Dick tabbert's Comments

Fly SWAP info - great research work, Dick! Thank you.

That is pretty much what I imagined it was, with a wrinkle or two I hadn't thought of.

I'll copy that and look it over tonight. The BBG Christmas Fly Swap is coming soon!

I am looking  forward to getting to some of those big bluegills into my cooler ,haven't had much luck though.

Thanks for inviting me aboard. I love to fish and have been lookig for something like this site for years. My favorite fish is the Bluegill. To me the add mor excitement and taste better than any other fish there i in Tennessee anyway. Everyon ges crazy over catfish here, but most have not had the experiences I have had with bluegill.

Thanks for the welcome. I have always been a BG fisherman, ultralite and 4# line is where its at for me. I live in N Alabama, 45min from the famous Guntersville Lake which usually is known for it's largemouth bass. With the way its structure is, the lake also is home to some good slab BGs as well. My wife and I are fishing partners of 20+ years. We took the boat out yesterday morning and caught 23 slabbers in less than 2 hours. The bait of choice here is brown crickets on a #6 cricket hook and 4# line, balsa bobber. I normally fish with a 1 1/2" crawfish jig on a 1/32oz jighead and wear em out on the rocks also

Thanks Dick. I'm new at the site, which is really cool. I still have to find my way around it. So far I'm impressed. Thanks !

Thank you Dick for the welcome.  Happened across the site by chance and found the articles and membership to be very interesting.    Thanks again.

GB

Thanks for the friendly welcome, and yes I think I have this site figured out pretty well thanks again.

MC

No, Thank You Very Much Dick. I appreciated your welcome note. I am still trying to figure my way around things here on BBG. It's been a bit tricky but I'm sure I will figure it out.

I have one primary objective for myself and that is to find a good blue gill fishing spot in or around Colorado Springs where my eight year old granddaughter lives.

I have been an avid fisherman since an early age and have passed this onto our kids and now their kids. Rileigh our eight year old granddaughter caught her first trout at five at a fishout pond in Manitou Springs and has been a good study, picking up more advanced skills quickly. I have written her a tutorial on various types of fish; where to catch them in Colorado; and different techniques; but I have yet to take here blue gill fishing.

Blue gill fishing was how I learned to fish and how I taught our four children to fish. The method we used is called the cork loop method and we still use it today. As our kids got older we took them white bass fishing along the face of a reservoir in Kansas and they would out catch other fishermen by four to one using this method. It’s an easy way to teach young kids to fish and I hope to pass this idea and several others along on BBG once I figure out how to Blog here.

My second passion is organic gardening and I have been vermiculturing for many years using red wigglers. These wigglers are excellent bait for yellow perch and blue gill, and the method I use is quite simple. I have written a blog for Dave’s Garden which I could copy to BBG once I learn how. Any assistance you might give me on that Dick would be greatly appreciated.  Again TYVM.

Dick, I am an advid fisherman and will enjoy your friendship. I have joined for another reason! I am  just starting to raise blue gills aquaponically . This is a set up just like in nature. I have a large fish tank in which I raise blue gills which are fed carnivorus food they in turn poop and give off Nh3 which contaminates the water. This water is pumped to fill a grow bed filled with worms and bacteria that changes the waste into nitrates. These nitrates are the ideal fertilizer for the plants I will grow. I have seedlings of carrots, beans, radishes, lettece growing ready to be transplanted into the grow bed. This is pure organic farming with great blue gills as a  secondary crop. I plan to grow huge blue gills whose pictures I plan to post on this page. Is this not cool?
Terry

This baseline lake is in Allegan,County,Michigan

Wow Dick !,what a beautiful package of bugs, poppers  and nymphs you made up and sent me ! Superb work !!THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I have a Christmas CD I recorded of my  solo Guitar arrangements ready to send out to you today .I really hope you ,your family and friends enjoy the music while sharing good times together !

"don't be afraid to share some of your fishing experiences with us we would love to hear about them please don't be afraid to share your exact lakes with me with all GPS coordinates and the exact baits you used it will be our little secret."

Hah!

I didn't think this was a comedy site..

Thank you for the welcome. Bluegills few and far between so far this summer - too hot in southern Michigan/ However the crappies have been hungry and catchable

Thanks, Dick! it's gonna take me a while to get familiar with the way things work as far as leaving posts, answering posts, etc. so I'll need all the help you can give!