Do you love big bluegill?

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At 5:47pm on March 5, 2013, Jeffrey D. Abney said…: You might need a yard stick to measure the snow in your neck of the woods Jim!

At 5:09am on February 20, 2013, Bill Purmort said…: Jim,

I let Mat know you said hello....and you know well that he's after all of the three pounders in the lake...

Bill

At 6:23am on February 19, 2013, mike martinez said…: Jim,some of those sunnies(the one on top and others)had a diffrent look to them.Some of them had a red marking on the back part of their eyeball??We have redears but their red mark is by the earflap.

At 9:00pm on February 2, 2013, Robbie Everett said…: Jim, We didn't catch any on the new structure. Caught them in the holes and channels near them. I've never really done good on them.

At 6:39pm on January 29, 2013, mike martinez said…: Thanks for accepting my request.Im a live bait kind of guy but looking forward to learning from you guys about artificials.

At 4:58pm on January 28, 2013, mike martinez said…: Believe it or not but,today we hit 75 and yesterday we hit 81.Thats texas weather for you.

At 7:12am on January 20, 2013, mike martinez said…: Very cool.First time i caught one i said the exact same thing.

At 10:38am on January 8, 2013, Greg McWilliams said…: Jim, I might have missed it, but what was your Final Sunfish count for 2012?????

Inquireing minds!!!!!

At 8:49am on October 30, 2012, John Sheehan said…: Jim -I am concerned for you and your loved ones please let us know you are OK!!

At 10:53am on July 18, 2012, James E. Sampson said…: That is a blessing from above , good fishing Jim

At 7:13pm on July 5, 2012, Bill Prillaman said…: Jim,

Again thanks for your welcome last night, Further about Burnt Mills Lake. I really don't know all the stats on the lake but it is such a beautiful body of water. My fishing buddy, who is not into computers, and I have talked about the Norfolk Lakes in Suffolk, Va. for some time and finally went twice in late May. We both are primarily kayak paddlers and have fished there for Bluegills by fly fishing. We did fairly good on both trips, nothing real big, but very enjoyable as in fun. we probably paddled a couple of miles up the lake and only saw one house. I'd say it is secluded!. However, I see on Google Earth that there are more homes further up the lake.

I hope this helps fill your request for info, if not just let me know how I may help.

Thanks again,

Bill

At 12:55pm on July 2, 2012, Tony Livingston said…: Sorry Jim, I just saw your message. Absolutely, I would be glad to help in any way I can.

At 11:29pm on June 7, 2012, Harold Ewing II said…: Jim,

The top fin , in the front, was like a crappie, the rays were fewer and farther apart and to the rear , the rays closer and also reminded me of a crappie's dorsal fin, but much larger of course.

all we had was a cel cam for the pics and of course i take my old Moto razr to the lake as to avoid ruining a costly smart phone. The old cel had 1.3 mpixel cam so considering the fish I am pulling out of that lake( 2 11 plus inch gills and a 12.25 inch in 2 trips and Cindy, my wife caught an8 lb largemouth bass , her 3rd over 6 lb this yr) I tell ya , 5this lake seethes with all manner of huge fish and its 80 acres up to 70 ft deep ( old strip minbe for coal). I caught a 22 and 28 lb channel cat back to back the first time I fished it and had the same luck since.

Thanks for the help and maybe description will help.

We wish you the best fishing,

Harold and Cindy Ewing

At 9:04pm on May 6, 2012, dick tabbert said…: Thank you Jim. The lake I went to is special to me and although I know there are lots of big gills there I never connected but instead of letting the day go on with little or no success the Crappies were more than eager to please.Again thank you and I did truly have a blast.GOOD FINSIN to you Jim.

At 4:44pm on May 6, 2012, James E. Sampson said…: they are starting to move in to the shallows, cannot wait. how is your wife doing?

At 4:43am on April 25, 2012, James E. Sampson said…: Same here Jim, it is going to start warming up this week though. We hope to get into some fish this weekend. Keep fishing buddy and take care.

At 5:07pm on April 13, 2012, James E. Sampson said…: Jim, I am not getting into any fish. We went from Unseasonably warm to unseasonably cold. It has been outright frigid at night with heavy frosts for the last week and a half, and temps in the mid twenties. we did catch a few Hybrid stripers out of our pond but that is it.

At 6:43pm on April 1, 2012, James E. Sampson said…: Thanks for the advice Jim, I do hope my son and I can catch some lunkers this year. I know we will we usually always end up with several 10 +. It is sad that people do not appreciate true trophy size bluegill.. I firmly believe that over tens and over need to be released, hey, I think the smaller ones taste better myself. i am managing my second pond, we just had it put in two years ago, i feed religiously and i already have some really nice gills, but i will not start harvesting any bluegill for another three years. i want to get a good base in there, and i want to grow the monsters i had before. i raise the coppernose here in Ohio. Lots of folks do not believe they will live through a northern winter, but i have had no trouble with the. good luck this year jim catch a trophy or two. i will send you some pictures in the future. nice talking with you James Sampson

At 9:46am on April 1, 2012, James E. Sampson said…: Jim, I too agree that this is a rare body of water. i have no intentions of loading up for a fry, i just want my boy to have a good day on the water. i am teaching him how to cull fish in our pond to manage it for large gills. in my pond and in any body of water i believe that one takes a picture of 10 inches and up. we cull 6 1/2 to 8 inch for a good gill fry. this lake used to be loaded with large bluegill, but they have stocked it every year for the past 15 yrs with rainbows and the panfish are disappearing. we just cannot catch any numbers.