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Me and My nephew, AW, took mom and pop out for a lesson on Bluegill fishing today. We kept 44 and one RE. Released all the females.
AW is 12 years old and caught all his fish on a jig that that he tyed (top secret pattern with no name, yet). He has the talent and the itch....
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Some of the fish we kept.
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RE were biting also - using the jig pattern for swap 9.
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Looks like you had a great day. I bet he loved catching fish on something he made.:) Thanks for sharing your outing.
JJ
Nice mess of fish you got there Ledhed. Job well done.....
Led, I've never seen your picture before - and I don't mean this in any "weird" way by any means - but you are one cool looking dude :cool:. Seriously, you look like what I would think most people imagine when they think of fishers.
Looks like yall had an awesome day. Mighty nice of you turnin the ladies loose. Tell ole A Dubya to share the wealth of what's workin for him. No secrets with good jigs :D. Good for you for taking him out and gettin him started on jig tying. He'll have a hobby for life.
That middle pic cracked me up with the "No Fishing" sign in the background.
Anyway, congrats. Thanks for sharing.
good job ledhead!!!
That's a nice mess of fish... Congrats on the catch!
Blake
Sign him up for the next swap.Those are some big gills. What kind of line were you using? Looks like some camouflaged line in the second photo. Looks like you had a great time.I'd be smiling too if I had a day like that.
Very nice bro! Great pics. You've no doubt created a monster with your nephew. Now all he's gunna want to do is tie jigs and fish. Ha! How hot was it out there? Looks like the Bluestone has dissipated.
JJ
I don’t know who is more proud – AW or me. His rookie jigs were keeping up with me!!!
Cadman, OKSJ, Blake – Thnx
BC – good eye, cropped the pic to catch the sign, didn’t think anyone would notice it. Think AW is hooked for life….
JJJ
Don’t know if AW can handle the pressure on a swap – he’s watching me tie for #9 – think he’s worried about the numbers.
PB
Welcome aboard. The bluestone was a none issue – don’t think they dumped a lot. I posted some pics from last week in the Bream section. I heard they were trying to be proactive and stone it before the algae took off. They did put more water in – not a lot. Surface temp is getting into the 80s. We bailed at 10:30 – air temp was probably in the low 90s.
What a great post!!! As for that "secret" jig let him keep it under wraps if he wishes . This internet is nice but we don't need to know everything. lol
Illinoisgiller
It certianly runs in the Family LED He's a natural Fishermen I believe He's been sitting around You a while He's more than welcome to ty in a swap and tell him not to worry about the #'s it's quailty that count's ! I believe He already know's that though "O" I'll bring the pickled green tomatoe's and cold-slaw when You get ready to fry them up!
theres gotta be a way to bribe this kid out of his jig pattern. lol
wow nice mess of fish. and tell him his jigs cant be any worse than mine. i am a newb at it too i still have trouble with my chenille rotating on me. and fomr the looks of it his has caught some fish mine hasnt yet.
ga.crappieguy, what do you mean your chenille rotates?
Neat pattern on the fish your a hold'n at the bottom pic there Led",But":eek: is it just me"or's it look like a"Freckle"and a Pumpkinseed" found their way to the same nest while in Cahoots"he"he"..."them dern Hybrids!"Good thing he wasn't a record breaker i reckon",or they wouldn't have known how to award ya w/ a citation for that purty lil thing...";)"Nice day guys,"Way to go!!!May you have many more buddy":D
grubs"
THems some nice fish,Ledhead.Bet ole AW was having a ball.I felt 10 ft tall and bullit proof when I caught one on my first jig..:D
good job,
mikeb
Led good job and it looks like you have been a great mentor for someone special as well
Illinoisgiller – “we don't need to know everything” very true. It’s really great that he came up with something that worked.
Flats – you better bring some of those slabs you’ve been slaying.
AW has the touch – his parents did well. He started with some stuff I gave his pops years ago.
redear - I want to see the next creation. He even tyed up three jigs of the same pattern!!!
ga.crappie&breamguy – AW was working his stuff. The real judge, of a jig, is the fish.
Grubs – it all RE. Was “one of those days” – there will be more – he’s hooked.
mikeb – The first one was kind of a shock, after that, he was all Kevlar.
Thnx Doc – family is all. The look on a kid’s face, when they are hooked up, is priceless. It reignites my fishing memories.