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Comment by Magnolia Rick on April 2, 2010 at 5:50pm

ya i don't have photo shop at the office. She's
going to be a fisherman she can tell the story.
ya she got that from pawpaw

Comment by Josh Milczski (Omaha) on April 2, 2010 at 11:42am

Gotta work on your photoshop skills Rick. Haha! And of course that's how she told the story. She learned from you didn't she? ;)

Comment by Magnolia Rick on April 2, 2010 at 11:35am

This is how she told the story to her mawmaw

Comment by Josh Milczski (Omaha) on April 2, 2010 at 9:07am

Nice. I'm hoping to get some more within a week myself.

Comment by Magnolia Rick on April 2, 2010 at 8:52am

Habitat in the making. My shop guy building a few fish PVC habitat. They will be bundles together 6 per bundle and lay horizontally in my pond near the bank.

Comment by Magnolia Rick on April 2, 2010 at 8:34am

lol The bass and the gills will knot that down real quick.
If you get 25 to 30 to get to 6" you'll be lucky.

Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on April 2, 2010 at 7:54am

That's a LOT of fry, good thing I got the bass, huh? I have at least 200 bluegill, 100 of which may be female, which makes approximately 4000000 each spawning, or 12000000 for the summer.

Comment by Magnolia Rick on April 2, 2010 at 7:37am

Sharon read this about you gill Spawning

Bluegill spawning begins in the spring when water temperatures reach about 70 degrees F., peaks in May or June, and continues until the water cools again in the fall. In areas that are free from overcrowding, some will spawn again during the latter part of the season. Because of this long spawning season and multi-spawn ability, bluegills have outstanding reproductive potential. In fact, they often spawn too successfully, which tends to produce overpopulation and stunted growth.

Males create nests in gravel or hard bottoms found in water about 1 to 3 feet deep. Several bluegills will gather in a small area, often creating a spawning “colony” with 50 or more nests. In clear water, this area may appear as a congregation of white spots on the bottom. Males will make the first spawning movements to build the nests. When ready, females will move onto the nests and deposit 40,000 or more eggs. After fertilizing the eggs, males will then protect the nest until the eggs hatch.

After hatching, young bluegill fry will first feed on plankton before their diet shifts to insects and larvae. Eventually, fry will move away from the spawning grounds and travel in small schools until they reach maturity.

Comment by Magnolia Rick on April 1, 2010 at 11:14am

I've moved from the FHM to using worms. Catch more of the gills now and not all the bass. Weather will be 80 degrees today. Feeding now three time aday. Alittle in the morning and afternoon and fairly heavy in the evening.
Love watching them hit the feed in the evening just setting out by the pond.

Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on March 31, 2010 at 9:28am

Bass looked 3-4 inches to me.

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