Thread: Caught some gills

Verticle jigging a 1/8 jig/2" curly grub. Big uns all 9-11". I could not get my hand around them. Lots of fun on the ultralite.

I will bring the camera next time and get some fish pics

Good for you . Good to hear that the bite is still good over there on the east coast .

I'm determined to learn how to catch the bream/bluegill during the Fall and Winter, your post was very good info.
TKS

Just happened across this thread. M 2 cents on management of bream and bass. I have started fishing small state managed public lakes in Alabama which are not far across the Alabama-Florida line. You check in and you check out....your catch is weighed and counted. The state know exactly what they stock and then was comes out of a given state lake. The rule is you don't throw anything back, especially bass. They want you to keep all bass no matter the length. Also there is no liimit on numbers except you can keep only one over 16 or 18 inches,....can't remember which. Last time on a lake about 3 weeks ago we caught 14 bass, all less than 12 inches, 2 bream, and one nearly six pound cat on a bream buster. The lake is obviously infested with small bass, but rather than kill them the state wants you to catch and keep them. I found this to be unusual since here in Florida the limitis 5 and no less than 12 inches. However, Florida is about to adopt a similar bass rule with no size of limit except only one over 20 inches. Just thought I would pass this along.

they are tough in these parts in the winter ....sounds like a nice trip to me

Went out again Friday to do some more pan fishing. Found the school right away by the Condos. Started with the white grub on the 1/8 jig and did OK. Tried a white with red head tube and wow they liked that! Just dropping it down and leaving it still worked best. No biggies but caught about 15 gills from 8-9" and 3 11" Crappie. Then I lost the school and time to go. Pic does not show well the bright yellow breast on the gills.

More nice pictures and report. As you noted , color fades remarkably fast with cold water.

Originally Posted by MonteSS

Went out again Friday to do some more pan fishing. Found the school right away by the Condos. Started with the white grub on the 1/8 jig and did OK. Tried a white with red head tube and wow they liked that! Just dropping it down and leaving it still worked best. No biggies but caught about 15 gills from 8-9" and 3 11" Crappie. Then I lost the school and time to go. Pic does not show well the bright yellow breast on the gills.

Pretty fish.

Regards

Here's a fat one (the fish too)