Personal best Redbreast Sunfish.

Been fighting vertigo for a week now...just won't go away. Did get out on the water yesterday to scout for beds up in the lake.....not a single bed was found.....not a single fish. Headed to the tail race to an old trusted spot...and it produced big time. Caught a lot of redbreast and bluegill..white bass and one 16 inch Smallie. Turned out to be a great day for quantity and pretty good quality. Lot of bluegill in the 8-8.5 inch range and same with the redbreast. My PB redbreast came in at exactly the 10 inch mark. Love catching those things....fight like a shell cracker. All fish caught on a Sow Bug or Bison colored Trout Magnet with a Daiwa Gekkabijin 1.5 gram jig head with #8 hook. Line was 2.3# test Varivas Ester Mono. Rods use were MegaBass ShoreLuck Limited 6' 8" UL and Fine Tail Banshee 6' 7" Area Trout Rod. Even though the Banshee is rated as a light action rod that rating means light action for an "Area" trout rod. The rod truly is an UL rod. Going to get back out when I can. If the vertigo does not let up I realize I may miss the spawn.......it really keeps you from doing much of anything.


Regards

Hate to hear about the vertigo. The fish are bedding up here, just way back in the warmer protected pockets. Those are some pretty Redbreast, not common up here in the landlocked highland reservoirs, but I do catch a few every once in a while. Hope you did a video showing the bend of the Megabass rod.

Very nice fish, way to go!! Hope you get feeling better.

10" Redbreast, nice. Great pics, thanks for sharing.

It's good to see you got the cobwebs cleaned off of that ShoreLuck...Looking forward to the video...

Congrats! Very impressive!

Thank you for sharing!

That's dedication - vertigo but still in a boat! Some nice catches!

Gotta love it.

I hate to hear about the vertigo. My Dad gets that from time to time too. He says it is no good. This crazy spring weather will calm down sooner or later and the bluegill redear will get with the program eventually. Hang in there Randy!


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Great looking fish. Sounds like a great day

Congrats on the PB. That thing was a hoss.
I, too, have Vertigo. Get some Meclizine HCI, 25 mg tablets. I took 2 every morning and 2 every evening until mine subsided in a day or so. I take 2 every morning now.
They are sold over the counter as motion sickness medication. We get ours at Costco pharmacy for about $3.50 per bottle of 100 tablets.
They really work. If you present at the ER with Vertigo, Meclizine will be what they first give you.
Spinning, in this case, is not fun.
Best wishes.

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When I opened this thread I figured it was going to be a beast. Man was it. Nice catch.

I can second the meclizine. If you haven't ever been diagnosed/treated by an ear nose throat specialist I would highly recommend it. They can do wonders for it.

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Good job Randy! Congrats on your pb hope the vertigo stops.

Great day!Prayers for the vertigo to leave you alone!

wish we had redbreast built like that here , ours never get shoulders ?
them are bulky ones for sure …..
CONGRATS and KABOOM

Nice fish! I caught a couple Red bellies a few days ago- they are fun and pretty to boot. They weren’t 10” though!
Great pics. Thanks for sharing. Attachment 374715

That was a great catching trip... Hope you're feeling better...

And those red bellies have an attitude! I can tell what it is before seeing it a lot. My best isn’t near yours but they are a favorite of mine. God truly blessed them with good looks, very pretty.

Hope you get the vertigo squared away, wife deals with it some, no fun at all.

Very nice. Congrats on the PB. I hope in a couple weeks the river will get right and I can hang some on the fly rod.

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