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Dreaming of my girls and big bull gills!

Friday the 13th is unlucky for some, but I spent mine with some fishing with a fellow NEFGA member Jarredb. and a fellow NEFGA/BigBluegill member Teeg S. The Executive Director and founder of Recycled Fish, at Verdigre Creek just North of Royal, Nebraska.

We were there fly fishing for stocked/native rainbow trout, and (to me anyway) elusive, native, naturally occurring brown trout. This was my third trip to this stream, the closest trout stream to me at around 3 hours away. A few… Continue

Added by Alex G. on March 15, 2009 at 6:15am — 4 Comments

baldwin county fishin

ok guys....monday and tuesday was escambia river fishin with very little luck. tomorrow (friday) im goin over to baldwin county between cliff's and hurricane landings. hopefully ill have some pics of some big bass, crappie, and of course gills and crackers by weekend. yall catch what u can eat, and release the rest....blessed

Added by dekere on March 12, 2009 at 9:22pm — 1 Comment

fishing lisence

i finally got my lisence today. I dont ice fish so i still have to wait for the lakes that are not stocked with trout to unfreeze. the bounus news is i know where a little private pond is and plan to fish in it by the end of the month.

Added by rick on March 12, 2009 at 11:16am — 2 Comments

hello newbie here

just a little "rambling" about myself --- this is my first attempt at "blogging" , so , be patient with me --- i'm a 59 [almost 60] year old from the GREAT STATE OF MICHIGAN --- married with 4 wonderful children that are off on their own --- i like to fish/boat/camp --- have an 18 foot pontoon that i fish from --- am currently out of work [like ALOT of people in mich.] and am looking forward to doing ALOT of gill fishing as soon as it warms up --- i guess thats all for now --- i will attempt… Continue

Added by Clayton Breiler on March 10, 2009 at 7:23am — 2 Comments

DARREN MAY'S STATE RECORD BLUEGILL--courtesy of Prarie State Outdoors

Photo courtest of Prarie State Outdoors, Illinois' Premeir Outdoor Website

Years ago prior to a story on his state-record bluegill, I interviewed Darren May by telephone. At the time he had his monster bluegill perched on a wall in his home, staring down a mounted 7-pound largemouth bass.

’‘You know what?’‘ May said. ’‘If they were still in the water, the bluegill could tear that… Continue

Added by Bruce Condello on March 9, 2009 at 8:44pm — 6 Comments

Todd Overton's big coppernose bluegill.

Todd Overton of Texas is a fish raising specialist. He has isolated some really exceptional coppernose bluegill broodstock. Note the beautiful white and/or orange fin bordering.

Added by Bruce Condello on March 7, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Big Gill,s

At the dam on the Tuckahoe river,,,,,loaded with lots of big gills, and I do not mean crappy

Fish just below the bridge and further down also...lots of fish last week.

Added by Jim Graves on March 7, 2009 at 4:01am — No Comments

My fishin' buddy

I've added a couple pictures of an ice fishing trip a month or so ago with by Bluegill Buddy - Brett. It was his first ice fishing adventure and after hanging in there for almost 3 hours and catching a couple nice gills and one redear he asked, "When are we going again?" That was music to my ears!!

Added by Tom on March 5, 2009 at 8:59am — 1 Comment

going to florida

Im moving to Florida,naples.Im wondering if anyone knows of any good bluegill lakes or ponds etc.

Added by Bull Frog on March 3, 2009 at 7:17pm — 3 Comments

New to the crew

I just joined up. It is great to see a website for the thousands of people who grew up to appreciate the mightiest of all gamefish!
Like many anglers I cut my teeth catching little gills with a bobber, hook, and self-dug worm at a small farm pond. Now I like to use any technique possible to entice the bite and the fight of a big bull!

Added by Tom on March 3, 2009 at 3:08pm — 2 Comments

Working Tackle?

whats up guys, do most of you use the same tackle when going for crappie and Bluegill. Will the same lures and setups work, or do the bluegill typically like more live bait presentations.

Added by Fish_Hunter on March 1, 2009 at 8:13pm — 3 Comments

Quick question from a new member

First, let me start by saying thank you to whoever created this site! My question is, Is there any members here from South Carolina & if so, where can I find good bream fishing in Columbia SC?

Also, I'm a cricket and wiggler man, but I'm looking forward to learning some new killer technics.

Ivan

Added by Ivan McFarlan on February 26, 2009 at 9:18am — 7 Comments

Coldwater/Warmwater Bluegill

Being a fisherman from southern California, where is rarely gets under 40 to 50 degrees in the dead of winter, why do the Blue gill in our lakes here stop biting when we have this cool weather? It is Very hard to even locate them! Most of the lakes and ponds in the northern states freeze over from freezing temperatures, yet you have great Bluegill fishing through the ice. Cold water is cold water, no matter where it is right? Well, Bluegill are Bluegill in any area too right? So how come us… Continue

Added by Jeff Soto on February 23, 2009 at 7:26pm — 12 Comments

funny

Added by Bull Frog on February 22, 2009 at 2:06pm — 1 Comment

my fav bluegille recipe

Bluegill Casserole

4 cups boneless Bluegill fillets

3 Tablespoons Butter or margarine

1 cup soft Bread crumbs

3 Tablespoons chopped fresh Parsley

Salt and Pepper to taste

2 Tablespoons Lemon juice

1 (10 oz.) Cream of Celery soup

1/2 soup can Milk

1 stick Butter, melted

1 1/2 cups crushed Corn Flakes

1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese

2 teaspoons grated Onion

1 teaspoon dry Mustard

1 Tablespoon chopped Pimento

3… Continue

Added by Bull Frog on February 22, 2009 at 1:49pm — 2 Comments

My Ice Fishing Trip with Legend Dave Genz

Today we went fishing with the legendary Dave Genz, perhaps the best ice fisherman of all time. We also had the privilege of fishing with Tod Todd of midwestangling.com, a few other professional ice fisherman and Chef Todd Kent.

We were fishing a private lake north of Rochelle, Illinois. Words cannot describe what an amazing day this was! The wind was blowing 30 mph, the temperature was about 14… Continue

Added by Nate Herman on February 21, 2009 at 1:02pm — 7 Comments

Video of world record bluegill mount!

One of our valued Big Bluegill members wanted me to give a little better image of the world record bluegill replica mount.

Well, here it is....alongside a mount made by Big Bluegill member Cecil Baird of two 1.25 pound fish caught from my pond.

Added by Bruce Condello on February 15, 2009 at 8:30pm — 13 Comments

Fishing spots

I like to fish the lakes and strip pits of sullivan and green counties,the indiana dnr has done a great job of stocking these lakes and pits with many varities of fish.they run all the way from musky to gills. gills being my favorite an catching other fish by accident.my second favorite is crappie.lots of them too.i live in la porte county which is on lake michigan ,i perch fish on the big lake.i used to camp at sullivan county lake and park for about ten years ,but have since purchased a… Continue

Added by John R Torgesen Sr on February 11, 2009 at 8:17pm — No Comments

The Kid

If you listen to the experts, they’ll tell you to teach your children to fish in bits and pieces.

Short attention spans, you see.

We don’t buy that one iota. They’ll either like fishing or hate it.

Reminds us of a neighbor boy who was 6 at the time. He loved to fish. Couldn’t get enough of it. Every time we’d drive home, we’d see him standing on the banks of the pond, rod in hand.

He was rough on the edges, but nice. Wouldn’t have wanted to be his teacher, though. We could… Continue

Added by SteveGibson on February 11, 2009 at 9:59am — 6 Comments

Super Sunday

The deeper I dig into this love of panfishing, the more I am beginning to enjoy what comes after a fishing trip then the actual trip. Sure I still lose sleep the night before I know I'll be either on, in, or next to the water with a fishing rod in hand; there's always an anticipation while enroute to the destination, and having a sudden tug or seeing a float disappear still puts a smile on my face.

This recent foray into the unknown has really focused my attention away from the angling and… Continue

Added by Zig on February 4, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment