"shellcracker"

[koetterman]

we were fishing the back side of lake john hay in salem tonight from the shoreline we were hopeing to catch the redear on the nest i had a secrect spot but it did'nt pan out we did'nt catch anything big just some small gills and one lil carp but these two guys came around in a boat and asked if i was doing anygood and i told them no, i asked the same and they said they had caught about 20 'SHELLCRACKER"????? my lil girl asked me what that was and i said i dunno :confused: she knows waht catfish bass bluegills and redear are along with crappie


sunday when the wind lays down this weekend i will be in a boat looking for the redear i have been fishing for 27 years as long as i have been alive and i have never heard of a shellcracker???

[crookedlake92]

It all depends...... Some call redears shellcrackers, others call pumkinseeds shellcrackers. The term is used alot more in southern states where the fish actually "crack" shells....... snails freshwater shrimp, and other crustaceans. In my opinion they are referring to redears.........

[psychobubba]

It all depends...... Some call redears shellcrackers, others call pumkinseeds shellcrackers. The term is used alot more in southern states where the fish actually "crack" shells....... snails freshwater shrimp, and other crustaceans. In my opinion they are referring to redears.........
yeap shell cracker thats it

[pigeonflier]

I thought they were all just blue-gills:evilsmile :evilsmile :evilsmile

[koetterman]

thanks guys, to me a redear is a hard find do many of you catch them??? i can catch them april-june and then they vanish

[Hoosier_Steelheader]

thanks guys, to me a redear is a hard find do many of you catch them??? i can catch them april-june and then they vanish

I have a spot where I can catch several nice messes of them just prior to, and maybe a couple of weeks after Memorial day, after that seems like it's a rarity.

[JL]

Redear for sure. Love them shellcrackers!

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[Dean Weimer]

They "crack shells" up north here too.....snails, etc. Nice Reds J.L!!

[buckman88]

I have only caught them in big ponds that I fish...I have never run into any on the lakes

[crookedlake92]

Yeah, we get quite a few of 'em up this way. It can be quite impressive when they're bedding.......

[goggleye57]

I get most of mine through the ice on Appleman Lake

[Dean Weimer]

There are some honkin' "crackers" in Shakamak too. Probably the biggest one I've ever seen came through the ice down there one year.

"CRACKER"!!!! "That's very mature...Rondel!!"

[sportmanst]

cath them quite a bit while fly fishing...that odd?

[JL]

cath them quite a bit while fly fishing...that odd?

Not odd at all. Funnest way to catch 'em is on a fly rod!

[sportmanst]

Not odd at all. Funnest way to catch 'em is on a fly rod!

Everyone was just saying how they "disappeared". Seem pretty consistent in cool mornings on a fly-rod to me. I'm excited...last night I just put some fresh tipet on my fly-rod. I might get a chance to knock them out sunday, if I get my turkey saturday.

[223Smitty]

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