Todays Best Pumpkin Gill

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Comment by Jim Gronaw on July 7, 2014 at 8:44pm

Keith...the pumpkinseeds and the pumpkingill hybrids are right in with the bluegills in the same areas they are spawning and take the same baits and jigs. We have caught most of them on # 6 Aberdeen hooks with either a piece of worm or Gulp! redworm about 3 to 5 ft below a bobber and allowed to 'wind drift' accross larger, expansive spawning shoals from the bank. Another hot lure for us has been the Trout Magnet 1/200th oz shad dart jighead in black tipped with a piece of Gulp redworm.

The use of a tipped jig, even as small as the teensy 1/200th oz TM, seems to greatly reduce 'deep-hooked' fish, thus enabling a 98% catch and release option. Many options, I am sure, would work very well on this small, untapped under the radar public water that sees fishing pressure, but almost exclusively for it's small bass population. We are closing in on 700 released fish for the past 7 weeks here.

Comment by Steve Fleckenstein on July 7, 2014 at 7:01pm

Nice

Comment by dick tabbert on July 7, 2014 at 4:22pm

Great seeds as always Jim, looks like you found a fertile honey hole.

Comment by Keith Ritter on July 7, 2014 at 4:15pm

Great fish. How do you target these fish? Are they mixed in with other species?

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 7, 2014 at 2:46pm

Great fish Jim and love the smile on your face buddy..

Comment by Adam Rink on July 7, 2014 at 1:39pm

Great fish Jim, you've been hitting them hard this year.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on July 6, 2014 at 3:35pm

Thanks guys! We are indeed blessed to  have good waters so close to home!

Comment by Ben Seay on July 6, 2014 at 6:39am

Awesome fish Jim

Comment by Andy "Fillet em" Eitutis on July 6, 2014 at 4:40am

Great looking fish there Jim!!!!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 5, 2014 at 11:28pm

Just love how you manage to pull those beautiful color pseeds out.