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...as you should :-/ :-?

also, chain pickerels have a vertical black bar that bisects the pupil of the eye and extends onto the cheek as a "tear drop" under the eye.

interesting, i wonder why it killed the pickerel. thats a chain pickerel by the way.

i've read the whole thread and i agree thoroughly with these two posts by nickb and LBH:

LBH, i think i sent you a pic back when you first started advertising about the 20k vid. should i send another or do you still have the original batch of pics?

bluegills! ;D

nice retort 8-)

well i guess mattlures doesn't own the rights to a 4 piece hard bluegill, but the revolution bluegill looks pretty close to the mattlures if you ask me, regardless of the size difference. i just want to know how this revolution bluegill fishes

i say the revolution shad was a rip off because it came out within a week of the others, and you can tell they were just trying to keep up. i agree this revolution bluegill looks like a good bait. the colors aren't very good, but the plain ole bluegill color looks alright. i just wonder if this bait is any good, because i've heard reaction strike has a reputation for not-so-good-quality baits. micro: has this bait been out longer than the mattlures? i was wondering when they came out. like i said, today is the first day i've noticed them and they pretty much look like a knock off of the mattlures hard bluegill. but if they are well constructed i wouldn't have a problem buying one. there is a video of them on www.reactionstrike.com, and they seem to swim OK. anybody have any experience with this bait?

a while ago when the Spro and Tru Tungsten 4" shads came out, Reaction Strike came out with their rip-off, the Revolution Shad. well now it appears they're copying mattlures' hard bluegill: http://www.***.com/descpageSWIMRSTRIKE-RSRBG.html "The ultra realistic and detailed paint schemes, 3D oversized eyes and perfectly balanced weighting give it a natural look like no other swimbait on the market." yeah right : not sure when they came out with this, but this is the first time i've noticed it on TW. i wonder if the Revolution Bluegill is any good?

i agree, tropical fish are WAYYY over-rated heck, i don't even buy native fish, i catch them myself.

yeah they last for over 4 years if you take care of em right. you can pm me with any bluegill questions if you like. also, check out the forums at www.nanfa.org <--- good stuff right there

a pair of bluegills in a 55 gallon tank with proper filtration. get em when they're small, like 2". at this age they can easily accustom to tank life and are easy to train to eat prepared food. and then you can have fun watching them grow over the years. mine has grown over an inch long in a few months. if you guys have a stream nearby, you two can spend some quality time going down there and scooping up leaves and substrate and picking through it for macroinvertebrates to feed to your fish as a snack. once the bluegills get a little bigger (3" or so) you can feed them little minnows. bluegills are eating machines. after a nice rain, go outside and collect worms off your driveway or lawn, go to petco and go to the refrigerator and pick up a can of live mealworms for a couple bucks.

this little shad is about 3.5" long and goes out to firefightn15, who sent me 2 UL rods and a reel. hope you like it, it swims great!

they're pretty good little baits, but i hope you bought a few, they tear up terribly easy. i had (brief) success with just a steady, slow retrieve. i caught one bass quickly this way, and then a few casts later i hooked a big *** snapping turtle that completely destroyed the bait. i've been meaning to pick some more up, but i think i might just stick with hardbaits.

not an accurate list as it would be WAYY too hard to list only 3, but three that are definitley in my top 10: 1. napoleon dynamite 2. pulp fiction 3. schindler's list

nice job

but i'm on their side!

i just laughed out loud imagining that. carnage

nice story gimlin, too bad some others can't enjoy it for what it is :

ha ha :

my thoughts exactly. and guys, in my other post, i never said they couldn't breathe air, several fish can breathe air, its not unheard of. i said that the stories of them staying out of water for DAYS are false.

lol nice one burley ;D

this is what it looked like on March 15th when i got it: and this is what it looks like today

oh yeah, check out www.nanfa.org if you are interested in the captive care of native fish.