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Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: icebucketjohn on November 18, 2015, 11:15:17 AM

Title: Bluegill Burlesque
Post by: icebucketjohn on November 18, 2015, 11:15:17 AM

Hand sized Fatties:

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Post by: icebucketjohn on November 18, 2015, 11:18:07 AM

More Teasers:

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Post by: slabslayer on November 18, 2015, 02:04:00 PM

Now that's making me excited to go bluegill fishing!   ;D  The only time I target bluegill is thru the ice, but there's nothing like a 9 or 10" bull gill on the end of your 1 pound line. Can't wait to get on C-5, then Moggy. Hope Nimi picks up this year. Last year size was way down. Got tons over 9" 2 years ago but only 1 from Nimi last year. Had to go elsewhere to get the big ones. But on a positive note, the size at Moggy has really stepped up!

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Post by: Badgerstate36 on November 18, 2015, 02:19:19 PM

Those are some nice Bluegills!  :o

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Post by: icebucketjohn on November 18, 2015, 03:12:40 PM

Yeah, Nimmy was a tad disappointing for me last season eventhough the weather was fantastic.  I caught 1/2 the number of panfish in comparison to the previous season.

From my Moggy observations, the fishery has continued to improve for the last 5-7 years.  I dont think it'll ever return to it's once great throne of being one of the top bluegill Ohio lakes, but it is getting better.

Title: Re: Bluegill Burlesque
Post by: g on November 18, 2015, 07:00:02 PM

Nice mess of gills ibj. Bad thing is people over harvest the bigger fish and the fishery declines. Happens at far to many lakes. Luckily, I have a pond that is loaded with bullgills.

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Post by: snowcone on November 18, 2015, 08:50:38 PM

loaded pond heh? lets blast  heheh hey icebucket how did you teach those fish to face the same way ?   heheh    and your right moggy will not be back to the old days without the weed cover it had....and nimi wasn't a gill place last year. and I have noticed that perch seem to be exploding all over on inland lakes...moggy has some nice perch,

Title: Re: Bluegill Burlesque
Post by: slabslayer on November 19, 2015, 05:32:20 AM

Yes it does. And I agree that it'll never be back to the glory days. It's improves over several years ago, you can catch more than a 4"fish now, but we'll never see the good ol days again. The 9"+ gills should be released. Good breed stock. I never keep anything over 9.

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Post by: icebucketjohn on November 19, 2015, 08:59:04 AM

Dream Tuggers

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Post by: Aristarchus on November 20, 2015, 07:14:13 AM

This is killing me  :)

Next week I'll be taking the gills I have in the freezer down to Tennessee to give to my folks. I need to replenish the supply.

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Post by: g on November 20, 2015, 08:04:51 AM

Sweet pictures ibj. Love it when you can lip panfish.

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Post by: icebucketjohn on November 20, 2015, 08:12:36 AM

The ADDICTION continues: