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Leeville angler boats rare 'leopard redfish'
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:32 pm
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Leeville angler Sally Mabile caught a redfish Friday that had so many spots, she literally couldn't count them.
"I tried a few times, but when you get up near the head area, all the spots just run together," she said. "It almost looks like the fish is black with (copper) spots."
Although it looked odd, the 18-inch fish acted just like any other redfish, Mabile said.
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So-called 'leopard redfish' are indeed rare, but not unheard of. In January, Golden Meadow fishing guide Eddie Berthelot caught a 28-inch red that had more than 600 spots.
Southeastern Louisiana University fisheries professor Kyle Piller told NOLA.com such fish are the result of parents who both carry a recessive gene that produces excessive spotting.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:49 pm to WPBTiger
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'leopard redfish
They taste better.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:42 pm to WPBTiger
Technically it isnt a spot unless it isn't touching another
But I'm not counting that shite
But I'm not counting that shite
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:45 pm to WPBTiger
Looks like a speckled trout laid the D on a hot redfish.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 5:35 pm to WPBTiger
That would make a pretty cool mount.
Definitely looks like some redfish desperate housewife was taking the D from a trout mailman.
Definitely looks like some redfish desperate housewife was taking the D from a trout mailman.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:46 pm to WPBTiger
I would be finding out who the best fish taxidermist in the world was if I caught one of those. Encase it in glass and make basspro pay me to display it. I would even write a book about it and take it around selling my book. That's what I would do..
Posted on 8/1/17 at 10:07 pm to WPBTiger
Man, that is awesome! kind of a shame not to let it pass on those genetics, really....
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:08 am to Spankum
I don't think those genes are that rare in that area. I caught one on the east side of Leeville last November, and a guide caught a big leopard red on the west side around the same time.That makes three that I know of from within a 5 mile circle in the last 10 months or so. I'll bet there were more. Now I have fished that area for 30 years, and mine was the first that I had ever seen up close and personal. Must be global warming.
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