Record shell cracker

[RUGER]

I assume there is a TN state record shellcracker.

Wonder how big it is?

Reason I ask is the couple I gave our fish to yesterday had one that was EASILY over a pound and if I had to guess I would say it weighed a pound and a half.

Just made me wonder.

 

[Winchester]

Im sure its over 2 lbs. had a buddy catch 40 two days in a row a few weeks ago and several were 14 inches and over 1 1/2 lbs each.

 

[RUGER]

Looks like 3 pounds 6 ounces.

I never knew so many different fish were classified as bream.

Not totally sure it was a shellcracker or a pumpkinseed.

 

[RUGER]

Oh and warmouth are COOL.
I have caught a few of those.
Neat fish.

 

[spitndrum]

:O

 

[Bowdacious]

Oh and warmouth are COOL.
I have caught a few of those.
Neat fish.

What's a warmouth?

 

[easy45]

Shellcracker are actually longeared sunfish, there are alot more different kinds of bream than folks think

 

[RUGER]

easy45, yep that is what I was talking about.


Here ya go bow.

http://www.tnfish.org/FishIdentificatio ... on_Key.htm

 

[Bowdacious]

easy45, yep that is what I was talking about.


Here ya go bow.

http://www.tnfish.org/FishIdentificatio ... on_Key.htm

Thank you. I learned something today.

 

[S.vitreum]

Shellcracker are actually longeared sunfish

Wrong. Shellcracker are redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
MS in Fisheries. BS with an A in Et's class.

 

[LA man]

all i know is they are good eating and fun to catch on light tackle

 

[DoeTag]

Oh and warmouth are COOL.
I have caught a few of those.
Neat fish.

What's a warmouth?

They are very agressive, I have caught several 3" warmouth's on baits more than twice as long.

 

[stik]

Shellcracker are actually longeared sunfish, there are alot more different kinds of bream than folks think

actually they are redeared sunfish

 

[bowriter]

Looks like 3 pounds 6 ounces.

I never knew so many different fish were classified as bream.

Not totally sure it was a shellcracker or a pumpkinseed.

I don'ty believe a pumpkinseed gets very big. As a btw-the warmouth is great eating and I have caught them close to a pound.

And stik is dead on-redeared sunfish. They have many names: Chinquapin, shellcraker, mudbream, etc. The warmouth is also called a goggleye, black perch, and rock bass. Most fish have a ton of different names depending on locale.

 

[Winchester]

Good info and pumpkinseeds dont get nearly as big as the red eared sunfish/Shellcracker!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Oh and warmouth are COOL.
I have caught a few of those.
Neat fish.

What's a warmouth?

They have larger mouths than a bluegill and thier fins are lined with bright yellow/orange. They are very aggressive.

 

[bowriter]

In many parts of TN they are called black perch or rock bass. They are also known widely as goggleye. Not a good picture but this is one that hit a fluke.

 

[Bowdacious]

I'm just learning all kinds of stuff on this thread. I'm glad I asked but sorry about the hijack.

I was about to ask what a fluke is but I figured it out. A fluke is when I actually catch a fish.

 

[ClubHead]

I saw a fishing show on Tv a few years back and they showed the World record Redear that weighed like 5 Lbs or something.This is it.
http://www.fishingfury.com/20080318/wor ... sh-redear/

 

[Headhunter]

According to the TWRA, Bowriter is holding a rock bass in that picture. limit is 20 per day.

I have caught warmouth over 2 lbs. This was MANY years ago in a farm pond. One of them would cover a dinner plate. Probably records, we had no clue. We ate them. Our best bait for them was a 1/2 ounce spinnerbait, they were big. The pond has been gone for over 15 years. I miss it.