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The Big and Ugly

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This group is for all the members that enjoy an occasional bend of your rod from Carp, Catfish, Redhorse Suckers, Quillbacks, Gar, Bowfin and other undesireables........Our hearts are with the beloved Bluegill but we don't shy away from a big battle!

Location: Anywhere they grow......
Members: 30
Latest Activity: Nov 25, 2022

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BOWFIN LOVERS 7 Replies

Since it must be Bowfin Monday, I just thought I'd offer this to any of our BBG members who have ever caught or photographed the powerful bowfin. Southern boys and mid-westerners alike, show us your…Continue

Started by Jim Gronaw. Last reply by John Sheehan May 25, 2016.

Blue Cats from the James and Potomac 2 Replies

I am hoping to try for some blues on the tidal Potomac this Monday...Hope to tangle with some of the big cats, like these from previous trips...…Continue

Started by Jim Gronaw. Last reply by Slip Sinker Nov 15, 2014.

Channel Cats in Ponds 6 Replies

We have had a very good week with pond cats, and largemouths, locally. Pond catties are available to us in about 8 different small bodies of water, both public and private. We have been getting them…Continue

Started by Jim Gronaw. Last reply by Tony Livingston Oct 17, 2013.

Well, well, well...look what the fly drug in! 5 Replies

Fishing slow and deep for a big gill and connected with Mr. Whiskers.Continue

Started by Rex Robinson. Last reply by Ray Ditzenberger Feb 13, 2013.

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 12, 2012 at 7:04pm: Lots of fun, Jeff. How big was the creek?

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 12, 2012 at 6:32pm: Just had a little while this afternoon after work....had a little creek recommended to me to bank fish but the Bullheads dominated......A couple small Bluegill and Crappie.....but I had over fifteen chunky bullheads on my Chartreuse minnow/live cricket combination....This is down near Charleston, S.C.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 18, 2012 at 5:24pm: Thanks for the info on the record, Jim. Maybe its the SC record I'm thinking of. Either way, what a beast!

Comment by Dwayne Denison on February 18, 2012 at 3:59pm: that is a big boy!

Comment by Jim Gronaw on February 18, 2012 at 3:58pm: World record is from Kerr Lake in southern Virginia...143 pounds caught last June. Mid-south reservoirs seem to be the places to go for goliath blues.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 18, 2012 at 3:41pm: Holy crap, Jeff! Doesn't that beat the world record by, what, 20 lbs.?!

I truly hate to see a leviathan like that removed from the waters, but, well.... there you go. I hate it.

On the other hand, what a triumph. Mr. Selph is rightly feted.

Some will decry the troliner or jug man as being 'cheaters' or somehow un-sportsmanlike. For this reason, Leland Selph will be kept out of the record books. It's not rod-and-line fishing, sure, but to anyone who has done it, they know it is work.

That still counts in MY book.

What a fish!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 18, 2012 at 2:33pm: On February 8th, a commercial fishermen from Cross, S.C. caught the biggest Blue Catfish ever caught from Lake Moultrie......136 pounds 6 ounces.....But Leland Selph will not get credit for the record because it was caught on a trot line....Still Big and Ugly!

Comment by Eddie Mathis on February 16, 2012 at 2:16pm: Hey hows it going, new to the group , and glad to see like minded angler that enjoy fight bow fin and other rough fish. looking forward to reading yalls post.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on February 16, 2012 at 8:54am: Remarkably, Bob uses much lighter tackle than most of the regional carp anglers, and subdued this fish on 10 pound test line with no problems. He has taken fish as large as 30 pounds on 4 pound line! Here he is playing yesterdays top fish...