Thanks a million. Appreciate every ones response and I am looking forward to stocking my pond soon.

Thanks for the introduction, I look forward to sharing fishing tips with you. 

Thank you for the welcome Dick.  I look forward to learning about catching what is now my new favorite fish!

Thanks for the warm welcome! I love fishing for all kinds of fish, but I hope to learn more about bluegill fishing!

DICK could ya please show a pic of the Tabbert Ant? I"ve been experimenting my self and will post a pic of mine. I looked through all your pics and couldn't find a pic of the ant..

Yup Dick I see the pic and thanks John for posting it. Looks like a regular ant pattern with dubbing . Thanks much .........

Thanks Dick! Last year I returned to Bluegill fishing. I fish the N Wisconsin area. I grew up fishing gills (scaling-no filet) mom had lots of bread in case of "Peakers". Now I just fish with bobber and crawlers out of my solo canoe. I look for not developed boat landings where I can launch and look for small lakes. I just turned 60 but like to paddle. I have read up on bluegill research and thanks to Sam Cooks article I am hoping to learn more about my favorite fish. Most of my friends fish musky and I always ask them if they are eating any!!!

Thanks for great site. I know that it is taboo to ask about favorite fishing spots I would appreciate any lakes I could try around Duluth.

Thanks

Thanks Dick. Sold my bass boat a couple of weeks ago and I'm looking forward to slowing it down a bit.  We love to 'gill fish the small lakes here. I am looking forward to learning and trying out some of the tips the other members share.

Tight lines

thanks for welcome me to the club hope to learn a lot about some information from the club members

Dick,

Thanks for the welcome. I fish in North Texas. I am interested in finding a list of North Texas lakes that have  Copper nose bluegills. I belong to the NT fly fishers club. I have caught several Copper Nose Bluegills at a club outing. I want to catch a lot more as they are a lot of fun catching.

Bob Campbell 

Dick,

    Thank you for the warm welcome! I enjoy the the simple act of blue gill fishing and sharing it with other people.  I also get great pleasure out of sharing my catch with friends.  I am sure I will learn much from our common love of the BIGBLUEGILL.

   Melvin Norwood

Thank you Dick, I am looking forward to seeing the information available here. I am sure I can learn. I actually live about 2 miles West of Clark Lake, In the village of Clarklake. My sister has a cottage on Lake Pleasant near 34 and 99. I have gotten some nice Gills there.

thanks for the email.  Like many, I got hooked on fly fishing due to the bream in our local river here in SE Louisiana.  As time went by, too much has expired!, I have been all over the planet chasing all sorts of fish, but I still have a special place in my heart for those lovely male blue gills!  My wife and I enjoy floating around prospecting with a popping bug or sinking ant.  Looking forward to your site.  tight lines,  John F."Jeff" Schneider

       Thank you Dick for the welcome.

 I stumbled onto this site 4 days ago and have probably 20-25 hours invested in it already.  Seems to be a great bunch of members and the level of knowledge is staggering.........WOW !.   

   I've fished very little for many years and decided it's time to get  back into it seriously now that I've become a geezer. This group is the the ideal starting point.

     A big THANX to you and all of the others.

           Steve Wilson

Moved here some 16 years ago from the Bootheel of Missouri.  I have met or heard of more Cheeks over here than around where I grew up.  I think I have found where we came from!  :)  Thanks!!

Thanks for accepting the request bud, hopefully we can share some stories and some knowledge about this overwhelming addiction we all share called FISHING!

Thanks for the welcome. I live in south Alabama and do fresh and saltwater fishing, but I had rather eat bream than any other kind.

Robert Motley

At 11:15pm on August 20, 2014, Todd Wolfley said…

Thanks Dick, glad to be here. Looks like a great group of people, and strong pool of information!

Thanks Dick and I"m a novice at electronics and can read up on it though , HERE !!!1

Thanks for the welcome. Looks like a great site and more in depth info than elsewhere. Hope I am able to contribute my share.

Hello Dick Tabbert, I want to thank you for the warm welcome. I will be posting up some of my fishing pictures pretty soon. I just want to say thanks again for the warm welcome and im looking forward to entertaining you and the club members of this website with some of my knowledge catching different kinds of fish and share videos and photos. I also have a page on facebook, call fishing with friends, I have some videos and pictures of me catching fish all over the united states. I looking to sharing information with all the club members on how to catch more fish. 

I'm very glade you accepted my friend request Dick Tsbbert, I'm looking forward to having talks about fishing and when is the best time to go fishing for Bluegills. I love to go fishing and talk about fish, when I retire, I want to have a job that is close near the water so I can go fishing after work. I want to have my own TV show about me going fishing all over the country, catching fish and bring people on tours and showing people new ways how to fish.

Tipped your chartreuse Jesse Jig with a Chartreuse Mister Twister Exude curly tail and caught two Yellow Perch today .Plenty of hits but the North East  wind had them wanting a floated worm moreso today . 

Thanks for the welcome and hope to be able to add some reports from my area .

Happy bday Dick. Make sure to have a splendid day at home, and at least enjoy a few hours fishing.

Is today Dick's B-day??? Well in that case, Happy Birthday sir! Thanks for all you do for us here at BBG.

Happy Birthday Dick! Many more pal!

am honored Dick cant believe were not on each others list already.

Dick,

Thanks for the welcome!

I am going to retire in the near future. My hope is to spend my retirement pursuing the mighty Blue Gill. I mainly fly fish from a canoe, but I will have a boat when they go deep for the winter.

Large "Thank You" for the Welcome.  Doing the 'LOOKY LOU' still, before I much post.  Don't like to participate in redundancy AND my computer skills are negligible.  Read a LOT more than I write, but it looks like I may be around quite a bit.

Again, Thank You.

AKA gordo

Thanks for the welcome! I have seen some of the photos and even a few videos and im already amazed by this site! Ive recently got into fly fishing for bluegill and my personal favorite is the foam beetle its amazing watching a top water hit from a bluegill I hope to post lots of pictures and ive recently got a gopro so hopefully some videos also thanks so much again!

Tight Lines!!!

Robby Best

Your ties are fantastic Dick .I'll be sure to report back with the success I know I'll have using them !

Mr. Tabbert,

Thank you for the warm welcome to the triple B family.  I have been an avid bluegill/sunfish fisherman since introduced to the sport by my dad while growing up in South Carolina.  I have been away serving my country in the United States Army for over 22 yrs.  I am now retired, but still working with our beloved military.  I am currently in Afghanistan, but definitely plan on doing some real bluegill fishing when I return.  I am out of Fayetteville, NC and there are some good spots to catch those citation gills in the surrounding area.  My family loves to fish for them also.  So, my wife and our two girls do our fair share at snatching a few of them out of the local ponds and lakes when time permits.  Now, that I have been reading almost ever post on the site, I have a lot more to learn and some information to share as well.  I've always looked at and wanted to fish some of the NC coastal areas that hold good bluegills, but I don't know anyone or any of the locations there.  Hopefully that will change with me joining this site and upon my return back to the good ole USA.  i have also noticed that your flies catch fish.  I have fished with everything except flies for bluegills and have done pretty decent catching them from various locations around the world.  but, I sure would like to try some of your flies one day and experience even more success catching those bruiser gills with them.  I am more than willing to pay whatever it costs for some of them.  Well, I have rambled on enough for now and it is time to get to watching out for our military that are still in harms way.  Please feel free to contact me at your convenience. 

I want to thank you again for the warm welcome.

K.D.

aka (Kendall)

You are welcomed Mr. Tabbert and I will be in touch.

I love to talk about fishing also.

Kendall

I am not back in the good ole U.S. of A. yet.  I have a few more months to go yet before I will be back there wetting a line and bluegill hunting.  But, I aim to make up for the lost fishing time as soon as I return.  And thank you for your service, men like you and my dad paved the way for those of us to follow.  I appreciate your service as well.  I will keep in touch with you and would really like to purchase some of your flies as well as other members on the BBG.  Then hopefully with some time, instructions, and experience, I will learn how to tie them myself.  The NC heat can put a beating on us from time to time.  That is why I find shady spots to fish...hahaha

And yes, I heard of you all the way in Afghanistan.  It is hard to keep information on a good man from getting around.  Technology at its best.  I will be putting in an order for some flies from you in the very near future.  I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and flies with me.

Kendall

Thanks Dick!  Look forward to enjoying the site.  Just getting back into fishing after a 20-some year hiatus.  Will be checking into all aspects of catching the best fighting fish there is...

  Thank you for the welcome Dick. It is much heart felt. I will agree with you, it is easier to learn about all things when knowledge is shared, and a lot of time wasted with more enjoyment of an item, when you can pick up how to use it, as well as all of what it is capable of doing really quickly. I will keep watch and if I can help I will chime in, as well as ask if I should need the help. tight lines to everyone. Eric

Hi Dick thanks for the welcome. I have been trying for days to get on this forum and for some reason it didn't like my zipcode then my internet connection was lost for 1/2 a day and the link wouldn't work. I wish there had been a contact e-mail address to let somebody know I was trying to get on. Mac

Thank you for the welcome Mr. Dick Tabbert.  I am by no means a seasoned angler but have an interest in ultralight fishing.  When I found this website, I was delighted.  What better place to learn some tricks to tryout from wily anglers who are much more experienced than I am.  I was also happy to find the "Wild for Warmouths" group.  I have an interest in pursuing the "sunfish with the large mouth and red eyes".  I know that some people actually keep them as aquarium pets.  They are ironically considered to be endangered in Pennsylvania but a nuisance in New Jersey, states which border each other.  Have to go but am looking forward to the experience of being a member of this website.  Thanks again!