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My mississippi family calls a red ear (or some type of elusive bream) a chinqipin.
Caney Lake


from Louisiana sportsmen

Caney was once the undisputed heavyweight champion of Louisiana bass lakes. Now, it is the king of the chinquapin lakes. The big redears grow to mammoth sizes. Two-pound fish don’t even garner a second glance.

I was a bit confused earlier. Check out this link from 2005. http://www.catfish1.com/forums/archive/ ... -3646.html

MudHog wrote:

hotty toddy wrote:I have always called a red ear bream a chinqipin.

agree and never heard cypress trout before.

It might be a SE La. thing. Where you stay?