Big suprise on the Bluegill bed!

[Ted]

Hope everyones having a great spring!

Gills are spawning. A week of staking out a bed of nice sized gills, finally paid off last week. I caught 100 Bluegill in 4 days (the place I go has a limit of 25 per-day). I only live 1/2 mile from the lake. Three of the 4 days I was home within an hour! The slow day (day four) I was there 3 hours cathing the large females in the 3rd picture.The 4th day the males could be seen but had quit biting again.So I cast off on the deep side of the bed and waited. Here's the highlights.


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Pictures never do fish size justice. These are 5-9" long.


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These range from 1/2 to 1 1/8 pounds.


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This guy must of been attracted to commotion on the Gills being caught, 40 in., Musky. Not sure of the weight me de-liar only goes to 8#, no lie. Caught him 15ft off shore with a #6 hook and 1/2 a nightcrawler!!!! Extra fun cause I was using a 4 1/4 foot ulrta light spinnig rod!

[Ken]

Is there much meat on the gills?

Whatcha' gonna' do with the Musky?

[Ted]

Ken.... good to hear from ya!

A little over 9 pounds of gill fillets in total. The musky was taken direcly to a friend of mine who's a taxidermest. I've never taxied any fish (except for out of the water....lol)

[Ken]

Enjoy the gills! Grill or pan-fry?

That musky mounted on your wall will bring back lots of fun memories.

Thinking of trying (again) this summer to land my dream trophy shark.

[crashdive123]

Nice haul Ted.

[Rick]

That's a nice mess of fish. The older I get the less and less I like fresh water fish but I've sure downed a bunch of blue gill and red ear in my younger days. Fried fish, hush puppies, fresh onion. Man, that was some good chow.

[birdman6660]

bluegills are great grub .. perch even better ... ... mmmmmm !

[shiftyer1]

I love bluegills, sunfish and crappie. Some of the best eating in my opinion.

[oldtrap59]

Nice looking bunch of gills there Ted. I used to fish for gills alot up on the Mississippi around Lansing Iowa when I was living up north. Since I moved down here I've become more of a crappie fisherman. Don't take me wrong though. There isn't a thing wrong with a good mess of gills. Crappies just easier to find in this area.

Oltrap

[adventurestrong]

Nice catch.

[Winter]

Nice score.

[Batch]

Is your friend going to skin mount the muskie?

Most taxidermists will use a fiberglass mold anymore. easier and more durable. you just take a bunch of pictures and measurements and then let the fish go to grow.

[chinookpilot77]

man I can't wait to hit the lake...nice catch!