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"Wow! Beauitful! Perfect for release big panfish and you still have big panfish on th…"

John Cachel replied Jan 7, 2011 to Fiberglass Replica Mounts

11 Jan 22, 2011
Reply by Townie

"I went to Florida a month ago to fish a nice small lake that dont allow boats! I use…"

John Cachel replied Dec 12, 2010 to Ultralight spinning rods?

19 Dec 12, 2010
Reply by John Cachel

"I use my Bass Pro Shop 7ft 6 inch UL Microlite rod and St Croix 7ft UL rod a lot of…"

John Cachel replied Dec 10, 2010 to Ultralight spinning rods?

19 Dec 12, 2010
Reply by John Cachel

"Love BIG Bluegills! Theres few articles about big bluegills in the past.....In Fishe…"

John Cachel replied Nov 18, 2010 to i HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THIS FORUM!

3 Nov 18, 2010
Reply by Bluegill

"I know that place from an old newspaper from Chicago and Outdoors Notebook magazine.…"

John Cachel replied Oct 15, 2010 to TL Anderson's Sunfish farm in Illinois still open?

5 Oct 15, 2010
Reply by John Cachel

"Arizona question is good question! I like to know why! Maybe warm water almost all y…"

John Cachel replied Aug 29, 2010 to State Records and or World records?

20 Oct 29, 2010
Reply by brent jordan

"I love both! I go ice fishing because I dont want to wait for Spring! Caught lot of…"

John Cachel replied Aug 29, 2010 to Why does a 10" Bluegill Thru The Ice Thrill me more than a BIG bass?

19 Nov 3, 2010
Reply by Michael Thompson

"I agreed with Bill Musky Modica about Lake Geneva and Delavan! Limited 25 per day is…"

John Cachel replied Aug 26, 2010 to State Records and or World records?

20 Oct 29, 2010
Reply by brent jordan

"Now Cook County forest Preserve around Chicago lakes that you can keep up to only 25…"

John Cachel replied Aug 22, 2010 to 12,000 gills a summer

60 Aug 12, 2012
Reply by Joe Jacobsen

"True story and but sad! Nelson Lake near Hayward in northern Wisconsin is one of th…"

John Cachel replied May 21, 2010 to What is the best Bluegill lake in the U.S.??????????????????

24 Apr 27, 2012
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Cold Hand Displaying a Normal Sized Adult Grass Shrimp

"Every fish in the Albemarle Estuary loves these little protein nuggets but panfish can be patterned…"
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Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year

"This greatest gift of fishing are the memories…..we’ve obviously done a lot of other…"
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Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year

"My first fish was a Pumpkinseed in Packanack Lake, Wayne NJ. I recall catching Bluegills, Pseeds,…"
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Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina

"Despite their small size they are aggressive……..I’ve used raw chicken in crab…"
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Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina

"I believe they are here in NJ too Jeff, but I've never seen one. Cool little Fish ."
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A Few Bluegill Mixed in With Spotted Sunfish in Louisiana…

These fish are most often called “stump knockers” in Louisiana regardless of the species……they…
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Newly Established North Carolina Record Spotted Sunfish Caught By Elijah Crabtree 7.7 oz

"This is the record for spotted sunfish in North Carolina but I’ve only seen the tiny blue…"
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May Get To Target Some Red Spotted Sunfish This Week Down in Louisiana....

"Here’s another that I caught on the small panfish gulp minnow…."
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Native to Some Of The Oldest Natural Lakes in North Carolina

"Don’t know if you saw these John…..these are the only spotted sunfish I’ve seen…"
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Some Of My Most Recent Spotted Sunfish

"See how aggressive they are…standard panfish gulp minnow and this small one basically just…"
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Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year

"I scaled a few but I chose to filet 98% of these fish…..you could catch 100 or more off one…"
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I will Also Seek to Catch an Even Rarer Species of Spotted Sunfish...the Orange....

"Yes….not as plentiful as red spotted sunfish but huge colonies are found across the bayous…"
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Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year

"It is John….this is the main sunfish that I grew up with on the bayous of southeastern…"
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Red Spotted Sunfish......Also caught great numbers in Louisiana bayous earlier this year

"One cool Fish, Jeff! I have a good book called 'America's favorite Fishing' by F.…"
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Had the Taste for Some Gills…..

" thanks Jeff ill let you know how much i like this method when i try it out."
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Had the Taste for Some Gills…..

"Not at all……once cooked the first thing we do when eating is to remove both fins…"
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