KingFisher007

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Hope everyone has a nice one and gets their catch of the holiday!!!

It's unbelievable what some will do to make a buck..but in this case its much more then that. Hopefully someone gets taken over the coals for that one. Thats awful.

Yeah...it is really astounding at just what is around us in the water..never know what your gonna get. Up in Connecticut where I am from originally, we had pumpkinseed sunfish but you were guaranteed with each cast to get a green sunfish instead, since the river I was closest too was overrun with them the last few years, and there was a population explosion. Was extremely difficult to catch anything other than that. I very rarely, if ever, saw beautiful sunfish other then the one I originally had up until I came across these little guys. Totally blew me away. So now it's my mission to scope out the most beautiful fish I can find hehe and start constructing a panfish photo album of our beautiful natives, as well as keep a few of the stunners for myself!

It looks like a beautiful place indeed.

Welcome to the forum!

Thank you! I found the forum and what awesome pics!..cannot believe how crystal clear the water is in texas either! ..I saw quite a few lovely fish and yes, it beats me why people are not going the way of native either..they are great looking fish and I find them most intelligent and extremely hardy and disease resistant. I will be going out again this weekend to see what other goodies I can find hehe!

Went fishing a couple days ago and managed to get a few green sunfish but then the nice man I met down there (at Bella Vista Lake)caught something I thought I would never see..look at these beauties! and this one is a little smaller..

hahaha that would be cool.

Your not kidding. What an atrocious act upon another living being, and the fact it's a child trifolds it. I cannot believe those "things" are even allowed to breathe another day.

wow those are some beautiful fish indeed.

Absolutely stunning and breathtaking..great pic for sure

Happy Birthday!

LOL yeah I saw that too...but man that fish is huge..what a catch!!!

Welcome to the forum!

Gorgeous pictures...love the scenery and the fog. Definantly photo album quality.

Yeah I saw that...amazing to say the least..was very surprised the calf made it out alive between all the ruckus...thats what I call gangland style payback for all the lions who want to eat a baby! LOL..

Awesome pics..those guyz are monsters!!!

Thanks catman...you got mail..and I googled that and found nothing lol...

Well congratulations and good luck on the new move!

Great ideas..thanks for the tips!

Hahahahaha......now thats some funny stuff.

Hahahaha...well I should let you know I am not a man hehe..so I wont have to come up with any stories of meeting up at the strip bars but might have to watch out if people start thinking I work at one haha...but, will be more then happy to join you all for the get together in January. Sounds like a lot of fun! And at the moment ruby begonia does not ring a bell so will have to google that and get back to you lol...

Thanks for the nice welcome. Yes, will definantly be scoping out some new areas..went fishing a few times already down at the lake and managed to catch some little blue gills but nothing spectacular..really want to know where the beautiful pumpkinseeds are tho hehe..I will have to ask Mr. Bowman if there are any in this area. Are there any group fishing get togethers on the board where people meet up and go fishing together? That would be great also, as it would give people like myself who are new to the area a chance to fish some great places and find out where they are as well.

Interesting...my guess would be they are definantly mixed with crappie..very nice indeed!

Hello all..nice to be here. I just moved from Connecticut to Bella Vista and look forward to finding all the great places for panfishing. I am a tropical fish hobbyist and have kept a variety of panfish as "pets" and currently keep a 9" inch blue gill "Dainty" that I have had for almost three years now. I enjoy catch and release and cant wait to find out where all the beauties are! Looks like a great site and glad to be part of the forum!