Fishing was hard goind yesterday, 4 hours and 4 keepers. But the temps were climbing into the mid 60’s today, so we decided to make one last trip out before the ice left again.
We went to a ditch that connects to the Kankakee river that I havn’t fish on ice in a few years. It has tight holes from the farmers ditch pumps that reach 5-6 deep.
We ended up keeping 25 in a little over an hour before we left for another Christmas dinner.
a couple more, the last is an older picture at Koontz Lake
Nice Jumbos!
nice fish- they look like hybrids?
What did you catch them on?
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nice fish- they look like hybrids?
What did you catch them on?
thats what I was thinking, the larger ones had the yellowish tipped tails. ?
I was using a pink hair jig with a red spike.
60’s?? One could only hope!
5 am and you guys are making me hungry for a fish breakfast! 
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60’s?? One could only hope!
What are we going to do with you Brian 
If you have not noticed…this is the ice fishing forum 
Very nice gills, bulls of that size are a blast to pull up through the hole
Magnums !
Looks like those hybrids could inhale a spinnerbait
nice gotta love gills you can “thumb” 
Wow. Those are some nice gills.
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nice fish- they look like hybrids?
What did you catch them on?
What is a hybrid? Gill crossed with a green eared sunfish?
We need a few ponds up this way loaded with those bad boys
Those are some great looking gills! Huge belleys on em! Did you happen to cut any open to try & determine what they were feeding on – aside from your bait of course?
Nice and live pretty close in Illinois.
yes that is correct Jeff- that is a hybrid-
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