That elusive two pound redear

[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.