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I decided to do something that I havent actively done since I was about 6 years old and that is actively target bluegill. I do hear they eat pretty good however, I have never ate one. I will be back to catch a few for a fish fry next time!
Very tasty eating. I would have kept and fileted those. Nice job.
Nice video
Those were pretty
Would have been released in hot grease at my house
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Bluegills and Shellcrackers have even firmer meat than crappie. They taste a bit "sweeter" to some people too. They are best scaled, gutted, and the head cut off. Fry them and they are very easy to de-bone on your plate.
Tom
PS: They fight above their size too. Great fun on light tackle. If Bream grew to 5 pounds, no one would fish for bass. :)
PPS: Your biggest one was a Shellcracker I think, not a gill.
Great video, gills and ShellCrackers cannot resist those live crickets. Get you an ultralight rod with 2-4lb test line and you might just give up chasing those green fish:-)!
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man them are some fine coppernose bluegill you got there …...looks like a bunch of fun to me . get you a really light rod and they will pull forever on it .
love to play with them things I do and those are dandy size ...congrats and nice video
I try to take my 5yr old bluegill fishing every trip we take on the lake. Take 50-100 crickets and post up under a bridge and start yanking them out! I turn the drag down alittle for him so he can fight them longer.
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Nice catch. When our girls were younger we fished a couple farm ponds and would just wear them out. Crickets were non-stop action and a ton of fun. Enjoyed the video..
Reminds me of when I worked Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Va. back in the mid '90's. When I was off and the park was closed as employee's we could fish the back water areas of the river ride when the park was closed. I found a very active area for bluegills. Dinner plate size for sure. No competition either. Crickets and a small clear bobber and you could fill a 5 gallon bucket in about an hour and a half... Lots of fun for sure. Congrates on some whoppers.