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John Sikkila
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Started this discussion. Last reply by John Sikkila Jun 27, 2009.
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- What type of animal is a bluegill?
- No ponds....Blessed with many natural gill lakes in my area
- What state are you from? This can help us get together for fishing trips!
- Minnesota
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Wanaque river Crappie
"Nice Jeff! A Hildebrandt #3.5' spinner Form I attached a split tail beetle to caught me a…"
Wanaque river Crappie
"Below is a sample of what I call a cricket spin…my belief is that the rubber legs a
ways…"
1st2026Pickerel 43.7 WATER TEMP
"Pickerel and Bluegill are my only open Water 2026 fish so far, Jeff.! Hope to get on the Perch,…"
Grabbed a paddle tail swimbait in 44.7 degree water
"I wanna stay on this and see and hope activity improves."
Crappie Was Still The Top PlayerToday…..3/23/2026
"It was 64.2 on Monday but it has fell back to 60 today after two nights in the…"
Wanaque river Crappie
"I love this…….we throw a cricket spin more often than a beetle spin but both are very…"
Grabbed a paddle tail swimbait in 44.7 degree water
"My surface temps are right around 60 degrees today, down a few degrees from Monday before the cold…"
1st2026Pickerel 43.7 WATER TEMP
"Nice….you’re still bundled up but it was cold down here this morning…"
Wanaque river Crappie
"Yes Jeff ! Using old school nostalgic Baits ramps up the enjoyment for me! Brother Greg too."
My First Crappie With a Spawning Scar……3/23/2026
This is an indication to me that these fish are getting very tight to shallow wood so I wanted to…
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awesome pics john ! how do you get such great colors , do you use a diffuser ?
John you're obviously a great fisherman but your photography is the best on this site. Awesome. It inspires me to take a professional photographer along with me!
John,
My 3 wt. fly rod is a Cabela's (3 forks ?). It continues to do a great job for all kinds of fishing. I bought (2) reels for it. One I have sinking line, for drifting the shoreline of lake Erie and the other I have on Floating line for traditional fly fishing. (Panfish)
Depending on where I go, I just change reels and go. Pretty convenient. The fly rod...by far is more fun than any of my spin cast outfits...
Good luck on the water !
Don Patton
John,
We catch some pretty good size smallmouth bass out of lake Erie. We drift the shoreline with our fly rods using flys or tube jigs...
A lot of fun on a 3 wt. fly rod..
Don
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