They should of went back to keep the big gill genes in the lake[emoji6]
Lol jk nice catch flathead.
I love fishing for big gills but I have no urge to clean them. To much work for not enough meat. I keep 20-30 throughout ice season but that's it. Got a farm pond I fish and It produces 9-11" gills daily and they all just go back
Nice gills in this thread for sure. Looks like fun!
Though maybe throw a few back... Some Amish may look up to you, but anyone with a sense of conservation in mind may look more in disgust than admiration. Perhaps a re-read of Kant's Categorical Imperative is in order. What if everyone kept 600-800 gills per year? Mogadore Reservoir's depleted bluegill/red-ear stock may provide a clue of the consequences...
Caught several(30-35) myself today on a frog,chartreuse, orange rooster tail with a gold willow leaf blade. All outta one spot in 3-5fow.
Caught about 40 crappie out of three different holes. A mixed batch of white and black. All in 6-8fow. Caught most of them casting and slow retrieving a pink headed 1/16oz jig with a chartruese twister tail.
Caught 3LMB with the largest being right at 2lb. All caught on white/red spinner bait with tandem, silver willowleaf blades.
Fished on Leesville this weekend caught a few really fat bluegill I would assume to be full of eggs also got a few crappie and a few bass I was mainly after musky but I did stop to catch some dinner. Some were on worms and white or crystal colored grubs seemed to be the ticket water was 63 degrees
Good report! Maybe I shoulda fished LL today instead of fishin Hargus yesterday.
Caught plenty crappie and gill but the bite was surely slow. And you're right, they were very skiddish. Took a lot of finessing with them.
Ended up with 11 nice crappie and two gill.
Had that exact thing happen with a school I had spotted just off shore. Made a cast in and as soon as I swung my arm, they dove. Ended up having to put a small split shot just up from the 1/32oz jig and stay way out and cast as far as I could to get into them.
Really like Rose Lake. There are some huge bass in there for sure. Friend and I used to fish it out of a John boat. That hill is just too much to drag a boat up anymore.
Have often thought about tube fishing it.
It's a shame they don't stock the big breeder trout there they used to. Fishing for the smaller ones just isn't the same.
fished a strip mine pond at 650 yesterday with my little girl. gills definitely on beds but were still catchable. we took about a dozen home with us. all in the 10in range.
Yesterday evening my son decided that after his fat 3 hour mid day nap that he wanted to go fishing again. We decided to try out Lake Snowden. Did not know that they charged 4 dollars to launch. Told Little Man that we better get our money's worth. Most of the bedding areas were pretty much empty. We did find one pocket though. Ended up keeping around 60 fish. My son landed his first two Fish Ohio sunfish of the year. I think we got our money's worth.
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That's surely more than a $4 smile on your sons face.
Glad you guys got into them.
Took the G-son to Hargus Fri. about 2pm. With the heat, tried to talk him out of it telling him they wouldn't be hitting, but he wasn't buying it.
Headed straight for one of the little crappie holes and anchored.
Wouldn't ya know we started hitting crappie on just about every cast using hot pink 1/16oz. jig with a 2" white pearl twister tail. But they were very color sensitive. First tried a white tail, then chartruese. Nothing!
Soon as we went to the pearl white...that was the ticket. Caught about 20 in a row, reached down and picked up the white tail and again, nothing for about a dozen casts. Went back to pearl and instantly hooked up.
Ended up limiting out with 60 over 9" and 5 big gill.
G-son started using a spinning reel for the first time and it was fun teaching him the ropes. He actually did better and could cast further with it than his little closed face.
Guess what he wants for getting honor roll on his final report card.
The other night when the G-son and I got home it was about 9:30.
While we were eating dinner, the G-son looks over and says, "papaw, are you still gonna show me how to clean the fish"?
I told him I was beat and the fish were on plenty of ice and I didn't plan on cleaning them till morning. He finished eating and talks to G-am for awhile. Later he says to me, "papaw, I have to leave early in the morning cause I have a ball game and I'd sure like for you to teach me to clean the fish".
It's now about midnight. We head downstairs, dump the fish in the sink and get all prepped to clean. The 1st three fish, he was on my shoulder and I was explaining each step. By fish number five, I looked over and the little turd was over in a chair asleep.
Cleaned fish solo for the next two hrs. and didn't get to bed till after three.
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