awesome site bruce

Thanks Bruce, this is a really neat site! My brother will be coming on board very soon!

thanks for the warm welcome bruce. i uploaded some pictures of my favorite pond and some fish we've caught in the last year

I love this site. Its Awesome! I have found a new way to pass the time by joining this site. The pics and people are great! Seems like everyone has the same passion as i do. I really enjoy what people have to say about fishing!

Bruce
What about a place to up load pictures of all these kid fishing picture in one place?
Man I just love seeing these smiles doing thing we all love to do when we were young. Give a man a fish feed him for a day. Theach him to fish feed him a life time.

Hay Bruce, got a question for ya. Whats the easiest way to tell between a male and female gill? Whats really got me confused is all the crappie, perch, bass, northern, walleye I've been catching have their spawn in them right now. But not the gills. Color and ear length are what I've been paying attn. to but the spawn thing is got me thinking. Jody from WI

Wow Bruce, broke the 1300, mark on members. You know I have checked out alot of sites on fishin, But this is the best site on the net . But I would still like to know what fly you caught that big striper on.
Take Care and Thank You
Greg

thanks bruce

Bruce One was 11 1/2" 1lbs 2oz. One was 12 1/4" , 1lb 10oz. Ed

Thanks... I am loving this site...

Do they make medicine for bluegill fever? Im burnin up and the only thing I can do to keep it stable is catch crappie! Waitn on those 80degree days. Its almost bluegill season boys. Get your tackle in bulk and get those cane poles stretched! Its almost time!!!!!

HI BRUCE
THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME, ITS GREAT TO HAVE JOINED.
ROGER

Thanks Bruce,
Thaks for the welcome. Looks like a great site.

Did you see it? I never noticed it before. And yes , I'm sure and here's why.

A man dies and goes to Heaven. St. Peter is showing him around when the new arrival sees an old man wearing a houndstooth hat walking on water in a nearby pond. He asks St Peter...Is that Bear Bryant? No says St. Peter, that's GOD. He just thinks he's Bear Bryant.


Notice Gene or Nick are not mentioned?

Hey Bruce,
I got my hands on In Fisherman Magazine today and went strait to the bluegill article. I felt you and Jim represented us gill getters very well, I finished the article proud to be apart of this Bigbluegill.com community. Thanks for being a good ambassador for our sport.

Thanks for the welcome. I just got my In-Fisherman Monster Fish 2009 Special Report. That's where I got the link to this page. In "Quest for 2-lb Bluegills" you talk about 3 different lakes within an 2-hour drive of my home. Guess what I am going to be doing....

Is there a way to sort the member list by state, last name, etc. It would make it much easier to find someone.

It all depends upon what format the membership list is in. If you can get it out as an Access database file or an Excel spreadsheet it is easy. If you can get it out as a comma delimited text file you can import that into Excel and sort to your hearts content. Then comes the issue how to get the sorted file back into the membership list on-line. What would be ideal is to find a way to get your forum software to do the sorting upon request. I am not familiar with the software you are using so I can't be of any assistance there.

I am kinda like an old dog I used to have, I barked before I was bit. If you go to the member list, on the right side is a pull-down that will let you sort them alphabetically. On the left side is a search text box, enter the state and it will list the folks from that state. Takes a bit of playing, California, Calif, CA all will give you different results.

i saw a picture of you with a 2 pound bluegill on in fisherman

Dr. Condello, It is good to see another dentist who loves the big bluegill! All of my big blue gills have come from ice fishing and have caught one 1lb + accidentally trying to fish for those "pesky" Bass on a spnner bait. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me. Thanks for the website and kudos for a great read in In Fish magazine. I may need to attend a conference in North Carolina some time soon! LOL

Great article in the new In-Fisherman!! Congrats!! I will be visiting Richmond Mill as a treat for graduating college! Sorry I haven't been super active. School has got me pinned down, hard! I'm working on a very cool project this semester and I will get some pictures up soon, you'll like this! Happy Easter!

Hey Bruce, Come on down and we will break bread, right after we go fishin for a while if you want. Silly question LOOK WHO I'M TALKIN TO. You will be welcome anytime!!

Bruce, You ought to come down to the SmallMouth Rendevous in Tahlequah, Ok..
I think Terry and Roxanne Wilson will be there. Two days af tying, and the Indian Taco's are to die for!!!

Taking our new camera to the fishing camp with me in the morning. Gonna spend 2 days on the river chasing crappie and bluegill, Wed. in the bay chasing sheepshead, thursday we target hybrid gills, crappie, and 8lb plus bass at my sisters lake, fri. back to the camp for more gill fishing from the porch and crappie fishing back in the head of the creek! Wont be back home till sunday sunday sunday!!!!! 7 days of fishing!!!!Delete Comment

Thanks Bruce

I regret to say I only got pics from monday. I left the camera at the house and decided that I would just take em with my Iphone. They should put a warning not to use your iphone as a pfd. They will not float you when you fall out of the boat!

thanks Bruce, i hope to interact with this forum on an infrequent basis( no laptop in the truck yet) People always ask me why I drag around 3 fly rods.I just smile and say nothing relaxes me more,Most drivers out here spend most of their money on junk food ,.i spend mine twice a month on fishing licenses lol

http://www.okieflyfishers.org/ .
The event is next weekend. Here is some info on it . Its at a different place this year not real sure of the directions but it can be found. Would like a buch from BBG to come I know it is a long way for most folk. I will be the guy with The BBG hat..
Thanks for the comment on the music. Thats is a solo production, Doug wrote, composed the music, played all instruments and all vocals. I have known him since we were 4yrs. old. I will update my blog on SMR. It just a week away.

Hey Bruce, I'm honored to call you friend. Hope we can share some fishing info and you can give this old codger some tips. Nick.

Hi , Bruce I love your site I heard you on the fish Schtick pod cast and was so impressed that I quickly set up a site. I like conecting with like minded folks who love Bull-Gill fishing. I chase them with a flyrod mostly,but also do the ultralite thing too. Have fun and catch lots of fish.
Dave

Thanks for the request, what a awesome web site. I will take a pic or two of my biggest mounted pair and post them for all to see. The weather is breaking for the best this morning and maybe I`ll get out on Wed.? Take it easy Chris....

Thanks for the request Bruce! Heard about the wonderful site from the Moldchum.com entry. Pig bluegill you got there! Good to see a fellow bluegill junkie in Nebraska. Look forward to being back in the state end of June, chasing my favorite fish!

Thanks Bruce. Hope the warm weather this weekend turns them on so I can post some 2010 pictures. I've only caught a handful in my warmwater creeks so far this year...been having better luck in the trout streams still. This site is great though. Sunfish are my first love, and the PA forum site I belong to is dominated by trout anglers.

I'm Back" Finally I Figure My Way Back On bigbluegill. and i am so soooooooo" happy...

Man, are you kiddin me? DUDE! what a nice fish!!

yo nice fish

I'm gonna add that profile pic! I'm doing most of my browsing of this site at work today!! Don't tell anyone :)

Hello Bruce, I was wondering if you have any tips on how to remove a hook when get one in the gill? thanks soo much!!
-Sarah. :)

Thanks Bruce, that was the biggest Gill i have ever caught and the bonus was it i got on my flyrod. Great site Thanks Jim

Happy Hanukkah Condello-stein

Ha Ha Bruce- In Weeds Magazine is going through a serious ego problem with its editor and contributors.The in -fighting is getting ridiculous as all persons involved are jealously fighting to be recognized as the worlds foremost weed catching expert.Competitive Bass fishing has never been this bad LOL!

Thank you for commenting on my pic of the 3 blue gill.

I don't know what happened to my bbg email. I no long get email notifications on my group, comments, etc. Is everyone having this problem, or just me?
I have everything I want to be emailed about checked, and I used to get the emails. Also, I got a new smart phone and have emailed pictures to SharonDian165@bigbluegill.com, but I can't pick them up here. Any instructions?

Thanks for adding me as a friend Bruce, I am going to use your Photo Technique in the future, it sure looks like it is working for you!

Hi What is your photo technique?

Thanks, Bruce! You might not remember, but I got the chance to meet with you briefly at the Pond Boss Conference in Missouri last year. I was an undergraduate student from South Dakota State University at the time, working on a bluegill project under Dave Willis. I have officially migrated south to work on a largemouth bass genetics project in Puerto Rico through Miss. State U.

I enjoy seeing pictures of all the GIANT fish you catch in Pond Boss and online! Hopefully I can get my paws on some of those slobs as well! Take care!

Hello Bruce,

I came across your site; it is a good one. Looks like you are raising some very nice bluegill. Also glad to see you are still chasing wipers. I have missed fishing with you.

I am currently in Topeka finishing up my last year of law school. In May I am going to move back to Montana, take the BAR exam, and start searching for Natural Resources and Environmental Law jobs.

I lived in Jackson Hole, WY and Bozeman, MT from 2004-2008 -- as you can imagine, I spent lots of time on the Madison, Yellowstone, Gallatin, Snake, etc... I love fly-fishing.

Hope everything is great. We should try to schedule a wiper trip this spring before I move.

Take care,

Uriah