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Bluegill are not considered sportfish in Texas. Confirm with your game warden. Check into the Texas Aquaculture Association and visit with some of the foodfish producers in the state. The TAA has a website where you can find out about the fo…
Yep, that's true. The Morgan Company has gone to great lengths (and expense) to create the genesis of a truly world class fishery. The big bluegill are a product of good overall management, starting with a mature habitat. Add a solid food chain and…
Richmond Mill Lake is undoubtedly the most fascinating lake I have had the pleasure of working on in my entire 30 year career as a private fisheries biologist. It was built in 1835...and was a year old when Davy Crockett was killed in the Alamo. It…
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- Largest bluegill ever caught?
- 1 pound 14 oz
- Favorite place to catch bluegill?
- My pond(s) in Texas
- Do you have a pond? If so, describe it.
- I have 8 ponds on 12 acres. Two of them are designed to grow bluegill to catch for fun. One of those pods was designed for swimming and I also use it for large quantities of easy to catch bluegill. The second is for trophy fish, bass and bluegill. Two others are designed to grow bluegill fingerlings for profit. One other happens to have bluegill in it, thanks to the migratory efforts of young ones during rainy spring seasons.
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Bluegill are a "Big" Deal
The first fish I ever caught was a sunfish, a smallish big-mouthed creature my dad said was a 'bream' and that I later learned was a green sunfish. I would venture to say the first fish many, many kids catch is a sunfish...and bluegill are the kings of panfish.
As a professional fisheries biologist with 30 years in the pond management business, helping people design, build, stock and manage private fishing lakes and ponds all over the nation, bluegill are head and shoulders above all fish as my… Continue
As a professional fisheries biologist with 30 years in the pond management business, helping people design, build, stock and manage private fishing lakes and ponds all over the nation, bluegill are head and shoulders above all fish as my… Continue
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 7:20pm — 16 Comments
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- At 8:25am on October 31, 2009,
Dale Fortin said… - hello please comment back. or on my disscousions or blog thanks
- At 7:07am on October 30, 2009,
Frank Jones said…
- I knew you would like the photo. A very talented individual took it.
- At 9:14pm on October 29, 2009,
Clyde Augustus Douglass III said…
- I am aiming for three this spring, boss!
- At 7:54pm on January 8, 2009,
Douglas Buck said… - Thanks for the info.
- At 4:57pm on January 8, 2009,
Douglas Buck said…
- When you speak of not keeping your larger fish, what size pond or lake do you mean? I have a seven acre pond that I keep a close eye on and regularly harvest large gills from.
- At 7:42pm on December 16, 2008,
Bruce Condello said… - Welcome, Bob! It's really great to have the actual "Pond Boss" himself as a member. I've learned virtually everything I know about pond bluegill management from Pond Boss. I appreciate everything you do.
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Thank you very much for that info, BC! My usual spot out there (and they only one I know, really) is Bethany Reservoir, up near the wind farms, a mile or 2 west of Clifton Court Forebay. It has loads of bluegill and I caught a 9" redear last time I…
Is this a rock bass or a type of bream?
My nephew asked me a question are goldfish edidable? I could not say.
I have seen one goldfish about the size of a small carp around 17 inches.
Beautiful fish! A Gillzilla!
Hey , I'm a flyroder and use crickets all the time , about the only time I use artificial flys is when I run out of crickets or I'm fishing for smallmouths. The only limitation is it's harder to fish deeper than your flyrod is long but it is possibl…
Yes they are Jim. The lower fish wasn't near the work of the top one.
Will somebody get me some distilled water! I just licked my screen! Thats one awsume lookin fly! Like boggie man said it must be a labor of love because just like his other suggestion. I just use live crickets on a fly rod! HAHA! I wish I coulda see…
Ive got a tackle box full! I love the bitsy minnow. There awsume. I was fishing with my dad and he was casting a bitsy minow while I was draggin crickets. I was embarresed when he was over 20 gills ahead. I had to swallow my pride and ask to borrow…
Cool you fly fish?
Although I usually fish for bass, the most fun I've ever had fishing was when I found myself casting Strike King Bitsy Minnows and Rapala CD1's into a school of bull blue gills suspending under a creek bridge. The action was nonstop.
Since then, I'…
AWESOME question! Pop-up is the main bite early and I call that a "lift".
If you have proper gear- your float will (( lift )) slightly up in the water.
The reason I talk about sensitivity in a setup is that fish eject their food all day long. Somet…
good one Josh
The catfish in my pond are awake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which of those work for you Dale?
Is that cricket PINK?????? Greg, the lengths you have gone to fashion a cricket for a flyrod. I must apologize. I should have told you you could use REAL crickets on a flyrod. # 10 hook, single "B" sinker, small float, rollcast. I've read Shooter's…
Are they skin mounts? If they are, they are very good! Trophy natives!
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