Whenever I have just a few hours to fish, I take my boys and neices and we head to the ponds close to the house and catch those little bluegill. I never thought of eating them because I figured they wouldn't have much meat so we just throw them back. The only ones we keep are the big bluegill that you can fillet. I am going to start keeping those smaller ones to give them a try.

I have a question kinda off the subject. The bluegill that we catch have yellow tips on their fins, neon blue lines around the head area and they have a big mouth where you can actually lip them. I call them bluegill but what are they really? Anyone know?