Kentucky Lake Redear/Bluegill Pics...

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05-05-2008, 06:05 PM
caseydrew

Kentucky Lake Redear/Bluegill Pics...

Went out for Redear/Bluegill w/ a buddy for about 4 hours on Kentucky Lake yesterday and had a pretty good time. They are just starting to move up as females all still had eggs. All were caught on jigs tipped w/ wax worms. Most all of them came from one spot in the middle of a bay 4' deep and didn't have to try any of my other spots. Spent the rest of the time bass fishing and they were biting pretty good as well. Fun day....get to Kentucky w/ the kids and have some fun.

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05-05-2008, 07:38 PM
slabsrus

thats a serious mess of panfish,, great eatin there, I think I smell a fish fry. great job guys
05-05-2008, 08:33 PM
ShellQuacker

Nice pile of filets!
05-05-2008, 09:03 PM
crappiecrazy

Nice mess of fish! Did you happen to measure any of the shellcrackers?
05-05-2008, 10:33 PM
BamaFan

I loves dem breams!:D Good mess you guys got there!:)
05-06-2008, 03:39 AM
camofish

nice looking fillet pyramid. :D
WTG on a fine looking pile of redears and gills. :eek:
05-06-2008, 07:15 AM
Locator79

I'm so jealous!!!!!!!!!
05-06-2008, 09:00 AM
HarleyMan08

Beautiful pics, that's awesome, great job!
05-06-2008, 09:02 AM
Luke77

Nice work, how long did it take to fillet all them?
05-06-2008, 09:16 AM
catman

wow that's a great mess of gills!
05-06-2008, 10:05 AM
rancrappie

wow sure wish i could fine em like that
05-06-2008, 10:15 AM
fishwish

Only one picture missing........the one where they're on a platter accompanied by some hushpuppies, tater salad, and a big glass of iced tea!! Nice catch guys and I enjoyed the pictures.
05-06-2008, 12:50 PM
ad1974

Nice catch.
05-06-2008, 05:36 PM
caseydrew

Quote:

Originally Posted by crappiecrazy

Nice mess of fish! Did you happen to measure any of the shellcrackers?

Sorry....didn't measure any.......they were nice fish, but no monsters in the bunch for KY Lake.
05-06-2008, 05:38 PM
caseydrew

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luke77

Nice work, how long did it take to fillet all them?

2 guys...1 electric knife and 1 regular fillet knife 1hr 15 minutes start to finish.
05-06-2008, 07:15 PM
wrwest

WOW. Looks like a nice dinner.
05-07-2008, 08:08 PM
countrycat16

nice mess of fish,i never relly could get gills and crackers to take jigs,any tips?
05-07-2008, 10:15 PM
M R Dux

I have caught some really good bluegills,redears and crappie in the same places on KY Lake using a 1/32 pink jighead with a 1" solid white curly tail. I fish it under a very small bobber and with a small splitshot about 6 inches above the jig. I fish it reasonably slow but keep it moving most of the time. If I have the boat sitting in 8 feet of water I set the bobber at 6 feet and cast toward the bank or across a point if one is near for redears and gills. If I'm targeting crappie, I'll make a pass across the area I want to fish with the trolling motor and watch the graph for fish suspended or brush/stakebeds at a particular depth. I then set the bobber depth at that or a foot or so above the suspended depth. I've caught bass, yellow perch,yellow stripes,and channel cats along with the target species using this tactic.
05-08-2008, 05:18 AM
Illinoisgiller

Casydrew, I'm thinking I and my buddy seen you lads briefly in the little store at Irvine Cobbs Marina. My buddy is a big guy and I'm ---just old. lol
If you were the lads, you caught a decent bass off shore in the little bay by Cobbs.
Sure neat you done well as did we.I was using 1/80 oz. kiptail (calf tail) jigs #8 hook I tie tipped with wax worm. My buddy was favoring a #8 long shank hook with big red worms frm a local roadside place called Rexs Worm Ranch .(Super nice fella)We both done well, but he done much better on the red ear w/red worms.
You lads have that eletric knife down pat. You may not realize how few folks take the time to master it for panfish.
The day after we seen you was cold, rain and wind, We got near 300 mix of gills, red ear and a couple Kentucky bass. Hot bite daylight to dark and nearly froze to death. lol
05-08-2008, 02:04 PM
caseydrew

Quote:

Originally Posted by countrycat16

nice mess of fish,i never relly could get gills and crackers to take jigs,any tips?

PM me and I'll send you a link to a little jig that they will flat out eat if they are there.
05-08-2008, 02:08 PM
caseydrew

Quote:

Originally Posted by Illinoisgiller

Casydrew, I'm thinking I and my buddy seen you lads briefly in the little store at Irvine Cobbs Marina. My buddy is a big guy and I'm ---just old. lol
If you were the lads, you caught a decent bass off shore in the little bay by Cobbs.
Sure neat you done well as did we.I was using 1/80 oz. kiptail (calf tail) jigs #8 hook I tie tipped with wax worm. My buddy was favoring a #8 long shank hook with big red worms frm a local roadside place called Rexs Worm Ranch .(Super nice fella)We both done well, but he done much better on the red ear w/red worms.
You lads have that eletric knife down pat. You may not realize how few folks take the time to master it for panfish.
The day after we seen you was cold, rain and wind, We got near 300 mix of gills, red ear and a couple Kentucky bass. Hot bite daylight to dark and nearly froze to death. lol

Don't think it was us, but we did catch multiple really nice bass that day as well......however, we did all our bass fishing on the LBL side after we got tired of the redear/bluegill. Glad to here you did well though.
05-10-2008, 07:23 AM
Quackrstackr

Nice, Casey.

A buddy and I had 49 keepers last night.
05-11-2008, 11:52 AM
chaunc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quackrstackr

Nice, Casey.

A buddy and I had 49 keepers last night.

Was at Ky lake last week and had a blast on the gills and redears as well. They have a 20 fish per person limit on the redears now. Here's 2 limits of ears and just a little bit of the gills we caught.
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05-11-2008, 12:47 PM
Miller

Nice pile of fish!!
05-11-2008, 04:59 PM
Yodibuzz

hey chaunc,
that's the nicest bunch of redear I've seen this year.Could you help a guy out that 's fishin this week with some details?
thanks
05-11-2008, 05:49 PM
crappiekid

now thats a mess of fish
05-11-2008, 06:40 PM
NIMROD

Great catch.:D
05-11-2008, 07:09 PM
HarleyMan08

Very nice catch! ;)
05-11-2008, 07:11 PM
Crappie Kid

Man thats a great bunch of fish there..... Good eats for sure.... WTG..
05-12-2008, 09:48 AM
chaunc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crappie Kid

Man thats a great bunch of fish there..... Good eats for sure.... WTG..

The family is fishing my freezer already.:D Here's the average size of the gills we kept.
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05-12-2008, 08:40 PM
crappiecrazy

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaunc

The family is fishing my freezer already.:D Here's the average size of the gills we kept.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...n/IMG_0014.jpg

Chaunc,
Is that Ky Lake gill? If it is, I need to get down there and try them out. Big Gills!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ccrazy
05-12-2008, 08:42 PM
Quackrstackr

Ky Lake doesn't have any gills. No need to come here... :D
05-13-2008, 06:30 PM
chaunc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quackrstackr

Ky Lake doesn't have any gills. No need to come here... :D

:eek: :D:D:D
We caught some quite bigger than that one too. We had to longline troll to get the crappies.
05-13-2008, 08:58 PM
gabowman

Quote:

Originally Posted by caseydrew

PM me and I'll send you a link to a little jig that they will flat out eat if they are there.

I be interested too! :D I'm sending a PM! ;)
05-13-2008, 09:10 PM
bluegilln

Here are the best 4 I had today. And I'm off all week........:)

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