Hit my favorite bluegill pond this evening after catching some crappie and bass on another nearby lake. Seems this pond always gets hot as the daylight nears its end. It was a fun 20 minutes or so. Used my custom 6'-3" Diawa Presso rod, Picsifun Carbon-X 1000 with a shallow spool done up with Chartreuse Diawa J-Braid X8 PE line, 0.06 mm tied to a Shimano Soare 1g jig head with a Palomar knot cinched to 1.355 Nm. The jig held a Berkley Gulp! Minnow Black Shad, 1".

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Even a nice Shellcracker showed up! Haven't tied into one of these since spring time.

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Then back to the Gills.

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They can't all be giants!

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And a nice crappie joined the party too.

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Pending darkness and some lightning in the distance ended the party.

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Finally got some rain after almost two weeks of none.