Epic day.

Had a fantastic day fishing Nickajack tailrace yesterday. I stayed on the water for 8.5 hours.....haven’t done that it a long time. Over 200 fish caught total......50 of those were shell cracker and 100 of those were 8-8.5 inch bluegill with an 8 inch girth. The other 50 fish caught were bass....spotted bass.....white bass.....crappie. I have 4 hours of video to edit.....LOL. Here is a pic I pulled off the video of one of the shell cracker. They ranged in size from 8-11 inches. Life is good!

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Fun day for Sure ! Thanks for sharing!

Great catch. At work yesterday I could not keep my mind from wandering out on the lake, and looking through the office window at the Dogwoods and Redbuds in bloom, I knew it would be a great day to be on the water. Cannot wait to see the video. Keep them coming.

Nice redear, haven't caught any bigger ones yet here but hope they start soon. 8-9 inch gills can really pull. Consider the redear juveniles until they hit 10 inches.

very nice, can't wait for the video

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Nice redear, haven't caught any bigger ones yet here but hope they start soon. 8-9 inch gills can really pull. Consider the redear juveniles until they hit 10 inches.

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Thanks Jim..........yeah I mention on the video they are juveniles.

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Here is video...hope you all enjoy watching.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZxb...ature=youtu.be



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congrats

Congrats on the great trip out. Can't beat a good day on the water

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great video as always, thanks

What a great day

Wonderful video, Randy!! My favorite fish for certain. Question, are these redear already heading to build their nests? Wow, it's a little early but it's all about that water temperature.

I'm up here on Barkley and I'm thinking if it stays this warm, they'll bed up Wednesday of next week due to the full moon. Thoughts?

Usually they go on bed in May.

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Wonderful video, Randy!! My favorite fish for certain. Question, are these redear already heading to build their nests? Wow, it's a little early but it's all about that water temperature.

I'm up here on Barkley and I'm thinking if it stays this warm, they'll bed up Wednesday of next week due to the full moon. Thoughts?

Usually they go on bed in May.

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Thanks for watching. It’s hard to say. I need to get back up in the lake to see if they are bedding.....plus there’ll be bigger red ear up there. I have no clue why those fish were where they were at. I fully understood all the bluegill stacked up on that log 15 feet down. That river rises and falls so much if the red ear make beds where I caught them yesterday they will have to leave the beds.....they’ll be dry. Water temps are low 60’s which tells me shell cracker are in pre-spawn. But the bluegill were peeing so they are in pre-spawn also. Last years big red ear video was in May. If the wind lays some I’ll be at the spot I did the shell cracker video last May 1st thing in the morning. You’re right.....with temps in the 80’s water is warming fast. Could happen quick.

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Great video.

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Thanks for watching. It’s hard to say. I need to get back up in the lake to see if they are bedding.....plus there’ll be bigger red ear up there. I have no clue why those fish were where they were at. I fully understood all the bluegill stacked up on that log 15 feet down. That river rises and falls so much if the red ear make beds where I caught them yesterday they will have to leave the beds.....they’ll be dry. Water temps are low 60’s which tells me shell cracker are in pre-spawn. But the bluegill were peeing so they are in pre-spawn also. Last years big red ear video was in May. If the wind lays some I’ll be at the spot I did the shell cracker video last May 1st thing in the morning. You’re right.....with temps in the 80’s water is warming fast. Could happen quick.

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You need to get down there on that spot really soon. I'd wager a bet that those big redear will be on that spot a week from now because of that full moon.

Great job!! I’d like to get into them again like that.

Great day on the water !