catch.