Got on Some Shellcrackers!

Took the afternoon off and went looking for redear beds with a buddy of mine. It didn’t take us long before we found one and we did it the old fashion way, with out sonar (my buddies just quit working). We ended up catching 22 redear from the same bed. The bigger males were literally in less than a foot of water and the smaller females were out a little deeper. The biggest one was a little over 10”. I attempted to fish all kinds of jigs where they were but had very little luck. Too much structure and algae in the water. We resorted to drowning some red wrigglers and it was on. We also caught some pretty good bluegill for Lake Conway but the focus was redear, so we left them be in search of the crackers. It was a great day! I really needed it. We let all the fish go, in hopes that another angler won’t find the bed and we can go back for more action later in the week. I used the MC triple cross for jig fishing and the Lelands ultra light for worm fishing. I couldn’t bring myself to work up a JDM rod. My buddy thought that was funny!
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Beautiful fish! I know it was good to be out.



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Very nice, Matt!!

That was a good day. I’ll take some of those fillet size crackers anytime. Vacation next week will get me some river time and I hope to find some myself. Might have to get some worms for the first time in recorded history.

Real nice fish. Don’t ya love it when you find a secret spot?
Bob

Nice going! I know that was fun!

Love me some shellcracker fishing. Beautiful fish.

Good eating for sure

Excellent catch. Those dark Ears look like the ones I used to catch out of lower South Carolina. Fun on the TC I bet!

Those are some nice ones!

Nice job ,good times . :HandsClapping

Nice love them crackers

Man, those are nice pics and ears, congrats!

You didn't keep any of those? Man that's as big as they get and great eating for sure. But What a day, love getting into the BG beds and those crackers too. havn't had a good BG bed to fish in ages but just had a neighbor invite me to his lake and buddy said they have big BG's there so this report got my juices flowing so thanks.

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Originally Posted by hdhntr

You didn't keep any of those? Man that's as big as they get and great eating for sure. But What a day, love getting into the BG beds and those crackers too. havn't had a good BG bed to fish in ages but just had a neighbor invite me to his lake and buddy said they have big BG's there so this report got my juices flowing so thanks.

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Yes, we let them go. It is hard to find big sunfish in Arkansas because most anglers in Arkansas do not let bluegill and redear go. It’s hard to grow big sunfish when they are yanked out at a young age. But hey, to each their own. I would never fault an angler for abiding by regulations and keeping a mess for dinner. Everyone looks at things a little differently and as long as you play by the rules, your good with me. Go get them! It’s time!


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Nice job D10!!! I went Tuesday morning and just couldn’t get them to fire off for me. I could smell em though.


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