Johnny wilkins

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La Grange, IL

United States

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What type of animal is a bluegill?: I have a very small pond, I do most of my fishing in retention ponds and public ponds- we have very small bluegills and my methods are productive for these tough takes that small bluegills offer. They would do well on larger gills!
What state are you from? This can help us get together for fishing trips!: Chicago Area - Fishing Classes & Club

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Zack Thomasson

Red Ribbon

Feb 7, 2010
Joe Hinton

John, if you check the first reply at my Cooling Lakes discussion you will find a link there to Braidwood Lake . It is the lake I fish most often.

Feb 14, 2010
jim cosgrove

the cooling lakes have current and are "perched"and have a lot of wave action and very little structure.it is tough fishing.the east side of lasalle lake in the big rocks still has some good panfish.the only structure is the rocks and depth changes.bring a bike it is a 2 mile walk minimum

Feb 14, 2010
Johnny wilkins

2 mile walk at Braidwood huh... well, I will have to pack light. I need the exercise too. I would think that long walk will mean better fishing, fewer people fishing. Edge of the rocks where they meet the bottom should be magic- filled with fish. I am going to give it a try one of the first two days.

Feb 15, 2010
John Sheehan

Your site here is great!

Mar 6, 2010
John Sheehan

Hey John-
Congratulations on your first program.Enjoyed listening and learning your concepts.Nice plug for bigbluegill.com. John Sheehan

Mar 8, 2010
Johnny wilkins

Thank you John! I will try to add great content on the show to make it interesting and will plug the site because I love BigBluegill.com.
Next show - this Saturday or anytime you feel like it.
I will cover the cold water cane pole rig and how fish feed.
Great news here - rains and warmer weather expected this week - ice could be knocked off the water by early next week.

Mar 8, 2010
John Sheehan

John ,what's the proper way to attach/use the top float in this photo? How does one utilize the thin rubber sections on these floats? I bought these two recently and used the bottom float with good success yesterday. The Betts float that's slightly smaller works perhaps better but I like the fact the thill pear shaped can eliminate a bead.Gotta try the small swivel trick you suggested too. Thanks,
John Sheehan

Apr 8, 2010
John Sheehan

Thanks John .I kinda figured that was what was going on with the rubber sleeves.
Thanks for your detailed response .

While I got you, if you want me to send you mp3's to use for your Radio Blog Fishing show pick a tune .Would love to hear my "Trout and Daylilies " or "Cabin Fever " open your show!
John

Apr 8, 2010
John Sheehan

Enjoyed the show again John.By all means get Musky Mod on as a guest!His call in was great!I always listen the day after as I am busy teaching guitar on wednesday night so I can't call in live.

May 27, 2010
John Sheehan

Oh, I meant to ask you if you followed up regarding stocking groundbait with my two local Bait shops : Frank's Tackle,Wanaque NJ and Davisw Sport Shop ,Sloatsburg NY.

May 27, 2010
10.5" RES Sharon

How can anyone poison your own personal pond?

Feb 25, 2011
10.5" RES Sharon

good for you. what is in that pond? what do they want to get rid off? what do they want in there? probably koi, so they look pretty for the passer bys.

Feb 26, 2011
John Sheehan

Hi Johnny -

The fish weren't there at my spot today .Of course I gave it all of 15 minutes. The wind was from the south again but air temp has been colder the past few days. I'm convinced they'll be back .Maybe they were there but not hitting and sluggish but I suspect they dropped back away from shore where I was casting .

At any rate glad you're doing your show again even tho I am having trouble getting a working password to go with my email so I can post comments to the blogtalk radio site.

What size hook do you employ with spikes? Maybe the livelier heartier spikes you get are a bit bigger than what I've been able to obtain. The small shriveled spikes I have left over from ice fishing look pretty ridiculous on the #12 hook I believe I was using today .More hook than bait! I caught Perch and Gills on a #10 hook with mealworms which I know you don't prefer .

Mar 15, 2011
David, aka, "McScruff"

By the way, I sent the book the other day. Keep an eye out for it.

Apr 2, 2011
glenn spruille

thanks Johnny for the advise. I plan on going back to rasumessen lake in antioch in the week to come and try my luck again with the hopes of having better luck.

Apr 23, 2011
Copperhead John

Thanks for praying for me. I had my operation in May and it looks like they got all the cancer out. I will think of you and others who prayed for me whenever I go fishing in the future. Thank you so much.

Jun 11, 2011
Walt Foreman

Hey Johnny, I sent you a PM to this effect also, but what I'm really interested in testing are floats - I gave more detail on the kind of fishing I do in the PM.

I might also be interested in trying some of your groundbait - I tried it once several years ago and didn't have much luck, but at the time I was living in California, and I was fishing it from the bank on a large public reservoir. I'd be interested to see how it performs in ponds where the bluegill are fed daily with a high-protein food, which I would think would make them more susceptible to groundbait. Is there a way to fish it on the surface? The ponds I fish with automatic feeders all are fed floating pellets.

Dec 21, 2011
Vic Tankersley

Johnny, thanks I am retiring in about 60 days . The floats will be well used or maybe just kept and added to my collection.. Again thanks. If you need my adress let me know..

Jan 19, 2012