windy gills

An extremely windy day 'limited' me to dock fishing. 30 mph winds created conditions for some hungry fishies. Tossing a 1/16 ounce jig with the wind, letting it free fall, then whack. Hammered em for about an hour. Had fifty or so, kept 25.

Happy Memorial Day to those who have served and sacrificed for me and my country, allowing me the freedom to be able to go fishing.

Those 30 mph winds would be a chore to deal with. For sure no doubt about cast direction. lol Nice batch of fish.

Real nice mess of fish.

Great mess of fish.

thanks all...these are the products of a project my now deceased father in law and I started. He always wanted his own farm pond, so we designed one and built it. Hard work but so glad I got to help him and glad he got a few years to enjoy it. Anyway, it is small and stocked with hybrid gills, called Georgia giants. These things are thick and strong. They pull like catfish going to deep water. They commonly grow to 1-2 pounds if treated right. Trying to grow em big is tough. Battling over population and proper biological balancing is a challenge. So I need to get better at removing some fish to help this body of water and permit these fish to grow. I have become a big believer in harvesting bluegills on small bodies of water. We have seen some impressive results on a few ponds that we have routinely taken larger numbers from several times per season. This practice has helped greatly to reduce stunted fish. I'm seeing some stunted fish in this batch so I gotta keep at it. Will keep you posted on their 'development.'