Multi species day

[top_dollar]

       I fished yesterday. Water was low with about 3 or 4 foot visibility.  I primarily used a pan fish magnet with a 1/64th oz jig #8 hook.  I caught a great variety of species.  In addition to largemouth and smallmouth bass I caught bluegill, longear,  redear, green sunfish, rock bass, white crappie,  striped shiner?, golden redhorse? Someone can chime in and correct me if I am wrong.  I brought my counter and totalled 88 fish.  Mostly panfish, maybe about 10 or 12 bass.

         I did throw a jerkbait and a jig worm and caught some bass.  Biggest was a 16 inch smallie on a jerkbait.  I had a top water rigged up as well, but on my 4th or 5th cast my plug caught a tree limb behind me and blew up my reel worse than I've ever seen it. 🤣🤣  I should have taken a picture, it was hilarious.  My buddy was throwing a tiny popper on a spinning rod though and was catching them really well. 

[top_dollar]

 

I think the bottom one is a redear minus the red ear. 

[top_dollar]

[top_dollar]

These longear sunfish look like tropical aquarium fish.  They are so brightly colored.

[ducky123]

They do well in an aquarium.

[Al Agnew]

That "bottom one" isn't a pure redear, looks to be a hybrid, probably bluegill/redear hybrid.

 

[top_dollar]

11 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

That "bottom one" isn't a pure redear, looks to be a hybrid, probably bluegill/redear hybrid.

 

Are you able to tell because it doesn't have the red ear flap?  Was i correct on the striped shiner and redhorse?

[Al Agnew]

On 8/24/2020 at 9:36 AM, top_dollar said:

Are you able to tell because it doesn't have the red ear flap?  Was i correct on the striped shiner and redhorse?

Yup, and yup.

 

[top_dollar]

Fished 11-4 today.  Just paddled up a few riffles from tdl.  Caught bass on jerkbaits and top waters.  Mostly smallmouth a few lm mixed in,, several panfish too, all dinks.  Water was a bit dingy, maybe 3 feet of clarity.  Caught almost everything by 2 pm, after that I couldn't get bit.