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John Sikkila
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- What type of animal is a bluegill?
- No ponds....Blessed with many natural gill lakes in my area
- What state are you from? This can help us get together for fishing trips!
- Minnesota
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THIS COLOR COMBINATION SEEMS TO WORK THIS YEAR
"Yup blue and white is an essential with my oldest son......."
"My glass boat is going to the shop tomorrow, need an ignition system tune up, figured I would give it up during this extended heat wave.."
July Bully jig/crawler piece
"Fun….my biggest fish yesterday was a three pound bullhead…..couldn’t believe he…"
THIS COLOR COMBINATION SEEMS TO WORK THIS YEAR
"Glad you’ve had success with it………I always use pink to locate…"
THIS COLOR COMBINATION SEEMS TO WORK THIS YEAR
"Thanks for the comment jeffrey, it has worked in the past but seems to work berret this year…"
Great Habitat on the Albemarle Estuary…….7/20/2025
Always search for clues to why you’re catching fish in the area you’re in when so many areas look…
Beautiful 9” Class Warmouth……7/19/2025
Growing up in southeastern Louisiana the two most abundant species of sunfish in the bayous and…
THIS COLOR COMBINATION SEEMS TO WORK THIS YEAR
"Bleeding pink Silent Stinger and all pink jigs work on multi species in brackish water…..I…"
Nice Round Specimen…..7/19/2025
Bleeding 🩸 tail working in the cypress roots……all of the coastal counties in the northeastern part…
Some Bleeding 🩸 Coppernose Behind Last Week’s Buck Moon…7/19/2025
"The busted fins are also a dead giveaway to colonizing gills….."
AN LATER SHOT OF THIS FISH BEFORE IT WENT IN THE FREEZER FOR A MOUNT
"it won't be back from the taxidermist till this coming winter some time, I CAN'T WAIT TO…"
"Pleasantly surprised with a multi species morning totaling 78 fish…..we've had a week of thunderstorms and triple digit heat index. Wet July"
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awesome pics john ! how do you get such great colors , do you use a diffuser ?
John you're obviously a great fisherman but your photography is the best on this site. Awesome. It inspires me to take a professional photographer along with me!
John,
My 3 wt. fly rod is a Cabela's (3 forks ?). It continues to do a great job for all kinds of fishing. I bought (2) reels for it. One I have sinking line, for drifting the shoreline of lake Erie and the other I have on Floating line for traditional fly fishing. (Panfish)
Depending on where I go, I just change reels and go. Pretty convenient. The fly rod...by far is more fun than any of my spin cast outfits...
Good luck on the water !
Don Patton
John,
We catch some pretty good size smallmouth bass out of lake Erie. We drift the shoreline with our fly rods using flys or tube jigs...
A lot of fun on a 3 wt. fly rod..
Don
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