Ice Fish Ohio Forum
Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: slabslayer on January 03, 2014, 06:54:35 PM
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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 (http://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.
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what i wanna know is how to keep the dinks off my hook and the big bulls on.
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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)
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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.