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How to catch large 'gills where not many exist
That's cool about your match fishing tactics, John - I read a couple articles about those techniques years ago, even ordered a twelve-foot match fishing rod from England to go with the twelve-foot cr…
Replied Feb 10
How to catch large 'gills where not many exist
Removing a bunch of bluegill, even thousands (which is not as easy as it sounds with smaller fish, as they'll often just steal the bait unless you use a very small hook, #12 or #14 or smaller), will…
Replied Feb 10
Will Channel Catfish work?
Josh is right - catfish won't do a good job of keeping the bluegill thinned out. Additionally, they relish pellet food, and once they get to be four or five pounds they'll literally knock the bluegil…
Replied Feb 9
How to catch large 'gills where not many exist
You need to find a different lake to fish. I'm being completely serious - a lake with a lot of four-inchers won't have many large bluegill, if any, because they're likely overpopulated or over-harves…
Replied Feb 4
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Thanks, Rick!
nice catch
I fished for two hours and had a bite every single cast. I missed one and a couple came off during the fight, but I caught a bunch. These were the two biggest.
That's a beautiful coppernose, Jeff.
That's a pure-strain bluegill.
Skip the ducks unless you want major headache - they relish pellet food and will eat the heck out of it.
Would the second difference be that it's snelled?
It's interesting that you note that sometimes you cut the line on a large 'gill - I assume you're referring to times they swallow the hook, and that you've found the fish has a better chance of surv…
That's fascinating stuff, John. Is that a barbless hook? How often do you lose fish with it?
Keep in mind though that it will take your bluegill at least a year and a half or so to reach 10", so you wouldn't necessarily want to take out all of the common-strain bluegill smaller than that because at this point they're all going to be smaller…
If his pond drains into yours they certainly could have come in that way. Sounds like you have a good plan for controlling them.
That's a green sunfish - doesn't look to me to have any bluegill in it (i.e. not a hybrid). If I were you I would studiously avoid Dunn's (if I'm remembering correctly that they're who sold you those) in the future. Also, since you have those in the…
Did you weigh that beast, Chris?
That's cool about your match fishing tactics, John - I read a couple articles about those techniques years ago, even ordered a twelve-foot match fishing rod from England to go with the twelve-foot crappie rod I already had from Cabela's. I also boug…
Removing a bunch of bluegill, even thousands (which is not as easy as it sounds with smaller fish, as they'll often just steal the bait unless you use a very small hook, #12 or #14 or smaller), will not do much if anything to fix the problem long-te…
Josh is right - catfish won't do a good job of keeping the bluegill thinned out. Additionally, they relish pellet food, and once they get to be four or five pounds they'll literally knock the bluegill out of the way with their tails to keep the blue…
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- Largest bluegill ever caught?
- 22 oz.
- Favorite place to catch bluegill?
- Ponds
- Do you have a pond? If so, describe it.
- No...I managed a handful of ponds, former strip mines, north of my hometown for ten years.
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- At 9:06am on March 18, 2010,
Magnolia Rick said…
- http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jignpig_photo/trophy%20bass%20-%20my%20greatest%20hits/
This came off of pond boss. This guy got a 2 acre pond up the in Tennessee. Now this is what I'm looking for lol
- At 5:05am on December 10, 2009,
Dale Fortin said… - are they natrual or did you build the ponds?
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Last year (2009)was the first year slip floating for me and found it to be very effective.Would like folks that are into this kind of fishing to post photos of gear and tips on the best rods ,reels ,bait and terminal tackle to use.
M Caldwell,
Yes, I'm fishing from shore most of the time. I look at the current and usually cast my jigs into the seams, just in the edge of where the main current and boils meet. Below some dams, it doesn't matter where you cast. Just try to keep m…
Okay, after a string of 65 degree days I thought it was about time to head out and see if the gills were biting in one of my local ponds, Heck, the ice was just off only 8 days ago, but the following weather has been way above normal. Could they be…
This is the bluegill from last year that I wish I had weighted.
going fishing tomorrow guys at our pond. gonna try and catch some bass and gills. ill post pics
You are amazing! Great Job. Can't wait to see my friends 3 lb. + Crappie you are doing!
very very nice
I am so jealous thanks Greg for rubbing it in :)
Wow! Fantastic!
Greg did you or Tyler catch those ?
Hey Tyler nice crappie
Looks like she just came out the water. Tim you are amazing once again SPECTACULAR work
Guys if u dont have these lures u r missing out. the are called the renosky keystone minnow jig i will provide a link they work incredibly. i have caught everthing from BG to bass to catfish. please get some and post pics.
http://www.renoskylures.…
best crankbaits ever
i used the crappie nibblets to and love them. i prefer live bait but i take these for campin. i have used gulp red wigglers and they sometimes work sometimes dont
Thanks guys, and Bruce C.
My pond is only about 3/4 acre. I'll get a better picture this spring of some of these big guys because the angle in this pic is bad so you can't see his very large helmet. Our state record for a HBG is 1lb 12 oz so I hope…
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