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Bob Lusk is an expert on raising trophy bass. He is the industry's leading expert on raising trophy bass. Bob, I'd like to extend an open invitation to you to spend a moment or two giving novices like us a primer on what it takes to raise trophy bass in our farm ponds, or in our small lakes. When you're done, I'll try to address how a pond manager can also create a trophy bluegill fishery along with the trophy bass. We know that raising trophy bass can be a complex process, but if you were…

Alan Warren, Big Bluegill, Richmond Mill video

Alan Warren is one of the most well-spoken supporters of the outdoors that I ever met.  He's exactly what this industry needs to help keep our hunting and fishing heritage alive.

I was proud to meet him.  Watch this video and you'll see why.

http://alanwarrenoutdoors.com/tv/2011-05.html

Let me know what y'all think about this episode!

Please take a moment to explore the website of outdoor television and radio personality Alan Warren.  His campaign to educate America's young people on the outdoors is called "I Support Outdoor Education".

Here's his website.

http://alanwarrenoutdoors.com/

...and here's the link to www.isupportoutdoored.com

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I've dedicated the entire front page of BigBluegill to our very kind, generous and talented friend, Tim Overbaugh.

Big Bluegill is blessed to have a number of very talented taxidermists that frequent the site.  There are also dozens of folks who are extremely talented in creating videos, catching fish, taking photos, etc.

But Tim Overbaugh's work is unparalleled. 

Tim Overbaugh has made the very generous offer that if members of Big Bluegill…

A Sad Tale

What a sad story - my trip was cut short and I lost all of my fishing day. No Lake Ponchartrain, no Mississippi and No Orleans bluegill adventure for me.

The only photo I have to share from the past day's fishing is this nice 1/8 lber. that I caught at the local burger hole. The story gets worse- much worse. I get home Saturday (not Sunday) after a rushed trip…

Ok - I am in New Orleans and have never fished for blue gills south of Missouri so tomorrow I have a tackle shop lined up and am going to try and get out and try to find some of my blue-gilled friends.

Last night I tried to find some food and my way around Bourbon street. I did alright for a tourist. We found some authentic New Orleans food - Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches! Ya, so I struck out there. But - I had more success on the music front. You know how you are supposed…

This setup has been producing some very nice gills late in the day.

1/16 oz RFS spoon rigged with a Maniac gizzy bug (horizontally)....it detours the little gills at that time of day when the flasher lights up with activity.…

hey everyone i came across this site online and was happy to see other bluegille/bream fans out there. i often try to fly fish for bluegill and other bream when possible and find them so much fun on the fly rod that i'd rather catch a dozen bluegill anyday compared to possibly one bass. i do bass fish also but i'm really a bream fly fisherman.

would love to hear from others in the south carolina areas as well as across the country who love to fish fro bream. to me the ultimate…

As many of you know, my son Matt and I had the great experience of fishing at Richmond Mill Lake this past November and, literally, had a father/son fishing trip of a lifetime. The weather was cold for Dixie, but the scenery was great and the fishing spectacular. But between all the bluegills, bass, crappie and pickerel were other things of greater importance...the chance to…

        I'll tell you tonight ,because tomorrow I'll be busy

        with my sleigh full of crickets , it will be such a tissy

       I named the bluegill pulling my sleigh,

       On Bruce, on Greg, on Sharon and Jen, on Dan and Zack , thats most of them

       Finally, the last one pulling my sleigh,

       It's the Spirit of Boogieman, Leading the way

       I'll fish in the dark, because that is best,

       and…

Silver Lake, Wyoming County, NY

Bluegill, Sunfish:

Within New York state there are many waters that have great fishing for these two but in Silver Lake this fishing can be shocking at times. This is one lake that if you

have not tried sight fishing, then you will be best starting the

adventure here. To fish these slabs it is good to roam the…

One year ago today I completed the 2009 BigBluegill.com video.....It was my most popular video of the year, and received more than 32,000 views.

This years video has just been released....I had thousands of great images to choose from, but only 6 minutes of run time......I Hope you all enjoy this one,.............I had Bluegill Boogieman on my mind.

If you "Google" Big Bluegill, then hit "Images"....

You don't see any pictures of me.....

But you will see this! :-)

A big, bigbluegill welcome to "juggalobluegill". You're our 2,000th member. We hope you'll stay awhile and learn about bluegill with us.

Bruce Condello

A heartwarming testimonial to the greatest game fishing destination in the country.

http://thekingfishersociety.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/a-pilgrimage-to-peaceful-paradise/