If you fish for bluegill.......

[slabslayer]

Since I've been laid up, I've had some time to poke around the recesses of the internet. As a fisherman, I'm interested in learning about the fish themselves. Knowing their habits, biology, and makeup. This is as much or more interesting than a fishing article to me. Knowing the fish makes you a better fisherman. To that end I found a very interesting book. Bluegills: biology and behavior. It is available at www.fisheries.org. You'll need to type bluegill in the search window in the bookstore for it to come up.  It's on sale now too!  I saw it referenced a while back in the in fisherman ice annual but forgot about it. I love to bluegill fish thru the ice and I'm learning a lot. For instance I didn't know when a fish swims thru the water it leaves a wake that a bluegill can detect up to 5 minutes after the fish has passed. Very interesting reading, I highly recommend it to other bluegill fishermen.

P.S.  It's just an interesting read fellow bluegill anglers might enjoy, I get nothing from any sales of the book.

[jaybird62]

what i wanna know is how to keep the dinks off my hook and the big bulls on. 

[riverrunt]

I like big bluegills i cannot lie!!Looks like an interesting read.Have you ever been to bigbluegill.com lot of interesting articles/blogs about gills.I love seeing  those 2lb plus gill pics.I like to fry some of them bad boys up every once in a while .My profile there is same name(riverrrunt)

[jmsteele187]

what i wanna know is how to keep the dinks off my hook and the big bulls on. 




Keeping the dinks off isn't that hard.  Use a camera and bigger baits, that the dinks can't bite.  You may catch less fish, but you will catch bigger fish.