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Originally Posted by Jigman13
There was a farm pond I used to frequent with my father up in Addison, NY where my grandparents lived many years ago. Everytime we visited, we'd fish there. The pumpkin seeds and bluegills were gigantic. Biggest I've ever seen! Undoubtedly, they pulled like no other. Hard to imagine a 3 to 4 lb'er.
They also stocked a unquie hybrid catfish species. It's name slips my mind, but they jumped like crazy when hooked. It may have been a cross between channels and blues, but these, too, were absolutely massive. We'd see them cruising around and sitting inside tractor tires on the bottom when he brought the canoe. They were impressive. My father always targeted them. They were ruthless fighters!
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Addison's about an hour west of me... for whatever reason, NY state grows truly massive sunfish in some waters even small ones like farm ponds.. the Finger Lakes sunnies were big and full of fight.. When they were abundant, I was perfectly happy just shoreline fishing with a bobber and worm for those big sunnies.. The rock bass were huge as well, with 12 inchers hooking up regularly..
