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red ear in louisiana are called chinqupin i think its a indian name
where is Clinton Reservoir
BOWFIN I HATE THOSE
He's Spawnin
I like Trilene XL in low viz green for panfish on up. Seriously tuff stuff, so long as you keep it fresh and remove any line that has been nicked. Mono is strong, until it gets a nick or a scuff or something of the sort. Then...snap!
Might want co-…
For me, I use good ole Berkely Trilene for my panfishing rods and reels. I go with either 4 or 6lb. test. I don't do that much pure bass fishing and catch a lot during panfishing trips by accident. Look on the rod blank just above the reel seat, and…
In the case of bluegill fishing, I would go for 6-4 pound test copolymer it is less visible than regular monofilament so I can get away with the extra strength. buyer beware though; copolymer is very variable by brand, so don't be cheap, you may get…
I am not sure wally world has this but P-Line is my favorite to use, it is. It is unusually strong, has little stretch, won't break on you when you are tightening a knot or twist up easily. 6lb is all you will ever need, I have caught 12lb drum on a…
I use Power Pro 8lb. test(1 lb. diameter) with a flouro leader or not. You can't beat it.
took the word right out of my mouth jim
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Really it's not that hard to tell the difference Rock Bass are much lighter on the sides while warmouths have much darker bodies and striations going from the eye like many gills and sunnies.
Spoon caught Warmouth
Here in IN the names rockbass and goggle eye are interchangable. The easiest way to tell the difference is to count anal fin spines. The rockbass has 5 or 6 and the warmouth has 3. Rockbass are more commonly found in smallmouth or spotted bass creek…
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- Largest bluegill ever caught?
- 1 pound Caught A shellcracker 9inches
- Favorite place to catch bluegill?
- in Baton Rouge La
- Do you have a pond? If so, describe it.
- no i wish
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mono or fluoro lines
Which is better mono filament of fluorocarbon
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
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- At 2:26pm on May 15, 2009,
Joseph Torres said… - BRIM REAPER
maggots do make good bait i think i have used mealworms and grubs and they work! try out maggots maybe the work wonders!
also on using a fly without a fly rod almost impossible!
- At 5:53pm on April 11, 2009,
Jeff Bernier said… - Thanks I just put it on the water today, I wish I could say I caught a few, but the brim sure were hitting it.
- At 8:43pm on March 30, 2009,
Jim Gronaw said… - Hey Anthony...'Brim Reaper'...great name! You're killin' me, man!
- At 9:24am on March 29, 2009,
Toby Hottle said… - Yeah you go on line at Bass Pro shops and find alot of stuff. I'ts very odd that Wal-Mart doesn't have much .Good Luck Toby
- At 4:07pm on March 28, 2009,
Jeremy R. Mayo said… - SHINNERS SHINNERS SHINNERS! Use lil 2" fathead minnows and target the cyrpress knees with water dropping off to the 8 to 12ft range around them. This months full moon should turn them on to bedding. There running the banks here in Mobile Al. in the delta and on there way to the spawning grounds. Next month water temps should be in the upper 70s so remember to take a basket of crickets and use 2 poles. Your may be lucky and find yourself a bed of gills around the shallow ends of those thick thick treetops while your crappie fishing. I promise your gonna catch a few bass while using fathead minnows so be ready when your fighting him out of the tops with super ultra light tackle.
Take a kid fishing with you.
Mayo
- At 11:13am on March 28, 2009,
Toby Hottle said…
- Hey Anthony, Johnson Bettlespins are good, or a mepps spinner number 0 or 1, Just got Wal-Mart and look around to numerous to name ,have fun Toby
- At 12:12am on March 28, 2009,
Eric "Mountain man" White said… - Anthony the best advice i can give is if what your doing isnt working go back the the stone age and try the simplest form of fishing you can think of that always works for me. wax worms n a bobber is always good if there are lots of fish. if its all babies you catch throw a teaser rod to lure smaller fish and use another pole with more bait and or artificial with a sliver of live bait.
- At 5:58pm on March 27, 2009,
Jim Gronaw said…
- Hey Anthony, thanks for the friendship offer.
Most of the ten inch and larger bluegills that I have caught throughout my life have been fish from small farmponds or small, overlooked public lakes that just don't get the attention of the bigger waters. About 90 % of them were caught on livebait like garden worms or nightcrawlers and at least 50% of those fish were caught throughout the winter months during mild winters...probably the complete opposite of what most gill guys will tell you. For public lakes in your region, I'd surf the net for the top producers of citation gills and concentrate on those lakes.
For slab crappies, alot of the 13 to 16 inch fish have come from public lakes during a timeframe when the size-structure of the fish are on the upswing. Most crappie waters go through up and down 'cycles' where fish are smallish for several years and then they start to yield bigger slabs for a few seasons. Every lake has a different 'cycle' and some lakes kick out monsters for many years in succession. Again, reserch from baitshops and the net , will help put you on waters that are currently producing the bigger fish.
Takes a little work, but well worth it! Good Luck! Jim Gronaw
- At 5:26pm on March 27, 2009,
Mike Flanagan said… - Anthony,
First, you have to fish waters that hold big gills. You may know these already, but here are tips from my experience...
1) I LOVE tight lining for big gills...here's the way I rig up...
a small egg or bullet slip sinker with your line running through it. then a snap or snap swivel (I like black) on the end of the line. snap on a size 10 snelled hook baited with whatever bait you like. Key here is that the gill can run with the bait & feel no drag as your line is running THROUGH your sinker.
2) Bobber fishing...I like the weighted bobbers...keep them as small as you can & DO NOT use "round" ones. The oval or "stick" type create less drag. "Pin mins" or small "ice spoons" tipped with maggots or wax worms are deadly under a bobber.
3) MOST IMPORTANT...Watch, listen, & learn! I am 62 years old & learn EVERY trip out.
Hope this helped. Hope you nail a bunch of bulls!
Mike
- At 6:57pm on March 26, 2009,
Mike Flanagan said…
- Anthony,
Thanks for the kind words about my gills.
What type fishing do you do? Is it spin fishing? Fly fishing? Bobbers & live bait? lures/flies? tightline? I have fished all those methods & there are some good tips, but I still have a lot to learn too.
Mike
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Ditto, but they shut up after going with or eating the results.
Aw shucks there I go making a fool out of myself on line again. Sorry about the whole rooked thing, I saw that was on a different post of one of your pics Zach. I'm a little paranoid about Google, so thats where that came from. I've gotta work on my…
thats a big ole chinqupin
My stomach usually doesn't give the scales enough time to join in on the action though.
They are a very different fish I'll say that. The best I have figured so far is that they like the bottom and live bait, not to say that they wont strike an artificial, it takes some real skill though from what I can gather and I really admire those…
I was kind of worried about that, but I have seen some variations of Hybrids look this way, or at least that is what was posted on the internet.
We always called these black pearch.
To be honest I do not think the Green Sunfish have the yellow bel…
I am still trying to figure out how to fish for Redear. I have not had much luck with them. The seem to be pretty smart.
Do you have tricks you would like to share on catching these guys?
Did you happen to get the weight of any of these fish?
They fight just like a big bluegill. I am told you can eat them but haven't tried yet. The ones we caught today went to a friend who has a pet shop. I wouldn't mind trying them though. They are local to south Texas and I would imagine that they eat…
Oops sorry Zach I forgot about need a trout stamp on your license.
Bank access has improved since they began stocking trout back in the late 90's. As of now State regs require a trout license to fish it during the season ($10). If you plan to launch a boat you will need a permit. Not sure about other options as far…
About the only time you can fish Pawhuska from the bank is when they drop the lake for trout season. There is no cost to fish it.
I know, I will have to try it out this fall when the temps drop a bit. Can you fish it from the bank at all, and is there a cost to fish it?
Oh brother, Zach living in Northeast Oklahoma and having not fished this lake before......Let me tell you.
A spring fed 90 Acres of Heaven.
The wildlife department comes in and stocks trout every other week from November until the end of March (bl…
Cedric you are truly gifted to be capable of putting things like this into the words they way that you do. I've been reading your posts, you have just gained a huge fan. Cant wait to hear more from you!
I have yet to fish lake Pawhuska, is it a nice lake? Did they stock everything in it?
So how do they fight and can you eat them?
almost has a knot head
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