My Trip
May 15, 2021 20:40:45 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Fredfish wrote:
I can only go by what we have up here Able. Our Sunfish are the red bellied variety, and pretty much anything with vertical stripes is a Bluegill. I could definitely be wrong, and I've never seen the Texas version of either. But they sure are purdy. 
When I was in High School, up in Massachusetts; ANY KIND of "panfish" was simply referred to as: "a Kibby"! (¿Anybody call them "Kibbles", in CT?)
May 15, 2021 20:46:32 #
Ne. fisherman wrote:
It’s always great to get a catch or catches, that’s better then getting skunked!
I don’t mind getting skunked as long as it’s not because of a boatload of turtles eating my bait.😂
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May 15, 2021 20:55:35 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
hacksaw wrote:
I don’t mind getting skunked as long as it’s not because of a boatload of turtles eating my bait.😂
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¿Have you ever eaten turtle soup? (Don't know WHAT the TX law might have to say about all THAT...)
I was driving west on Rt.30, down between Canton, OH y Wooster, OH; many years ago. It became about "lunch time", so, I spotted a Budweiser sign & went on in. They had a "special" on the "Fresh Turtle Soup". I figured: ¿What the hell?... Not my personal favorite; but, apparently, a whole lotta people DO like it! (It had "put me mindful of" the "Manhattan style" clam chowder.)
May 15, 2021 21:26:42 #
Able Man wrote:
When I was in High School, up in Massachusetts; ANY KIND of "panfish" was simply referred to as: "a Kibby"! (¿Anybody call them "Kibbles", in CT?)
Not that I've ever heard Able, but who knows. From what I've learned on the stage about other parts of the country, anything is possible.
May 15, 2021 21:37:14 #
Sounds like you enjoyed the opportunity to get the lines wet, and that is always top priority over catching a boatload of fish. Great photos...they always help tell the story!
May 16, 2021 07:15:19 #
I know what you mean about turtles. In our state park pond they cruise on the surface til they see a bobber then dive down to get the morn or minnow.
May 16, 2021 08:58:11 #
May 16, 2021 11:10:20 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
Just an FYI: Bluegill are a species of sunfish as are ((most but not all)) of the flat sided fish caught in fresh water. Bass are also sunfish which is a surprise to many As for the red belly type mentioned, I expect they are a sunfish too, but another variety or just another color phase. I.D. charts of sunfish are available on the internet. The bluegill I usually catch are much darker. Those are cool looking fish. This post is only referring to fresh water fish. Regardless of which sunfish you catch, they are all fun. My personal favorite, bass excepted, is bluegill on top water gear.
May 16, 2021 11:14:43 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
Fredfish wrote:
I can only go by what we have up here Able. Our Sunfish are the red bellied variety, and pretty much anything with vertical stripes is a Bluegill. I could definitely be wrong, and I've never seen the Texas version of either. But they sure are purdy.
Fredfish, can you send a photo of the red belly type as well as the horizonal stripe type, when you get one. I am curious if it is just a color phase. Thanks, I am always looking to learn.
May 16, 2021 11:34:04 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
[quote=bapabear]Just an FYI: Bluegill ...Those are cool looking fish. This post is only referring to fresh water fish. Regardless of which sunfish you catch, they are all fun. ...
If anyone wants to "get their mind blown"; go ahead on and "Google up" for: "Ocean Sunfish" and see IF you wouldn't wanna "hook into" one of THOSE! (I can remember hoping that we wouldn't find one in one our nets, one morning, back in ¿1982?... We were dragging 4× 45' shrimp trawls somewhere between the Mississippi River Passes and the Texas border.... I marked one "sounding" at about 100 foot down, and we were only in, about 120' of water.) {My first thought was: "That thing's gonna be difficult getting overboard!"}
If anyone wants to "get their mind blown"; go ahead on and "Google up" for: "Ocean Sunfish" and see IF you wouldn't wanna "hook into" one of THOSE! (I can remember hoping that we wouldn't find one in one our nets, one morning, back in ¿1982?... We were dragging 4× 45' shrimp trawls somewhere between the Mississippi River Passes and the Texas border.... I marked one "sounding" at about 100 foot down, and we were only in, about 120' of water.) {My first thought was: "That thing's gonna be difficult getting overboard!"}
May 16, 2021 12:04:31 #
Funny you should mention not catching one. If you are referring to I think it's a moa, my brother accidently hooked one bottom fishing of Jersey one day we had seen it, about the size of a trashcan lid, swimming along. Ran into his rig and got snagged, took off like a bat out Hades. There was no way we could even slow it down.
May 16, 2021 12:05:47 #
bapabear wrote:
Fredfish, can you send a photo of the red belly type as well as the horizonal stripe type, when you get one. I am curious if it is just a color phase. Thanks, I am always looking to learn.
These are the pictures from our fishing guide Bapabear. I've never seen any with horizontal stripes.
May 16, 2021 12:08:49 #
[quote=Able Man]
I've seen them sunning themselves on the surface Able. They are huge. Saw them offshore when Tuna fishing at Block Canyon.
bapabear wrote:
Just an FYI: Bluegill ...Those are cool looking fi... (show quote)
I've seen them sunning themselves on the surface Able. They are huge. Saw them offshore when Tuna fishing at Block Canyon.
May 16, 2021 12:16:32 #
Fredfish wrote:
I've seen them sunning themselves on the surface Able. They are huge. Saw them offshore when Tuna fishing at Block Canyon.
Seen these off the coast of SoCal many times. Flytier was right about the size being that of a trashcan lid.
May 16, 2021 12:34:38 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
OldBassGuy wrote:
Seen these off the coast of SoCal many times. Flytier was right about the size being that of a trashcan lid.
That's the exact shape I saw on the "sound machine"; but, I'm pretty sure that rascal was closer to 10' long... It was big enough to make a very well defined "mark" there, on the RCA. ... Also, I have read somewhere, that they are called Moa, in certain localities.
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