Louisiana BULLgills and Crappies

  • derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 1, 2012 at 2:13 am #1311972

    In the deep south they call bluegills shellcrackers and crappies are white perch. Most are caught in ponds or lakes on private property.




    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    March 1, 2012 at 2:21 am #1044768

    holy crap, that last one is just ridiculous.

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    March 1, 2012 at 2:24 am #1044770

    hi Derek,
    pretty nice panfish.
    the first one does look like a northern Bluegill, but the second is a dandy cracker.
    nice fish.
    Jack

    drew-evans
    rochester MN
    Posts: 1099
    March 1, 2012 at 2:24 am #1044771

    Quote:

    holy crap, that last one is just ridiculous.

    X2 unbelievable!

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    March 1, 2012 at 2:33 am #1044776

    Quote:

    holy crap, that last one is just ridiculous.

    Darn, that is a beast

    rvvrrat
    The Sand Prairie
    Posts: 1840
    March 1, 2012 at 2:54 am #1044790

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    holy crap, that last one is just ridiculous.

    Darn, that is a beast

    Can’t say I’ve ever seen a gill with a belly like that!

    Did you by chance get length on that last gill so my small mind can get a better perspective?

    Brian Robinson
    central Neb
    Posts: 3914
    March 1, 2012 at 2:54 am #1044791

    The last pic looks like a Nebraska boy by the name of Condello….

    blufloyd
    Posts: 698
    March 1, 2012 at 3:20 am #1044796

    Very nice and 2 of the reasons I plan on moving down.
    This vacation? or you living there now?

    kruger
    Metro,mn
    Posts: 593
    March 1, 2012 at 3:30 am #1044797

    Iam speechless…

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 1, 2012 at 4:06 am #1044802

    And most people down there dont eat them. They are considered rough fish. Yet they eat the chit out of catfish, alligator gar and bowfin (dog fish) they call dog fish cypress trout because they catch them under cypress trees.

    blufloyd
    Posts: 698
    March 1, 2012 at 11:30 am #1044820

    Uh I am betting you heard some coonass tale there. Them guys eat everything they can catch. If it ain’t edible it’ll make gravy?

    Ever run into John Folse? My buddy Leon worked for him for years in R&D.

    I need me some gumbo and bbq’d oysters.

    musky_ben
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 122
    March 1, 2012 at 12:10 pm #1044837


    I wouldn’t ven think about eating that last one!!! It would be on my wall in the blink of an eye!!! Beautiful fish.

    DrewH
    s/w WI.
    Posts: 1404
    March 1, 2012 at 1:09 pm #1044855

    Mr. R. D. Brown told me gar goo (gar) are good when deep fried and of course “garlic goes a long way”. Gar is rolled in balls. Laddie P. always served fried squirrel withe the cooked head of the squirrel. Ah the good old days 1970’s

    smokinbobo
    Monticello / Guthrie, MN
    Posts: 382
    March 1, 2012 at 1:33 pm #1044871

    I gotta think Grarud would call that last one a “SUPER TANKER”

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm #1044877

    That last one would be replicated and hung on my wall after I let it go.

    Brent Yeakey
    Bloomer, WI
    Posts: 553
    March 1, 2012 at 4:22 pm #1044948

    Great! Now I have something else for my bucket list!

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    March 10, 2012 at 7:26 pm #1048075

    Quote:

    holy crap, that last one is just ridiculous.

    No Kidding

    skunkboy
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 172
    April 17, 2012 at 8:09 pm #1059827

    Looks to me like the first one is a Blue Gill, the second a Red Ear Sunfish (that’s the one they call shell crackers because they eat crawdads) and the last is a Green Sunfish. All there are monsters. I’ve seen bigger Red Ear when I lived in Alabama..a guy had a stringer of 3-4 pounders. I have never ever seen a Green Sunfish the size of that one though. That is a true monster. BrianK…how would that one work as Flathead bait?

    Those would be a blast on ultra light tackle for sure. Wish they got that big around here.

    Thanks for the pic’s…Ken

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