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Jeff Soto
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Beautiful fish! A Gillzilla!
Wow! Ah.........colorful. Those fish were not really that color when you caught them right? Please say it's a joke. Interesting though....
To make it easier on connecting the main line to the leader -especially if your eyes aren't good or you fish dawn/dusk low-light. Use two overhand loop knots. One at the end of your main line and one at the end of the leader. Slip the leader loop th…
I use nothing but 2lb Maxima... sometimes with a fluorocarbon leader... sometimes without. Monofilament and fluorocarbon don't always tie the best knots when used together... (lots of spit)... Since I've gotten a little older and the old eyes aren't…
I think that fish seeing the line is one part of the formula, but the line's flexibility and how soft that line is is a major factor in inducing a bluegill take.
I have answered that the best 2 lb. line is a 1 lb. leader in other posts but as you sa…
6lb spiderwire is great. cast light baits well and saves a lot of jigs.
I have been using "Sufix" ice line this year and I really like it. The 2# test in flourocarbon is pretty much invisible.
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Excel Mono4 lb test clear... Garcia lRoyal Bonnel 2ine 2lb test brown (probably unavailable now)
For Ice fishing : Berkley Trilene Cold Weather 'Artic Blue'2 & 4 lb. test...Eagle Claw Lazer Ice 6lb test
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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 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?
- At 6:52pm on May 17, 2009,
Jim Gronaw said… - Hey Jeff...do you know where I can find a yellow perch replica 15 3/4 in long? All the sites I found didn't have a perch near that big.
- At 12:40pm on March 9, 2009,
Randy Budzynski said… - Great photos Jeff and taxidermy as well. Randy
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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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