Do you love big bluegill?
First Bluegill of the Season...Whoooo Hoooo!!!
Hey guys and gals, I finally found a little pond about 5 minutes from my home that is the only open water lake I could locate within 25 miles of my house. Heck, it got all the way up to 42 degrees today so I thought, sheeesh, why not give it a try?
So, armed with little more than a hope and a prayer, I went there just to say I went fishing. On my second cast, I actually hooked a fish that felt pretty good but the hook pulled out and I never saw it. I was using a 1/124 oz thread-bodied hairjig, black with a pink head and tipped with a wax worm. I fished it 5 ft below a small plastic bobber near the deepest portion of the pond.
I know it's not a lot to write home about, but I'm writing about it anyway! I had 3 strikes in the 40 minutes I was there and caught one small bluegill...my first of the year!! I feel as though I really accomplished something with all the other waters froze with soft ice and the water temp was 37 F.
Wow...if we could only get a break in the weather and get all the ice off these lakes...I think I could get some fish! Anyway, I'm happy...and I didn't get skunked!
So, armed with little more than a hope and a prayer, I went there just to say I went fishing. On my second cast, I actually hooked a fish that felt pretty good but the hook pulled out and I never saw it. I was using a 1/124 oz thread-bodied hairjig, black with a pink head and tipped with a wax worm. I fished it 5 ft below a small plastic bobber near the deepest portion of the pond.
I know it's not a lot to write home about, but I'm writing about it anyway! I had 3 strikes in the 40 minutes I was there and caught one small bluegill...my first of the year!! I feel as though I really accomplished something with all the other waters froze with soft ice and the water temp was 37 F.
Wow...if we could only get a break in the weather and get all the ice off these lakes...I think I could get some fish! Anyway, I'm happy...and I didn't get skunked!
Views: 92
- Attachments:
-
-
IMG_1396.JPG, 1.3 MB -
IMG_1393.JPG, 1.6 MB
-
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Josh Milczski (Omaha) on
-
Sweet pic of that pond Jim. And what a cute little BG. :D
-
Permalink Reply by Magnolia Rick on
-
Hay it's a fish. You out there catching fish and I'm setting here looking at you catching fish fron this office. Now I'll have to say you had a better day then me. Hope the weather gets better and your new fishing hole has the biggen in it.
-
Permalink Reply by Greg McWilliams on
-
That is a lovely gill Jim, He is big for his age. What is all that white stuff around the pond ? Seems like this winter is 2 seasons long. But spring is coming.
-
Permalink Reply by Jeremy R. Mayo on
-
Thats a perty hawk flyin around that pond. Is this a cementary?
-
Permalink Reply by Jim Gronaw on
-
Yes, it is a small roadside pond at a church cemetary about 1 mile from the house. Supposed to have big crappies in it.....?
Latest Activity
8/18/12
"I sure will. The baetis wet fly is a size 18 and the cicada is a size 8. Although I tied them for…"
8/18/12
"I found it on YouTube, David. I'll be tying some for the upcoming crappie and bluegill spawn."
8/18/12
"HEY BRUCE , I USED TO for the first 20 or so years I used em.........now I have to tip em for some…"
8/18/12
"Anyone every fish jigs, like the Silent Stingers, and catch fish without tipping them with waxies,…"
GriffithsGnat1
"I hope you're right David. Ill let you know. I can say these were a strain on my eyes they…"
DSCN0020
"THIS WAS THE FIRST PIC I POSTED ON HERE.....NOW I use # 8 HOOKS EXCLUSIVELY .....BOTH BEAD HEADS…"
© 2025 Created by Bluegill.
Powered by
