Giant bluegill using the Modica spooning method.

[Bruce Condello]

Here's a massive bluegill caught on Bill "Musky" Modica's spooning method.  This method has been heavily featured lately by In-Fisherman Magazine, both in print and on their nationally acclaimed fishing show.

 

This fish was over a foot long, and looked like it was taking steriods.  I'd love for Bill to describe this particular spoon and why he likes it so much.  Bill recommended I use this setup, and it worked like a charm.

[Tony Livingston]

Kinda' what I figured....

But you're still killin' me Bruce :)

I'll be patient..........

[Bruce Condello]

I've been asked to keep quiet on the location of the fishery, but more details definitely to come.

[Tony Livingston]

And more details, I hope?

[Bruce Condello]

Even with all the floating filamentous algae, the rest of the water column was surprisingly easy to fish.  During the day, the algae which was growing on the bottom entrained oxygen and popped up to the surface, then broke up or drifted back down during the night.  It is a very small pond, but we ultimately caught several dozen between two and three pounds.  There are some more insane pictures coming later.

[Leo Nguyen]

Ah..looks like you've stumbled upon the historical growth secret that predate the "Noah's Flood" (prehistorical eras), where everything was exposed to high oxygen content, tripling and quadrupling the growth rate and size. Looks like your genius shines like a the bright sun from above..we will all be blinded by your awesomeness.

[Bruce Condello]

Leo: 

Count #1.  Correct

Count #2.  Absolutely

Count #3.  You're spot on

 

Excellent analysis.

[Leo Nguyen]

You know Bruce, what ever you're feeding those thing with, you must be spending an arm and a leg. But, I notice there is a very heavy eutrophication in the pond, with a species of plant matters that actually create oxygen, rather than depriving oxygen from the pond through biological oxygen demand, which ultimate cause fish death. The fish there actually benefit on various counts: 1. high oxygen content; 2. heavy load nutrient enrichment for growth not only from the plant itself but also from the larvae that exist in the pond; 3. lack of predation. Not sure what predators are in that pond, but good grief man! No fish can get that huge with a source of voracious predator that constantly hound the pond's population of gill. If I'm wrong on all three count, then you have have raised these boys in a mutagen that warp the living daylight out of them. *LOL*

[dick tabbert]

Now that you  mention it Jim that ain't normal  where is the thermometer we need to check that fish for a temperature. Yes Bruce I'm still jealous but I know one day the lord willing maybe I'll be lucky enough to catch a giant.  I know you put much time, knowledge, and  homework into catching them and you share it with us so we may all have that enjoyable moment one day. Thank you for that and I can't thank you enough for BBG and all the time you spend on making it work. For that hopefully we may be a little more knowledgeable and with that newly learn knowledge put it to work in our favor so we also can be a Giant Slayer. But above all we have to practice catch and release for our future fisherpeople. Again GREAT FISH and continued GOOD FISHIN..

[harald kronemeyer]

That is a sick looking gil. Is the pond radio active. lol Looks like fun to me. :)

 

[Jim Gronaw]

Those fish must be sick! They're all swollen up and ugly! Wow!