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"I fish until I can not fish because of ice then I wait for safe ice to fish again! I…"

John Cachel replied Nov 16, 2009 to November Gilling

10 Nov 17, 2009
Reply by Steve Fleckenstein

"RICHMOND MILL ! Just kidding! Of course....... ILLINOIS .......state fish is…"

John Cachel replied Nov 9, 2009 to Your home state.

122 Jan 18, 2013
Reply by Rob Greer

"RICHMOND MILL ! Just kidding! Of course....... ILLINOIS .......state fish is…"

John Cachel replied Nov 9, 2009 to Your home state.

122 Jan 18, 2013
Reply by Rob Greer

"Light line, longer ultralight rod, sentive floats, fish shallow to deep Fresh live b…"

John Cachel replied Nov 4, 2009 to Twenty words or less for folks wanting more successful bluegill fishing.

167 Jan 15, 2015
Reply by Andy is OptiMystic

"I like crickets and small leeches during the Summer and early Fall. Giant redworms,…"

John Cachel replied Nov 4, 2009 to What bait works best for catching bluegill?

23 Nov 26, 2009
Reply by John Cachel

"If the water is clear and big bluegills might be off from shore and as deep as 20 fe…"

John Cachel replied Sep 21, 2009 to Lake depth

7 Sep 21, 2009
Reply by Cary

"Years ago I like In Fisherman magazines! In 1980's In Fisherman magazines over 200 p…"

John Cachel replied Sep 10, 2009 to What's your favorite fishing magazine?

14 Sep 15, 2009
Reply by John Sheehan

"Find out how deep is at the edge of lily pads and if its 8 feet deep then set up a s…"

John Cachel replied Aug 18, 2009 to Fishing around lillypads...

7 Aug 18, 2009
Reply by John Cachel

"1/80 and 1/64 oz plain jighead with Gulp maggots! 1" tube or twistertail in dark co…"

John Cachel replied Aug 11, 2009 to What is your favorite artificial lure?

8 Aug 31, 2009
Reply by Rob Greer

"My personal best is 10 5/8" from Florida and two 10" from ice fishing in private lak…"

John Cachel replied Aug 10, 2009 to I caught my personal best.... what are yours?

14 Aug 13, 2009
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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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