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Hybrid Bluegills
While bass fishing at the local park I saw some dead hybrid gills floating that were really nice size so figured they must have stocked some recently. Next day I went back with the ultralights to try and stick a few. One rod is a custom 1 piece 7.5' that
I hadn't used in several years since I got the JDM bug. Rod is moderate action but casts the tiny jig and float a lot farther than my 7' JDM rod that I never leave behind at home. The hybrids cooperated and put a large bend in the rod. Caught over 30 hybrids and gills in a few hours. Gills were smaller but the hybrids averaged around 8" with the biggest hitting the 9" mark. Glad I knocked the cob webs off this rod, going to be using it a lot more and will take it with me on next weeks trout fishing/camping trip with my son.
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Nice gills !
After experiencing JDM equipment; I find it interesting to go back to my USA market equipment and compare them according to their use .
For me I’ve found I prefer my older domestic rods in the longer configurations for my float fishing where sensitivity isn’t needed as much as flexibility.
Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice!
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Good job. Nice!
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Nice ones! 9" 'gills are a hoot to get in to.
Yes, I was talking to myself; sometimes even I have to ask for expert advice.
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The reel used with the 7.5' is a Revo MGX20 spooled with 2# sos mono. Fished it with a 1/48 chub head with a#8 sickle with a 1" tube. Other rod had a duck feather jig on it. Caught more on the duck jig but most of the bigger hybrids were caught with the tube jig.
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interesting for sure , never seen larger versions stocked before , sounds like fun to me .....
too bad they revert to greens after a few spawns though , they can grow REALLY big in hybrid form in some cases
them look big to me , just saying
KABOOM bro
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Usually when they stock hybrids they are smaller 5-6" fish. Don't know where they got these but a lot of them are in the 1/2# range, maybe more. Definitely big enough to fillet. I will pass on that and leave them in the lake to eat their smaller cousins. Lot's of little tiny sunfish in this lake. They are super aggressive, had a couple try to eat my 3/4" weighted float off the top, actually had it in their mouth before spitting it out.
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Very nice and chunky fish. Thanks for the walk along.
Bob
