Fished with a neighbor LP 08 11 17

Got out, with a neighbor, for a couple of hours before the heat kicked in....

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So is that a red ear without the red on the ear ? Nice fish yawl .... and Kaboom from Texas

Nice. I would like to come out there and catch some of those. My bucket list includes a trip out west and and a trip to Dallas to fish with Ketchn, I haven't mentioned this to him yet, but I will get around to it soon enough.

later...etex

good eye ketchn

Let me know if you guys get out here...

You need to go to Lake Havasu (4 hours from me);

PB RE 3lb9oz
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Average LH RE
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Junglejim 4lb9oz and me another 3lb9oz (month later)
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LH, I seem to remember you saying the gills and crackers out there don't get much pressure.

Am I remembering correctly? Not many people fish for them?

Hardly any body fishes for the panfish - most go for the Bass, Stripers, and Catfish. We are fishing the opposite side from where the world records were caught. If you look at a map we fish the south side by Parker Dam. Havasu Springs is right on the water.

They have Northern strain BGs also, on the smaller side, but the hybrids get big too.

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I was just in Santa clarita and Big Bear. what lake were you fishing. i am dreadfully bored when visiting son and grandaughtes and the 7 year old surprised me when she said she wanted papa to take her fishing.

I fish Lake Perris ~60 miles east of Los Angeles. I live in Riverside - not that far from Big Bear (~90 minutes). Use to go up there to bow fish carp.

Man, I am a bluegill/red ear fanatic. You might have just created a bucket list lake for me. Those are huge! The bigger ones i catch here average 8-9" on gills and maybe 10" on a red ear. Looks like an absolute blast.

Sj -The guy (Junglejim) with the 4lb 9oz RE is from Missouri - that was like his 4th or 5th trip out here.

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We got pretty good size Crappie too.......

Those are AWESOME!

I was about to ask you regarding crappie in that lake
I may have to take the 3 hour trip

Nice fish........do you ever catch any of the Alabama spotted bass stocked in there?


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Dadgum I wish ours grew that big here!

lfs - big fish season is starting early.......

ah - thnx, we had the 2 world record Spotted Bass during the early days of the lake. Bass clubs decided to "fix" the lake and illegally stocked Largemouth Bass plus too many drawdowns almost eradicated the SBs. I have caught a handful of Spotted Bass and more hybrids, over the years. It seems like they are trying to come back.

Wow...Those are some nice ones.

thnx ad

Great fishing out there. Fishing Havasu was a dream come true for me. Hope to fish there again one day.

Didn't fish LH at all last year and if I don't go soon - won't fish it this year. Been very tempted to go to Havasu City - get a Bass guide - fish one or two days for the RE.