PB Red Breast.

In Middle Tennessee we don’t have any red breast sunfish.....at least not the waters I fish. Nickajack however has plenty of them. I had a great day fishing there today with 90 fish brought to the net. However....most of them were crappie...70 of them.....majority of them 11.5-12.5 inches with a few at 13 and one TARP fish at 14 inches. While I was really after Gills I wasn’t about to pull off the crappie. Being an avid UL angler all I want is something to tug on the Varivas 2.1# test polyester line. But I did mange some nice bluegill in the mix and my personal best red breast. It was a fantastic day....that included 2 trophy smallmouth. All fish caught on JDM rods using Bison and Sow Bug colored Trout Magnets.

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Wow, sounds like a super day. Glad you got out had fun and caught a PB Red Breast.

Great catch, cannot wait to see the video. I wanted to go to the creek this afternoon but time just got away from me. The next 4 weeks should be good for the Panfish bite.


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Excellent day Randy!! I’d love to tangle with some of those smallies and that’s a toad of a redbreast. I bet he had a genuine attitude.

Very nicely done sir! That's a chunk of a redbreast congrats!


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Way to go Alpha! Glad you had another great day. That redbreast sure is a pretty fish!

Congrats on an awesome day !

congrats - nice fish

nice fish, wonderful day

Really nice fish! All species look like they've been eating good and ready for the spawn. Good on the redbreasts. I live in north MS and we don't have any around here that I know of. Used to be a state park lake in the Memphis area that had them in abundance, but they drained the lake to make repairs and the redbreasts disappeared. Really good for bluegill and shellcrackers, but I miss the redbreasts.

Way to go, Congrats!

It would be nice to have the RB in Center Hill, I have never caught one there and pretty sure they are not there. Ive been catching a few gills on CH this week. hoping it will pick up very soon. Congrats on the RB Alphahawk.

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It would be nice to have the RB in Center Hill, I have never caught one there and pretty sure they are not there. Ive been catching a few gills on CH this week. hoping it will pick up very soon. Congrats on the RB Alphahawk.

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Thanks to everyone for the comments. I have fished Center Hill on and off for a long time. From 2009-2012 I caught so many 9 inch bluegill there it was unbelievable. As you know they have been working on the dam for a long time. After 2012 I would continue to fish there but it just did not produce the quality fish in numbers as it used to. Still....each spring I give it a go for a week or so to see if the lake is producing like it used to. After this spring they are supposed to bring the lake back up to normal pool for the first time in years....as soon as they get the ramp built at the dam. There are no redbreast in the lake.....as far as I know or I think I would have caught one. Back in those years I mentioned I would fish Center Hill 5 days a week form late March through May. It was off the charts good.....I went for bluegill but in between catching the bluegill I would get into big Smallies...and big crappie. I haven’t made my trip this year yet to check it out but will soon. It is only a 51 mile drive for me...if it ever gets back to the glory years it will probably be the only lake I will fish in the spring. I’m getting tired of the longer drives...LOL.

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Center Hill As of last week they have not turned on yet. I caught a few small hand size gills and one 11.5 shellcracker. Hope I get a chance to go this week. I have been using Trout Magnets a lot lately with the Bison being the star of the show. I just got some Sowbug I need to get in the water soon. Those Trout Magnets are addictive, thanks Alphahawk for turning me on to them.

Beautiful fish! Sounds like a great day to me.


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I've caught a lot of Red "Bellies" in my life. I honestly have never seen one that big. That might have been some kind of record? Congrats!