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Re: Combat fishing adventures...
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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07/19/19 02:39 PM
07/19/19 02:39 PM
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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.
Don't feel bad. I agree that is interesting about the drought, and it is something we're looking at. More than likely you're correct, they migrate down to areas of more water. in some cases that results in more overlap or contact with species that they are normally "isolated" from, and could in fact increase hybridization rates with other bass. If the regs are changed, I would bet it would be a size restriction, or slot.
Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters
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Re: Combat fishing adventures...
[Re: AU_trout_bum]
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07/19/19 03:02 PM
07/19/19 03:02 PM
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Right Behind You
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Cahaba River near Leeds, AL. I can't get a straight answer on the ID. We caught two that day that looked exactly like this. I'll be damned if it doesn't look just like a Shoals bass.
"The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing... compared to the misery of not being exploited at all."
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Re: Combat fishing adventures...
[Re: William]
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07/19/19 03:21 PM
07/19/19 03:21 PM
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Cahaba River near Leeds, AL. I can't get a straight answer on the ID. We caught two that day that looked exactly like this. I'll be damned if it doesn't look just like a Shoals bass. Did you not see my response. I literally see hundreds of these fish, and I gave you about as accurate of a response as you'll get anywhere. It is a redeye bass, but possibly a hybrid with an Alabama bass. Hard to tell since the caudal fin is cropped out of the photo, but the vertical blotches are suspicious enough to make me question it being a pure redeye. Again, as I mentioned earlier, there is zero shoal bass in this fish.
Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters
JacksonKayak Fishing Team
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Re: Combat fishing adventures...
[Re: AU_trout_bum]
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07/22/19 07:22 AM
07/22/19 07:22 AM
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Did you not see my response.
Sorry, I didn't mean you, but everyone else I've shown the picture to. We caught two that looked like this in one little spot on the river. The rest of the river they looked like one would expect them to look like. They sure are mean fish and love a buzzbait.
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Re: Combat fishing adventures...
[Re: AU_trout_bum]
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07/22/19 11:27 AM
07/22/19 11:27 AM
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Nice, and beautiful pictures! I sure hope you don't lose that yellow popper  Or at least I hope you have a few more.
not sure what the best way to handle them is but they shouldnt be on tv and gettn married and raisin kids
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