Thread: Laurel Hill Gills

Had a great day of Gill fishing at Laurel Hill Lake. Caught a ton of Gills and some shell crackers. Fished the beds that I marked last year in my kayak using an HB 899 side imaging. Each bed only had 5-10 fish on it but I had over 40 beds marked at Laurel Hill so plenty to pick from. The shell cracker were only 8-9 inches but fought hard. I pulled northern strain Gills...copper nose Gills....and shell cracker out of the same beds....so no telling what kind of cross fish are going to come out of there in a few years...but I bet they will be good ones! Water temps were mid 70's. Pictures don't do these fish justice. Very broad shoulders on these fish...very fat. It was a fun day of drag pulling fun. Fished from 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Didn't keep count but well over 100 fish. Caught on a Bison and Black/Green Trout Magnet using 2# test SOS line. No dead lifting these fish in the boat....had to use the net...life is good!

Regards

Lovin those gills.