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Jeff Soto
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I have a 1970 Abu Garcia 5/6 wt fiberglass rod. I love the rod so I experimented with it through the years. I found that these older slow action rods like a double taper line, I would suggest a 5 wt. If you use a weight forward line I suggest a 4wt…
Out here in sunny, warm southern California, (sorry guys) we don't ice fish, but I'll tell you this, when I caught my giant 12 inch Bluegill a few years ago from a San Diego Lake, the feeling of excitement I got was way better than when I caught my…
Some of those old rods line out a little lighter than what's listed - also glass rods can take a wider variety of line weights. I'd try a 3 or 4 on it if you have it. Some others out there may have more experience with that particular rod and can gi…
Wow! Beautiful fish Jim! Which jig did you get her on? I need to walk on over to LedHed's house and see what he's working on now. His creations are remarkable. Hey are those fish I see in the water behind you?
I have an older 6 ft. Fenwick fiberglass rod (#FF60) that my dad my dad bought back in 1971 that is in perfect condition. The rod has a sticker that says to use an "AFTMA FLY LINE 5-6". Is that numbering/line weight system still in use today? A n…
We usually fish no shallower than 8 feet, especially now with all the summertime weeds and moss. The "average" depth where I have caught most of the large BGs is maybe about 12 ft. But we fish on down into 20 to 30 ft sometimes too. As for a video,…
Yes, that's the reason that I started hooking them backwards. But with the Bluegill that I have cleaned and checked their stomach contents, almost all of them had the remains of something very dark, probably aquatic insects and worms and most defini…
Crickets are the main bait that myself and other trophy Bluegill fishermen use here in southern California, especially at Lake Perris, where many feel a new State record, if not a world record bluegill may be caught in the near future. I fish cricke…
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- 2.2 lbs 12 "
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- Lake Barrett, Ca
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Coldwater/Warmwater Bluegill
Being a fisherman from southern California, where is rarely gets under 40 to 50 degrees in the dead of winter, why do the Blue gill in our lakes here stop biting when we have this cool weather? It is Very hard to even locate them! Most of the lakes and ponds in the northern states freeze over from freezing temperatures, yet you have great Bluegill fishing through the ice. Cold water is cold water, no matter where it is right? Well, Bluegill are Bluegill in any area too right? So how come us fish… Continue
Posted on February 23, 2009 at 7:26pm — 13 Comments
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- At 11:43am on June 29, 2010,
Jim Gronaw said… - Hey Jeff...are you guys getting some of those fish on Sonny's, 'Ledheds' jigs? We just traded some out with each other and I am having good success with some of his patterns...they are excellent!
- At 4:43pm on May 9, 2010,
Jim (Ike) Isaac said… - Ike works best. That was my first trip to DVL. All the panfish we caught were small like the one in the picture. If you want bull gills, go to Skinner or Parris, both are not very far from DVL. We were up there after catfish.
http://sdfish.com/index.php/forum/freshwater-reports/86864-diamond-valley-lake-5/7/10-pics.html
- At 7:12am on February 9, 2010,
Jeremy R. Mayo said… - http://bigbluegill.com/photo/stumpknocker-april-262009-lil?context=user
Here is one we caught last spring in his full breeding colors! Here you can see why they call them red spotted sunfish!
- At 8:37pm on December 8, 2009,
Chris Salmon said… - hi jeff. If you ever want to fish perris, Skinnerd or DVL for those nice gills let me know. I drive trucks across country so, i'm rarley home, but keep in touch.
- At 7:09pm on October 29, 2009,
Tim Overbaugh said… - Thanks Jeff, Just glad we could iron it all out. I really like the pictures you post. I wish I could catch a bluegill as large as some of those!
- At 3:18pm on October 23, 2009,
Dale Fortin said… - when your on turn up your chat volume. this is what you do, go to the top of the page, click chat on the right (its on the menue bar) then when you get there put up the volume which is next to the smilie face, and the computer volume because the beep is very soft. this is because if someone trys to talk to you the chat volume is on mute. if you want to talk to someon just copy and paste this message.
- At 7:06am on July 3, 2009,
Peter said… - A whole new way..............well ,that sounds good, would you like to share?
Do you fish of a boat or shore. I think you can take a float tube on lake Parris.
I was looking into that.
Peter
- At 9:46pm on June 26, 2009,
Peter said…
- hi Jeff
yes that is Puddingstone lake.The picture of bluegill is from
castaic lagoon.
Im still kinda new to float tubing so Im just trying new
lakes to float tube and as im sure you know, around here
not every lake lets you bring a float tube.So I do what
I can =).
Where do u normaly go fishing for bluegill?
Peter
- At 5:31pm on June 10, 2009,
Blue gill master said… - Hey i always fish lake perris on a tuesday because on a saturday or sunday Perris is just too busy. My advice would be to go to the back of the island and find some sticks in the water and cast to the outside of them the bigger fish lay on the outside on a bigger small mealworm. Hey if you have any advice on crappie let me know.
Tight Lines,
Matt Janes
- At 4:42am on June 6, 2009,
Joe Butler said… - What kind of information do you need to do a mount?
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That's a much better smile! Yum, he needs a hot oil bath!
I'm at the premiere bluegill fishing lake in the country, Richmond MillLake.
Boogie, you must have had soooooo much fun. Great catch!!!!
Is this hole anywhere near Tallahassee?
For those of you who are new members and don't know about it, there is a chat room if you put your curser on Forums, don't click it, and then just drop down to chat when it appears and click that. You can chat with anyone on BBG. Sometimes, though,…
I'd love to catch that on my 2wt fly rod! Nice fish!
Sorry Y'all
Had a picture problem and am in the process to repair it. Just a folder switch nothing drastic lol.
Yours in service
James and Kathy
found you a honey hole look like to me.
now thats what I'm talking about. Nice one Jim ( Envy envy)
Hey Boogie, are you sure that top fish is a flier? I think they look more like this...
in northeast, md
where did you catch those monsters? I live 80 miles from Lake Erie and have never seen anything like those jumbos.It looks like you were Ice Fishing
Tough guy!
Nice catch! I never heard them called bluebellys.
I'm wondering now. If it could have been mixed up with some of my flathead minnows. I last stocked them back in late spring. Sharon to answer your question I released him back to fattin up and catch again. Don't know why my bass hadn't eaten him yet.
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