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Jeffrey D. Abney left a comment for sean kerley

"Hey Sean thanks for the Friend reqest.....Indeed the beds are prominent on the Albemarle.....many years it starts on the Full Moon in May but the moon cycle was early this year so our local gills have pushed shallow in the last few weeks and are…"

Jun 5, 2020

sean kerley replied to sean kerley's discussion Spawn/weather fronts

"Thanks for the info Tracy. I went day before yesterday, and the beds I was looking for weren't there, but I was catching quite a few very small fish just a touch further from shore than where the beds should be. I walked around to the boat ramp…"

May 17, 2020

tracy willis replied to sean kerley's discussion Spawn/weather fronts

"shellcracker are just now starting to bed up here. shouldnt be long for bluegill. water temps are just now getting close to 70 degree and until that happens around 70-72 bluegill wont bed on KY or Barkley. theyve been up near the trees…"

May 17, 2020

sean kerley replied to sean kerley's discussion Spawn/weather fronts

"Thanks Jeff. Well, I went, but no beds yet. I caught a few tiny gills and a scrappy little pickerel. Having some bait left (garden worms) I went to the swamp close to my house and did much better, caught a mess for dinner. We should get a warning…"

May 8, 2020

Jeffrey D. Abney replied to sean kerley's discussion Spawn/weather fronts

"Hey Sean this is exactly what we're seeing on the Northern side of the Albemarle down here in North Carolina........we got to 60 degree water temps in mid April but it has gone up and down since then and the gills have been reluctant to…"

May 6, 2020

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Late Evening Stalk.....4/27/2020

"Poor little Flier looks lost in there! Nice catch!"

May 6, 2020

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Spawn/weather fronts

So, I'm in central Virginia and I know in small ponds the bream are probably spawning already, on larger impoundments maybe in prespawn mode. I have caught several 'gills and 'crackers with roe in their bellies. But I went the other day to a medium sized impoundment which I already know where they bed every year, and I didn't see any beds yet. Still, I caught a couple of fish with roe in them. I was thinking that with the full moon coming, they would be bedding soon, but then our temp dropped…See More

May 6, 2020

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Small Pond

I bought an inflatable boat the other day to try to get out after some of the bigger fish that I'm guessing are away from the shoreline here in August. (really shallow pond, maybe 4 acres, a couple of 7 foot holes, but mostly about 3-5 feet. Been catching a TON of tiny 'gills, redear and yellow perch on the shoreline).

I spent a whole day out on the pond in my little boat. Fished downed limbs, submerged points, and the deepest holes I could find with ice jigs tipped with worm and…

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Posted on August 9, 2015 at 6:33pm — 3 Comments

Military Appreciation Day

Hi folks! I'm posting this blog in the hopes that some of the members of BBG.Com will help get the word out about this event. So...what is Military Appreciation Day (MAD)?

It's really simple: It's just a thanks for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. You can read about the history of this event at www.militaryappreciationday.org.

In a nutshell, a group of volunteers (which now includes me!) gets…

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Posted on April 12, 2014 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

Great day

I finished work early today and headed out to my favorite pond. I tried a quill float for the first time, and that is all I'll ever use to hang ice jigs under unless I have no choice...that thing was so sensitive, and I realize that I have missed HUNDREDS of fish in the past because of my float.

To start off, I caught this gorgeous fish with a chartreuse/black tube on…

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Posted on April 4, 2014 at 5:17pm — 14 Comments

Catch it when you can!

With the weather warm for a few days but a cold front settling in (again), I decided to get out on the leading edge of the front and see about some fish. Slow bite (The front got to the fish before I did) but the quality of fish was MUCH better than it has been. Glad I got my 'fix' cause it looks like no more fishing til at least Saturday. I wish we could go ahead and slip into a full time Spring pattern.

I'm also noticing that at this private pond I've been fishing, the lily…

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Posted on March 23, 2014 at 4:02pm — 2 Comments

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At 11:43am on June 5, 2020, Jeffrey D. Abney said…: Hey Sean thanks for the Friend reqest.....Indeed the beds are prominent on the Albemarle.....many years it starts on the Full Moon in May but the moon cycle was early this year so our local gills have pushed shallow in the last few weeks and are piled up on the bank this week......we're five days into a prevailing southwest wind which holds our water high and the fish like this.....I've documented over 500 bluegill colonies over the last fifteen years......I've caught fish off the same bedding zones every year since 2005 when I began to log them........

At 6:27pm on March 9, 2014, Keith Ritter said…: That one is not bad it's on the big side of what I use for bluegill.
I needed the extra weight for casting out to deeper water. I don't have any videos posted. I haven't figured how to down load videos off my IPad onto BBG.com. I could post some instructions in a blog or something.

At 4:03pm on May 7, 2013, dick tabbert said…: Welcome Sean to Big Bluegill. I am also a member of Big Bluegill wanting to welcome you and to share some of what goes on here at the site. This is a site with loads of information where we can learn and enjoy in what we like doing best, fishing. In this site we have loads of information we can feed off of and share and learn and having a good time doing so. We have FORUMS, BLOGS, CHAT ROOM, SPECIAL GROUPS, VIDEO'S, and the best PHOTO'S you can find anywhere on the internet. Feel free to jump in and investigate the site it is loaded with information and above all don't be afraid to participate we are all still in the learning process and improving and honing our skills making us better fishermen/fisherwoman and enjoying it all throughout the process.

What you personally may add my be that little extra something that we can put in our own little bag of tricks something we can use to make us better fisher people ourselves.

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