Too Hot!! Fruit trees & garden are suffering. Fish are getting ready to spawn again.
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Too Hot!! Fruit trees & garden are suffering. Fish are getting ready to spawn again.
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Nice catch.......we had a brief cool down.....but heat is on its way back.
Regards
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Wow.Nice ones enjoy every pic and Post.Thanks
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Some pretty fish. I’ll get out in a while, miss my little 3 hour trips.
Nice looking gills.
thnx for the comments guys
Beautiful fish, wish we had them that nice here in Alabama. I am actually wondering if one of our deep lakes here actually has them that nice but no one knows how to catch them, or fishes deep enough for them.
fc - thnx, you should check it out
Seems like I'm the only one out here that trolls deeper water for the Bluegills. Most fish the beds - if the bite stops - they stop..... Works for me. LOL
Is there any fish so tied up to bed fishing as bluegill? They bite year round. I don't get it, but it leaves all the post-spawn fish to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by LedHed
I fish for them all year. They will congregate below Pickwick Dam by the thousands from now until next spring. The problem for me is I don’t live that close anymore.....my shortest drive to good bluegill waters is now 81 miles....but I still go.
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Don't think there is DBD - besides Bass (another panfish). Lot better fight (longer runs & deeper dives) when you find the pre/post staging areas.
For me - fall & spring are the best time to hunt BIG Bluegill, when spawning is over, and it's time to get ready for winter. Fish don't stop eating - they change what they eat - through out the year.
When you are fishing for the copper nose do you catch a lot or are they more a solitary type fish.
I am guilty of only targeting bluegill when they are in pre-spawn and spawning mode. It is not that I do not like to fish for them year round, it is the fact of fishing for other species in my limited time on the water. Crappie are right where I like them in June July and August, deep! Bluegill are deep too i am sure of that, and the lakes I fish are close by (3 miles and 12 miles) and do have a good size and number populations, I just do not take the time to find them and actively pursue them when I KNOW for a fact where other species are located. Several years ago i ventured out in October with a tube of crickets and found some great gill action in about 15-20ft water in areas that were nearly adjacent or close by spring time bedding areas. Now our lakes fluctuate about 30-40ft so in October I can actually see the bedding areas on dry ground, 20ft up the bank. Catching the Fall gills was fun, I would let the cricket sink all the way to the bottom then reel up slowly and usually got a strike as the bait lifted from the bottom. Two things were evident, the males were not in their breeding plumage and there were mixed year classes in the schools of fish. I was not using the UL equipment I am today and have not fished for them since at that time of year. Add to that the visible brush remaining in the receeding cooler waters of the Fall had a few Crappie still lurking, Gills were just put on the back burner. In about 5 years i hope to retire and maybe get to fish for them more throughout the year. The UL bug has bit me, and bluegill are the perfect fish to enjoy that bite!
That male gill in the first picture is beautiful, the best I've ever seen. You got that camera dialed in. I think I have the same camera and used it on my trout trip. Now I need to read the manual and figure out how to download the pictures since they are too big. Any pointers with the camera?
Great report and pictures!
I didn't know if you were still interested in the Terrova. If not, then I will list it on Craig's list.
dk
Boa3 - I'm moving most of the time, often we get multiple marks then doubles.... I think the bigger fish hang out in pods rather than schools.
This camera is point and shoot Jim. I do most my editing (cropping) on the computer, that reduces the size for me. Not sure how you do it with programming the camera. My older one was easier to program.
dk - not me