Monster bluegill feeding

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 31, 2013 at 8:23pm

How about using a rubber band to hold a food pellet on the hook? Or maybe you could drill a small hole through one and tie it on the hook?

Comment by Walt Foreman on December 31, 2013 at 7:52pm

I think your plan to "match the hatch" should work, David.  There are also pellet lures that are sold but I confine myself to live bait or more typical lures such as jigs, or a combination of the two.

Comment by David 'PcolaPaddler' on December 31, 2013 at 7:23pm

I've been thinking of tieing a fly to 'imitate' the pellet food we use at our pond.  I think a smallish hook with some brown yarn or dubbing will do the trick.

Comment by Walt Foreman on November 16, 2013 at 3:26pm

Thanks, James!  I'm going to try to get some better ones next spring.

Comment by james bluto gillette on November 16, 2013 at 3:01pm

cool video

Comment by Walt Foreman on November 15, 2013 at 9:03pm

Thanks, Bruce and Tony!  Sometimes it almost seems like bluegill have ESP and don't like being on camera - whenever I would point the camera where I had just seen a big one come up, that one would stay out of sight...Until I pointed the camera in another direction, at which point of course the one I had just left would detonate on another pellet.

Comment by Tony Livingston on November 15, 2013 at 5:19pm

It's hard to have the camera directed at exactly the right spot to catch a giant BG as it comes up to take a pellet...I know from experience. It sure gets your heart pounding though when those giant shadows rise up and become visible for just a moment!

Comment by Bruce Condello on November 15, 2013 at 5:08pm

Pretty cool.