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Late summer is my favorite time to target bluegill on Brownlee Reservoir. They school up and really start feeding. Catching them on micro light tackle I'm as happy as a kid in a candy store. Love to fry up a bunch of those firm,sweet fillets.
Yesterday's catch, the big pile of fillets is all bluegill.
Good post and a fine mess of fish. WTG!
That’s a great pile of filets. Good job and nice catch.
Yum! That looks like a blast.
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Beautiful bunch of fish! I don't know how it is in Oregon, but when I lived in the Napa Valley area as a kid (almost 50 years ago!), nobody fished for them. All the attention was on trout, steelhead, and bass. My father and I pretty much had crappie and bluegill all to ourselves and they were big and abundant.
Good catch and nice pile of fillets.
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Oregon is pretty much the same except for this reservoir. Brownlee has the best warm water fishing in the Pacific North West. When we have a strong year class of crappie we see heavy fishing pressure as there are no limits on any of our warm water fish except bass. When that year class of crappie gets fewer and harder to catch fishing pressure slacks way off. But the bluegill go pretty much unnoticed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cricketcage
That’s quite a haul!
That must have been a blast! Congrats on what looks to have been an epic outing!
Nice.
Regards
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I heard that is a great water body …..looks indeed to be true
KABOOM :highfive
Have had several places where I have caught them like that. LOVE catching BG on topwater with a little floater that when they hit takes a moment to figure out if big BG or a good bass but dang it's fun. GFY
Slabman, sent you a PM.
good job, but...my hands are worn out just looking at how many cleaned :yikes
All done with an electric fillet knife. I do it most everyday during the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by fiveeyes
I would have to sit down to clean all of those.
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That' getting it done !:ThumbsUp
What kind do you use? And would you recommend it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Oregon slabman
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Ya.. I too have a electric..but that still is a lot of cuttin'Quote:
Originally Posted by Oregon slabman
Like Skeet, I would be sitting down too.
American Angler Pro is the best I've used. I scoop the rib cage right out of the fish without cutting the bottom half of the fish off.Quote:
Originally Posted by snatchncatch
I seldom if ever keep that many for myself but as a guide on a lake with no limits we clean a lot of fish. I'm going to look into some stools of the right height. Can you imagine that my 90 yr old dad stands right next to me doing the trimming? I get weary at 65. I try to cut off the catch at no more than 100-120 fish if the clients want me to clean. I just can't keep up the pace of doing it everyday anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
Hey Slabman....... I will be out there a couple of times this coming year. I will look you up for a good fishing trip.
Do you have a website that works?
You can find us at brownleecharters.com. We will be updating it soon.