good stuff!!
good stuff!!
Stating up in the low 70's all week!
played around for about an hour today but should get a good half day thursday and friday. These were typical of the bass and bream today. The bream were all pretty good sized copper nose and the bas were all about 1 to 1 1/2 pounds
"some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." Tony Blake
Up here in PA we call bream bluegills. That sure is a wide body in the picture. I just love filleting a bunch. I caught some through the ice a few weeks back and I filleted them. Then I mixed some flour, old bay seasoning, garlic powder and pepper in a ziplock bag, through in the fillets like shake and bake, then fried 'em in olive oil and a bit of margerine. My mother just loves them.
We call bluegills, bluegills also, sometimes we call a birddog a pointer, but sometimes we just call him a dog. Pretty much the same thing.
As for the width of the bluegill in the photo, he has small hands, couldn't palm a basketball until he was 6 years old.
Last edited by Uncle Jesse; 02-16-2011 at 12:48 PM.
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Went out today. The weather is great. We had 75 for the high today. The bream were biting. Most were caught on a #10 wooly bugger in a green sparkle chenille with black hackle. I tried a few of Zacs flies he sent me and had a few on a purple thing. He can tell you what it was.
"some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." Tony Blake
That's not a bad string of bluegill for the middle of MS in February. I checked out a lake that was drained and restocked about 3 years ago. I caught a few but they were small, I used a Mykka minnow. I'm about 100 miles north and 800 ft. higher in elevation than Jackson, I am hoping that is the difference.
I think I will float a section of the Hooch tomorrow afternoon and see if I can get a trout or two to bite. They are going to have to run Daytona without me tomorrow.
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NICE, Chris! That is one sweet stringer of gills. That purple fly is a simple little minnow pattern. Size 8 Mustad 3366, bead chain eyes, rabbit fur tail, and chenille body. It will catch 'em...
My buddy and I went to a dock this morning and brought home 16 gills. Most on plastics, a few on maggots. Fly fishing time is just around the corner for us!
The Green Hornet strikes again!!!
I grew up fishing ponds around Vicksburg with my Grandma. This thread makes me really miss those days and makes me wish I could go back with a fly rod. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
Chris
St. Louis, MO
When they get on their beds you need to try one of these. That's a great start for the year you had there.
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Absolutely Uncle Jesse!
"some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." Tony Blake