Gill day

Went to my bluegill lake and fishing my float n fly about 3 foot deep managed one lone gill the first hour. Was just about to leave and decided to make a few casts for bass using a 3" Keitech Spider. Water there was deeper than I thought there, took awhile for it to hit bottom and while I was dragging it along bottom it got whacked several times by what I thought were gills so went back to the float n fly fishing it 5 foot deep and like magic started catching some good ones, including three that hit the 9" mark. Finished with 25 before I called it a day. Did hook something bigger that took off and had the drag screaming and the knot failed. Thinking it might have been a big Redear. Caught a few last year up to 12" but none this year. Attachment 466460Attachment 466461Attachment 466462Attachment 466463

Good job and nice catches.

Great adjustment and awesome catches! Congratulations and thanks for sharing

Congrats on figuring them out .
Pretty colors on those .

Nice catches

Those gill fell to a great bait. Congrats.

Way to pay attention Jim. Those are nice ones. Always brightens your day when something like that happens.

those are some great fish:ThumbsUp

What a beast! Jelly


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Nice looking Gills !

Pretty fish.

Regards


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Definitely some good ones there

Sounds like a good time

Males are full and squirting so it probably won't be long before they hit the beds again. Going to try a Carolina rig tomorrow with some small crawlers to see if I can find some redear or bigger gills. Rarely use live bait but have to see what's out there in the deep water.

Hope you find some Jim. Big gills just make me smile.