That elusive two pound redear

[Embrey]

i dont think i ever caught a keeper bass at delaney this year. pretty much sucked

[Fisherjoe]

I agree with Tucker as well. Redears especially good if you can find the mussul beds on the banks across from the ramp.

[Panfish Man]

Good luck, I hope you get one this year. Hardy has produced some of the biggest redears I have ever caught, but none pushing the 2lb. mark. I have heard great things about Kentucky Lake redear fishing. Been thinking of goiing down early summer to try it out.

[coachjoe]

I am on a similar pursuit and have fished many of the same places.... my biggest redear this year came from Dogwood Lake. Biggest this summer was 12" and 1.75 lbs. The 2lb's are out there and I will continue the quest as well!

[LJP]

Try the strip pits in Greene and Sullivan Co.

[redearhoosier]

I am on a similar pursuit and have fished many of the same places.... my biggest redear this year came from Dogwood Lake. Biggest this summer was 12" and 1.75 lbs. The 2lb's are out there and I will continue the quest as well!

Dang, that's a hoss cracker, that would be one to maybe mount. I've caught a few 12 inch crackers but didn't weigh them at the time. Glendale has some monster crackers but this year our overall catch was lacking in size from previous years. It was stunning to me, I was expecting the normal routine of catching plenty of 10-10.5 inch crackers, but few that size were caught.

What do you weigh your fish with, I've got a cheap scale of some sort that I question whether it's accurate.

[coachjoe]

Dang, that's a hoss cracker, that would be one to maybe mount. I've caught a few 12 inch crackers but didn't weigh them at the time. Glendale has some monster crackers but this year our overall catch was lacking in size from previous years. It was stunning to me, I was expecting the normal routine of catching plenty of 10-10.5 inch crackers, but few that size were caught.

What do you weigh your fish with, I've got a cheap scale of some sort that I question whether it's accurate.

I use a Berkley digital I used when I bass fished all the time. Not sure if it is super accurate or not. I did not find the good crackers in the normal spots this year... found a place that didn't produce too many but was good for 2 or 3 over 10 inches every trip as well as the biggest perch I have seen in Dogwood caught by my niece. I have family in Vincennes so I usually fish glendale 10 or more times per year. Just started fishing Hardy late this fall and want to learn more about it there as well. Trying to post a link to the big one its not a good pic, but the only one I have access to on this computer:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...l122009001.jpg

[Embrey]

how long does it take one to get to 10 inches or so? anybody think the size constantly going down has to do with everybody keeping buckets of them everytime they go?lol

[coachjoe]

how long does it take one to get to 10 inches or so? anybody think the size constantly going down has to do with everybody keeping buckets of them everytime they go?lol

Maybe.. but I doubt it. Redear are harder to catch than bluegill and they grow faster. Average size of a 3 year old redear is 7 to 7.5 inches while a 3 year old bluegill is 4.5 to 5.5. Readear only live about 6 years with the oldest recorded I could find being 7yrs. old. so I would imagine that it takes at least 5 or 6 years for a 10 plus inch redear.