2014 TROPHY BLUEGILL QUEST

[Slip Sinker]

My Master Angler quest for a 10 inch plus northern strain gill in Michigan continues in 2014... 

[Slip Sinker]

heres a great one by lowrance:

http://support.lowrance.com/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURA...

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

How does it make this. Reflectivity or heat retention of the vegetation?

[Slip Sinker]

16" class crappie taken from one of my swims a couple days ago... congats Chaz on a fine fish!

[Slip Sinker]

this is the vegetation layer shown on my insight genesis mapping subscription of wixom lake. i love wide expanses of weedy flats for bluegill. fishing in the thick stuff is tough to do  but that alone may produce a trophy. what about exploring the weed gaps first.... HMMMM?

[Slip Sinker]

yes this bluegill was caught on the bottom with a dropshot in a school of fish vertical jigging.

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

Did you see the fish, or group of fish?

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

Ken, I'll take your "close" any day.
With your help, I may get "close."

[Slip Sinker]

this fish was caught aug 21 2014 drop shotting a night crawler in about 15 ft of water.

[Slip Sinker]

so as summer draws to a close i can say i came close a 9.9" 10" class Bluegill .... close but no cigar.

[Slip Sinker]

added some more mapping and exposing the creek channel junction ... nothing like getting to know your lake like scanning every square foot of the bottom. i feel like i know every square inch of the six hundred acres ive scanned so far. every weed bed hump and point.