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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2807316
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Great read! When I was growing up in Vestavia, we'd just go fish any body of water we could get to. We used to frequent the creeks around Rocky Ridge Road and caught a ton of redeye's Nothing was more fun that hooking those on ultralight gear, usually watching them eat, little beetle spins and rooster tails. Not sure we really knew what they were called officially, but obviously we referred to them as Redeyes, also Creek Bass, Rock Bass...don't even know if those are legit or if we just made those up.

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Originally Posted by alhawk
Awesome read and some incredible pictures. Thanks for taking me on your journey.


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Great read and beautiful pics! I grew up wade fishing the Cahaba River and caught a bunch of red eye bass. Definitely makes me want to go creek fishing.



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Great post!

Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2808142
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Originally Posted by AU_trout_bum
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great pics of some beautiful waters and a wonderful fish. I grew up on redeye bass with a smattering of spots and largemouth thrown in. Redeyes are the prettiest of them all by far. I have a 3lb1/2oz redeye on my wall from many years ago.


I'd love to see a pic of it. Just out of curiosity. I suspect many fish that were over 1.5lbs are hybrids with Alabama bass. The state record redeye is almost certainly a hybrid. Not saying yours is, but I'd love to be proven otherwise. I fin clip and test a lot of the fish I catch, which has lead to the research I am now doing which is the first substantial research we have done on this fish in this state. I am very curious to see what we find!


could be. When I caught it in 1974 I took it to Auburn to one of the Fisheries professors and he counted scales and such and said it was a redeye. I had Mimms in Selma mount it and paint it from a fresh pic of it I had.


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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: BhamFred] #2819839
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I thought about this thread when I read the article on redeye fishing on the Tallapoosa. That's a unique boat the guy is using, and I can see why it works well. Just thought some of you might be interested.

There was great fishing on the Tallapoosa before they built Harris dam. I really hated that they built that lake and killed the river, but you can't stop progress.

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I have caught redeyes in the Cahaba years ago. Caught some huge spots out of there too.

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Au trout bum might blow a gasket on seeing this; I not only caught red-eyes with spincasting gear instead of a flyrod, but I also carried a stringer and kept enough of them to make us a good meal.

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I hadn't had a mess of redeye for several years, and I really enjoyed catching and eating these. They all.fell.into the 8-10" range, which is just right to scrape and then fry whole. They have a flavor that is certainly unique. I sure wish I had access to more redeye streams.

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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2853425
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Wow, great post!!


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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2853434
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Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher

Au trout bum might blow a gasket on seeing this; I not only caught red-eyes with spincasting gear instead of a flyrod, but I also carried a stringer and kept enough of them to make us a good meal.

[Linked Image]

I hadn't had a mess of redeye for several years, and I really enjoyed catching and eating these. They all.fell.into the 8-10" range, which is just right to scrape and then fry whole. They have a flavor that is certainly unique. I sure wish I had access to more redeye streams.



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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2854169
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Enjoyed this thread. I’ve caught a truckload of red eye bass on the Bodka creek in Sumter county and on the cahawba in my younger days. That’s Hard fishing

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Originally Posted by Ant67
Enjoyed this thread. I’ve caught a truckload of red eye bass on the Bodka creek in Sumter county and on the cahawba in my younger days. That’s Hard fishing



I've enjoyed AU Trout Bum's posts here, and also very much enjoyed his book. Anyone interested in the redeye should buy a copy and read it. I'm glad to see that research is going on for them.

And I'm sure his book covers it, but I'm surprised that Sumter Co has redeye water in it. I guess I've gotten the wrong impression of it.


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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2855285
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Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher

Au trout bum might blow a gasket on seeing this; I not only caught red-eyes with spincasting gear instead of a flyrod, but I also carried a stringer and kept enough of them to make us a good meal.

[Linked Image]

I hadn't had a mess of redeye for several years, and I really enjoyed catching and eating these. They all.fell.into the 8-10" range, which is just right to scrape and then fry whole. They have a flavor that is certainly unique. I sure wish I had access to more redeye streams.



shocked

I mean, it's legal and I know you enough to know you're not out there raping streams of all the redeye. I don't do it personally, but to each his own. Interesting fact, very few people know based on some recent age/size data: An 8" redeye bass is likely 8 years old. They grow slow. It takes spots and largemouths like a year or less to reach that size. I foresee stricter restrictions on redeye in the coming years.


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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: AU_trout_bum] #2855325
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>>>I mean, it's legal and I know you enough to know you're not out there raping streams of all the redeye. I don't do it personally, but to each his own. Interesting fact, very few people know based on some recent age/size data: An 8" redeye bass is likely 8 years old. They grow slow. It takes spots and largemouths like a year or less to reach that size. I foresee stricter restrictions on redeye in the coming years.<<<<

I knew that they grew slowly, but I didn't realize it was that slow. Makes me feel bad about eating one. frown

In my defense, I have always limited myself to one trip per year on any particular stretch of redeye water, and most times it has appeared that nobody else was even fishing for them. People watch Bass TV and then laugh at someone trying to catch a 10" bass, so there just isn't much interest. I caught several on my trip in the 5-6" range, and got glimpses of a lot more, so that stream looks to have a good population and I do see them as a renewable resource.

Another thing that has amazed me about the redeye is how quickly they rebound after a drought. I've seen redeye streams dry up so completely during a dry fall that there couldn't possibly be a survivor for many miles of creek, and yet the next year there would seem to be a normal population of them right back in those same places. I always assumed that they swam all the way to the backwater, but its just a guess. Any research on how they survive the droughts that we have?

If they change the regs, I hope they go to a size restriction instead of reducing the limit.


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Re: Combat fishing adventures... [Re: Coosa1] #2855361
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Originally Posted by mcninja

Same here brother. 'Cept for me it'll be on a 'yak and tossing a little beetlespin on an UL.


I fish out of my kayak a lot as well, but there's just something special about wading small creeks to see what you can pull out of them.


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It had a yellow rooster tail on 4 lb line with a 6’ medium rod. I had throw my line over a log and pulled it off to let my lure flutter in the current. Something nailed my lure and started peeling drag against the current. Had no idea what I had. It nearly spooled me before I turned it and started gaining line.

I have a picture of it somewhere, probably lost, but when I held its head at my hip, it’s tail came to my knee.


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Is this a redeye or shoal?


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I'd say NOT a Redeye. at least not the ones I've caught.
I've never caught a shoal

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William, from what watershed did you catch him? I have never caught a shoal bass, but that one has a unique coloration and doesn't look like any redeye I have seen before. But coloration seems to vary a lot, so I could only guess. It isn't hard to tell a red-eye from a spot, and there are 2 spots on my stringer posted above. Sometimes I have caught largemouth on the same trip, but I think the creek I last fished doesn't have any that far up it.

Nice fish!


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Originally Posted by William
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Is this a redeye or shoal?



Nothing shoal bass about that one. It is a redeye, but it is possible that it's a hybrid with an Alabama Bass. Hard to tell for sure.


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