Smoky Mountain Bream

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07-27-2006, 01:12 PM
fishhead2112

Smoky Mountain Bream

Did pretty good on bluegills this past weekend. Also caught a few decent smallmouth.

day 1
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2/P1010004.jpg

day 2
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2/754d2b13.jpg
07-27-2006, 01:43 PM
papa

Nice mess of fish, I need to get my old fly rod out and try it.
Eddie
07-27-2006, 06:25 PM
dixieangler

17 on day 1 and 14 on day 2. I know it was lots of fun :). You are going to love those 100 fish days when it happens :D. What flies were you using? I see a Spongy Spider (I think) on the fly rod for day 2 but can't tell what the other one is for day 1.
07-28-2006, 09:16 AM
fishhead2112

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Originally Posted by dixieangler

17 on day 1 and 14 on day 2. I know it was lots of fun :). You are going to love those 100 fish days when it happens :D. What flies were you using? I see a Spongy Spider (I think) on the fly rod for day 2 but can't tell what the other one is for day 1.

Dude,
Those are just the ones I kept, but thanks for the attaboy.
The popping bug in both pics is an Accardo Bream Master.
07-28-2006, 10:53 AM
dixieangler

That's great, so what was your approx. total (caught and released) for each day?
07-28-2006, 12:03 PM
fishhead2112

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Originally Posted by dixieangler

That's great, so what was your approx. total (caught and released) for each day?

Well, gee whiz, Bob. I caught some, I kept some, I let the rest go......:rolleyes:
07-28-2006, 04:40 PM
papa

Who counting any way, did you catch those in the river? Im from Rock Hill and work up your way a good bit.
Eddie
07-29-2006, 11:07 AM
fishhead2112

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Originally Posted by papa

Who counting any way, did you catch those in the river? Im from Rock Hill and work up your way a good bit.
Eddie

I'm glad somebody got my point. These fish were caught from Lake Chatuge near Hayesville, NC. It's hard to get an idea of the size , but the biggest smallmouth in the top picture was 15", and two of the big female bluegills were just under 13". I've never caught bluegills that big in Wylie, but have caught shellcrackers that size.
08-22-2006, 12:37 PM
fishinRod

Hey fishhead,

are you camping up there at chatuge? Public boat ramp? I live in gastonia and would like to get away on a little trip like that with the wife. I noticed on the NC/SC boards you've had some success on wylie with the shellies.
Maybe we'll cross paths one day, I usually put in at southpoint.

fishinRod
08-22-2006, 03:05 PM
CatchumDeep

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Originally Posted by fishhead2112

two of the big female bluegills were just under 13". I've never caught bluegills that big in Wylie, but have caught shellcrackers that size.

I've bream fished all my life and never caught a bluegill that large either. Shellcrackers go that big and larger around the northern Mississippi area and in Arkansas. I do most of my bream fishing at Pickwick Lake and we catch lots of 9" and 10" bream. How much does a 13" gill weigh?

We also do a lot of catch and release...just keep the ones that are large enough to filet and limit the number to how many we want to clean. My wife has a "keeper size criteria" and it gets larger every year...drives my brother-in-law crazy when he fishes with us cause he wants to keep most of them and gets the evil eye from her everytime he puts a baby in the livewell. :D

Dan
08-24-2006, 12:00 PM
fishhead2112

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishinRod

Hey fishhead,

are you camping up there at chatuge? Public boat ramp? I live in gastonia and would like to get away on a little trip like that with the wife. I noticed on the NC/SC boards you've had some success on wylie with the shellies.
Maybe we'll cross paths one day, I usually put in at southpoint.

fishinRod

If you plan on going to Chatuge, plan on burning a lot of gas. the last hill between Franklin and Hayesville is a mean one. We camp at the Forest Service Campground called Jackrabbitt, and there's also a boat landing. I usually put in at Southpoint when I fish Wylie. Blue Cherokee and green 17 foot Duracraft boat.
Greg
08-24-2006, 12:10 PM
fishhead2112

Quote:

Originally Posted by CatchumDeep

I've bream fished all my life and never caught a bluegill that large either. Shellcrackers go that big and larger around the northern Mississippi area and in Arkansas. I do most of my bream fishing at Pickwick Lake and we catch lots of 9" and 10" bream. How much does a 13" gill weigh?

We also do a lot of catch and release...just keep the ones that are large enough to filet and limit the number to how many we want to clean. My wife has a "keeper size criteria" and it gets larger every year...drives my brother-in-law crazy when he fishes with us cause he wants to keep most of them and gets the evil eye from her everytime he puts a baby in the livewell. :D

Dan

Dan,
not sure how much a 13" 'gill weighs. If I had to guess, I'd say probably 1.5 pounds. Heck of a fight on a flyrod! My wife and I are the same as you guys. We don't usually keep them unless they're big enough to fillet. We had a fish fry this past weekend for my stepdad's b-day, I discovered I had accumulated about 30 pounds of bream fillets in the freezer since May of this year. ALL were caught around the new and full moon cycles. I'm sure I could have doubled that number, but that's more than enough to last the two of us til next April when they start bedding again. Besides, I get tired of cleaning fish after 30 or 40 of them, lol.