Bluegill and Summer Speck

Fishing Panfish & Warm Water
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No bass this morning at Lake Manatee – even though I got to fish about 40 minutes before sunrise. Not even a lost fish. The bluegill bite was off somewhat, too.

But I finally got into them later in the morning. Caught about 15 hand-sized bluegill and one really nice speckled perch. All on my Myakka Minnow. The speck (black crappie) was a surprise this time on year. Caught it in a creek channel around a submerged bush.

Home by noon.

Female bluegill:

Summer speck:

Male bluegill:

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Looks like a great time on the water. There is something relaxing about panfish on a fly.

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If you feel like trying a surface pattern. On my blog in my fly box is a pattern called the Elk Hair Cricket. It is my go-to bluegill pattern. Good fishin!

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Hi Steve,

Wow, great day. The fish look great.

Regards,

Gandolf