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but to be sure they like you to keep the bait moving along at a clip most of the time ?
never knew red ear liked the bait to be running along so quickly ...interesting farm pond species for sure ....
when I see other red ear they often look like a dinner plate and most of ours look torpedo shaped ....
sure fight well ....
KABOOM is the word
They are like Stretch Armstrong fish!
:Rofl
Ours did not till we put a 1/2 dump truck of muscles (state biologist )20 yrs . ago . We also put gravel beds in the lake and in years past a high protein food was fed daily . Now that folks are getting older interest is dropping in lake management and it shows . We still have a few good ones though . Afew from the recent past . Attachment 455887Attachment 455888Attachment 455889Attachment 455890Attachment 455891
Looks like a hybrid mix to me .Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Looks like good eating to me
I like em all. Ain’t their fault they’s little!
Some 22 % protein catfish food will fatten them up quick . :check
my hand is 8 inches long from the crease at my wrist to my middle finger tip , it really wasn't all that small for this part of the world , kinda average size for where we were and the red ear / red ear hybrids that reside out thereQuote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
if they were my water bodies them fish would be fed and managed well , but they are left to fend for themselves on that placeQuote:
Originally Posted by Eagle 1
Some great looking fish right there!
Bob
this is one of what we call little ones , it was about 6 inches maybe ....:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
Some lakes here they get round and others they grow long and lean. I think it has something to do with the forage base. Lakes with a lot of snails, clams and crayfish Redear seem to be fatter than lakes that don't have the big forage base that they prefer. Watched the conservation department stock 2500 3-4" redear into a 5 acre lake a couple of days ago. Apparently the lake is loaded with yellow snails and are clogging the sewer drains and aren't allowing any run off. Lake overflowed and there was 3" of water on the sidewalk around the entire lake.
were there any shellcrackers in there before this jim?Quote:
Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
The lake has Redear in it already but they top out at 7" right now. Lake used to have some 9-10" when it had some coontail in it but people complained it had too much weeds so they treated it with Aquaside and now no plant life grows there.
treating the lake to kill off the vegetation pretty much always ruins a good fishery :bangheadQuote:
Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
Those stocked redear should take care of the snails.