Outstanding day at Lake Perris

Got to fish with some old friends, their son & GF. Got my iPilot issue resolved and got to do some REEL fishin. First time fishing for Tori and I think she likes it!! We had a lot of doubles on some solid 9" and 10" Bluegill. We kept a limit of deep water BGs. We were all using 2lb test and Auto jigs tipped with a cricket.

Tori's very 1st BG
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Me and Audra with the 1st of many doubles
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Me and Tori had back to back doubles
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Part II
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Nice mess of Bluegill......

Nice mess of fish.

Regards

Great fish. But why the winter clothes?

That is an awesome take of bluegill. No surprise they enjoyed a day with you.

super job! nice ! :HandsClapping

LoOKs like a great day. Enjoy the gills.

Boy Howdey those are nice!! :ThumbsUp

Thnx guys - appreciate the comments


hs - gets in the 60s jackets come out. But when the overcasts burns off, it gets HOT - real hot. We got lucky with ~3 hours of cool weather before it started heating up.

Super nice...I enjoy your posts and pics. My Illinois gills don't quite compare but I too love chasing em in deeper water. It's good to see some youngsters involved and learning to love these gills. What part of the state is Lake Perris in? Looks like you have some elevation there?

Thnx
Lake Perris is in SoCal, ~60 miles east of Los Angeles and ~90 miles north east of San Diego. We are the flatlanders - got mountains all around us.

Nice gills

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Nice gills

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I am amazed by the size and number of blue gills (bream in NC) you are catching) can you share more about your technique, I want to try it in NC. Do you cast and retrieve, count it down then retrieve, drag the bottom, drop shot, long line, drift, troll? Is the 2 lb test a big part of your success? I have always used 4 lb and have a bunch of 4lb trilene xl on hand. Line is relatively cheap, I can easily switch to 2 lb. What is your definition of deep water? Are the fish you are catching suspended or on the bottom. Are they on brush piles or other structure? Any advice you are willing to share would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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I get to fish maybe 2 - 3 hours in the morning, from a boat, 3 days a week. Our lakes are reservoirs - not a lot of structure and small. We like to troll into a location then cast & countdown with jigs. 2lb test is huge, besides it's more sporting, tests the angler.... We fish over 60 and 70 FOW in the winter. Right now - 30 to 35 FOW is deep. I prefer to fish in the transitional area - don't like to fish beds. Bigger & better fish in the 17" area. Wherever the bugs are hatching is where I want to fish. Custom tyed jigs are critical.

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slabinator
I get to fish maybe 2 - 3 hours in the morning, from a boat, 3 days a week. Our lakes are reservoirs - not a lot of structure and small. We like to troll into a location then cast & countdown with jigs. 2lb test is huge, besides it's more sporting, tests the angler.... We fish over 60 and 70 FOW in the winter. Right now - 30 to 35 FOW is deep. I prefer to fish in the transitional area - don't like to fish beds. Bigger & better fish in the 17" area. Wherever the bugs are hatching is where I want to fish. Custom tyed jigs are critical.

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Thanks for the good info and for all your excellent posts. You have got this old crappie fisherman excited about the possibilities of bream fishing again.

Slabinator - you want to get the heart racing - check out what comes out of Lake Havasu!!!

NC has Richmond Mill pond run by the Kingfisher's Society. I wouldn't pay the price (they ask) but they do have some very big BGs there. If I did have to "pay to play" - it would be with Walt in TN.