Gills and Crackers.

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08-10-2016, 04:41 PM
Alphahawk

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Gills and Crackers.

Spent the day catching Gills and shellcrackers. The Gills were all at or between the 8-9 inch mark, and could not break the 9.5 inch mark on the shellcracker....but caught over 2 dozen shellcracker and had around 20 Gills. Can't seem to locate the 11-12 inch shellcracker but still had a ton of fun with a lot of drag pulling going on using the Tict Ice Cube 6' 9" UL Ajing rod....2# test SOS line......and a Bison colored Trout Magnet fished under the PanFish float. Had the float pegged at 2 feet. Worked the shallow shore line around the milfoil. Water temps were 90 degrees and while I thought they would be deeper I couldn't get a bite deep. Life is good!

Regards
08-10-2016, 04:59 PM
Slabprowler

Good report nice fish!
08-10-2016, 05:29 PM
Blackhawk19

Nice catch and good eatin!!!
08-10-2016, 08:13 PM
montagc

Nice fish! What lake? I was at dale last week. Water was 90 degrees. Too hot to fish

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08-10-2016, 09:02 PM
Alphahawk

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Originally Posted by montagc

Nice fish! What lake? I was at dale last week. Water was 90 degrees. Too hot to fish

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Caught these at a small TWRA lake. Never fished Dale in the fall....but will this year. Fished it spring......early, and late winter but never in fall. Hoping I can get the fall shell-cracker bite up there.

Regards

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08-11-2016, 03:25 PM
ad1974

Nice catch!
08-11-2016, 03:56 PM
guest006

Good fishing! sounds like fun.
08-12-2016, 07:16 PM
redearhoosier

Nice looking fish! I'm going to try to locate some shellcracker this fall on Ky Lake and Lake Barkley. They are a spring treat but are known to disappear after early June. Is there a good fall bite on crackers at The Dale?
08-12-2016, 09:08 PM
Alphahawk

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Originally Posted by redearhoosier

Nice looking fish! I'm going to try to locate some shellcracker this fall on Ky Lake and Lake Barkley. They are a spring treat but are known to disappear after early June. Is there a good fall bite on crackers at The Dale?

Don't know.....as I said in post #5 I have never fished it in the fall...fished it the other 3 seasons....but I will find out this fall. I haven't fished a lake yet that did not have a fall shellcracker bite. Having said that it is all about timing and I am sure water temps play a big role on the timing. But I will burn up the roads here pretty soon hoping to get on them up there.

Regards
08-13-2016, 03:14 AM
Frank Cecil

nice looking fish
08-15-2016, 03:54 PM
Nutbush

I caught about 8 of the ones you call shell cracker yesterday. The pond owner called them Red Ears, but they looked exactly like the ones you have there. Those things were as big as a decent crappie. Caught ours on wax worms. He said that they are a cross of a blue Gill and something else. Do y'all know what he is talking about?
08-15-2016, 04:18 PM
Alphahawk

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Originally Posted by Nutbush

I caught about 8 of the ones you call shell cracker yesterday. The pond owner called them Red Ears, but they looked exactly like the ones you have there. Those things were as big as a decent crappie. Caught ours on wax worms. He said that they are a cross of a blue Gill and something else. Do y'all know what he is talking about?

Shellcracker...red ear...same thing. They are not a cross of anything...although they will cross with bluegill when they spawn in same bedding areas. Do a google search and you will see the red ear/shellcracker is a specie on it's own.

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