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nice videos those where some bigguns hope to see more like these love pan fishing thank you for sharing have you tried the pen rod and reel it be cool to see u catch some fish specially pan fish on those tiny rods and reel thank you for sharing by the way what pound test pound test line where you using tight lines and sharp hooks
Very nice video. Let me get straight to the point. Name your price, I need you to send me a Male and female bluegill. Very serious!!!!!!! Contact Lgarner818@gmail.com
In the areas north of Fort Worth Texas, there's lots of stock tanks that are never fished.. There's some fat and healthy largemouth bass in those stock tanks...
I caught 15 bluegills in the 2 pound region in a place called ”Suches Lake” in North Georgia. They tasted great filleted and fried slow in the frying pan with tarter sauce.
Fishing with Nordbye You're so blessed to be able to fish as much as you do. A preacher by the name of William Branham said ”The time you spend fishing is not counted against the end of your life." He said it to help us realize just how important it is to get "recreation" to let pressure off. You should live forever...
I believe in speed limits but I'm not gonna stop eating because some law says that i can't catch enough for dinner for the week. I love fishing and LUUUV to eat fish too.
Very refreshing to see someone on RUclips eating what they catch! So many RUclipsrs are catch and release because they are afraid of what people will say if they aren’t. Bet is was an excellent meal. Well done!
These comments are strange.. throw them back? Im from mississippi those bream will take over a private pond.. we go to private lakes and catch 60 or 80 at a time.. all huge.. must be an up north thing.. thats regular fishing our way.. good work guys
From up north here and can say, nope not a northern thing at all. If I am fishing for fun and not wanting to carry them back, would throw them back. But you know how long one single guy could eat one twenty bluegill that size, LONG DAMN TIME. Though I can't filet for sh**, and our lake where I grew up fishing, we had to many mouths to feed to quickly, to take that much time. I usually scale-um, head off and cavity cleaned out. Then breaded and fried.
Nothing beats a bluegill for fish eating pleasure...nothing. The slightly sweet meat, the firm texture, the mild flavor that never overpowers, and it's lean...to me, bluegill is the perfect panfish. And those were beautiful specimens you caught. My dad and I would go fish a small pond on his foreman's property in late May/early June after he'd get off work once or twice a week. It was spring fed and deep, if not particularly large. We'd catch maybe 12-15 fish between the two of us in the hour or two we had to fish there before dark, 20 if we were lucky. But they were always lunker bluegill like those. We'd get a couple meals out of the filets off those suckers! Great vid guys!!!
My very first solo fishing expedition (6 or 7 years old) was with a cane pole, a hook and a bobber in a tiny 'gill pond. Fell in love with fishing and have been at it ever since. Wish there were more good bluegill ponds around but I think they get crowded since very few fish for'em and now they're mostly little 6-8 inchers. As a kid, they were 1-2 pounders!
No such thing as private water in Wisconsin. A pond 100% surrounded by private property you wouldn't be able to get caught because DNR won't trespass to check you, but you better not drive off the property with more than your bag limit.
Nice video guys. The FUTURE ahead is Extremely important for the Balance of fish in the Lake. A few Large Gills can be harvested, but definitely remove the Small brood. That removes the Stunted Growth of Over-Populated smaller fish.
I subscribed. Good clean video. Bluegill and shellcracker are my favorite fish to catch. Great to hear you give the Lord praise for his handiwork! Another reason I subscribed
You should try using ultralights, makes it a little more fun, also the ones with the orange were shellcracker (aka green sunfish), and a few were shellcracker bluegill hybrids, or "green bluegill" (green sunfish + bluegill)
If you click on the link to the spinning rod in the description of my video, it will take you to Cadence Fishing where you can get the best quality at a very cheap price! I recommend a 6' medium light pole for gillies and a size 2000 reel, whatever model you like most! You my code in the description for a discount!
Did you guys ever notice how you can find bluegill beds by smelling them from over 100 feet away? Works for bass, too. They have a different smell. And yes, God is the master painter, regarding sunsets.
Dude...you smoking that wacky backy before you go fishing!!!i wonder if i smoked enough if i could smell a shit coming on before i had to that way i could hit the woods
I've been catching big bluegills for well over50 years, u take the big ones out eat that sweet meat they will replenish fish that big means the hole is about to be In3 trouble and don't worry you r not going to catch all of them. Nothing better than fillet of blugillas also cook with the eggs in like the old folks used to good eating if you want just filet for the little people.
Dennis Cruz I was using a Cadence Fishing CS5 reel and CR5 rod! I have a link to their website in my description. You can also get a discount if you use my code I wrote in the description. I’d get a medium light pole for panfish
Wesley Adolph, my PB for Carp at the moment is 11lb 5oz. Talk about a fight!!! Caught him off a Lake Pier using dough bait!! Didn't have my net so I had to walk him all the way around the Pier to land him!!
all of these comments saying to throw the big blue gills back in. I would have thrown them right in a pan of hot grease. If y'all are so worried about it then maybe you shouldn't be fishing at all. Thers people that fish to eat and the big blue gill have a lot of meat
@Trident Pulse Fishing the smaller bluegills are their brothers or children with less years. Take out a big one and more food for a big one to grow into its place. Selective harvesting, please don't dumbass somone for harvesting the big ones like any other farm does.
An extensive (and very costly) study of walleye spawn in MN showed that although the larger females did spawn more eggs, the hatch rate was much lower. The fact is the 3-5 pound walleyes are far more productive than their 6+ pound sisters. Another issue I have with this comment section is that the big ones are bigger because of genetics or something... they are big because of their habitat. Drop a thousand small bluegills from a hundred different lakes in this one and the survivors will thrive as these have.
Fishing with Nordbye any specific place like the name of it? Edit: Just wondering even though I’m in Florida because I want to visit this place in the future even though my pond had tons of giant blues
Nice Gills! Just remember to put some BACK , so the next time you show up they are still there. Small pond like that , can get fished out quick! Goodluck and tightlines!
I pulled in a few decently sized bluegill myself. One the biggest I ever caught! Put up a hell of a fight but I reeled him. Later on he became my dinner, so I'm fairly happy.
I was just scrolling through the comments and I saw a few that said that it was wrong that he kept so many fish. I 100% disagree. Look at it this way. If you can catch your 20, limit of giant gills in less than an hour doesn't it mean there over popolated a bit? I mean he did say he caught two bass but if you can catch all those hills in that amount of time then it's not bad. Plus what if he is in need of the meat. Not everyone has parents that but them McDonald's whenever they ask for it.
it most likely means they were spawning. bluegill are highly aggressive during spawning and therefore quite easy to catch by the HUNDREDS if you know what your doing. you can literally clean them out completely if you keep them all. trust me I've seen it happen.
Not trying to be the fish police, but if you want to maintain the size structure in that pond, throw the 10+ gills back and keep fish under 10. Good genes in those bull gills that need to be passed on.
CZYK Republic You are correct. The really big bulls should be released, specially when spawning. The difference between an 8 and a 10 incher when eating is like 1/2 a forkfull
Average lifespan of bluegill is 5 to 8 yrs with the 10 inch size slot falling into the 7 and 8 year range , by that catch and release those that fall into that range logic your saying just let those fish die off naturally and take the younger healthier fish
Tim justtim Its not "my logic", Its what the fish biologists say. I've seen compelling studies about it. I dont remember all the details, but when they try to make trophy bluegill water, they put in special regulations, usually a slot limit, and releasing the big males
Yup he got it mounted and we still have the original mount and we have his paper from the Texas parks and wildlife and have his artical in the newspaper I also have his reel it was an old zebco proboly from the 50s
Very nice vid. Coud you please let me know what county are you fishing? This was late May 2018 and ticks were already everywhere...hate those things! Thumbs up, Don a Bluegill Fan from Jefferson City.
When fishing for bluegill and crappie- if using live bait do you try to set the hook after a first bite? or wait until the second? I've been waiting for the 2nd and wonder if i'm missing fish. I figured if it was live bait, that jig/wax worm could be in it's mouth while i'm waiting on the 2nd bite? Idk..and do you just raise the pole to set the hook? Thanks in advance.
let me ask you something could you shipped those large blue gill to pa if i would pay you for catching and cleaning them on hot iced bob sims pa we dont have blue gills that large and i love eating them let me know this information ok thanks
Ultralight doesn't mean a short rod. I like a longer 7'6'' or 8' rod for light line, the longer rod acts as a better shock absorber for 2 and 4lb test line and cast 1/32 and 1/16 oz. jigs better.
Back in the olden days SW Iowa poppers fly rod. Big ones like what you’re catching. Really good eating. The slough was on my uncles farm. To keep the ticks off we would walk in the water.
Actually there are a LOT of reasons to keep them. I've seen first hand what happens to them when they over populate. It stunts their growth and the start to starve. Pulling 20-30 blue gills out of that pond won't hurt anything.
I enjoyed the video but keeping all those hugh gills is wrong. Dude they are spawning or getting ready to spawn.take a couple but you guys are Meat Hoggs.
This pond is loaded with these. We did keep our limit, but next time we will be throwing the giants back for future generations of gillies and keeping the mid size! 20 gills filled will feed about 4 people. So not necessarily meat hogs lol
Basscaster I agree 100 percent, take a few to eat however in a lake that small keeping all the spawners will leave nothing to seed the lake in the future. You dont have reach alimit to have plenty fillits for the table. And please dont let them sit in the cooler and go bad as i have seen some so called fisherman do.
Spawning?? We say “ on the bed” down here in South Carolina bo lol, just kiddn , those bluegills are sweeeettttt, we catchem like that in ponds round here, area are a little darker , almost black, but it depends what color your pond water is , nice vid dude
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Just watched this video. Way to slay those fish.
Fishing with Nordbye nannnn,, who doesn’t love a nice fat bluegill!!?? the best tasting pond fish.. where were y’all fishing??
nice videos those where some bigguns hope to see more like these love pan fishing thank you for sharing have you tried the pen rod and reel it be cool to see u catch some fish specially pan fish on those tiny rods and reel thank you for sharing by the way what pound test pound test line where you using tight lines and sharp hooks
Very nice video. Let me get straight to the point. Name your price, I need you to send me a Male and female bluegill. Very serious!!!!!!! Contact Lgarner818@gmail.com
what state is this
At 13:28... Amen 🙏 God is good! And I am so happy
Thank you Robert!
That’s it. I’ve had enough. I’m going fishing
jmvmike Lol! Did you go? I used to catch decent Bluegill in Missouri! I moved to WA & it's been sad! I miss good sized Bluegill! Hope you did good!
Man I feel you. Me too
Dude! Get it Dude, like Dude they are huge Dudes!
It’s 35°F here :(
In the areas north of Fort Worth Texas, there's lots of stock tanks that are never fished.. There's some fat and healthy largemouth bass in those stock tanks...
This is by far the best bluegill video I've seen too date. Great jobs!
Thank you very much! More vids to come!
A pan full of sunnies(that's what we called them in Mn growning up) and a batch of Moral mushrooms, now that's heaven.
Oh yes it is! Yum!
I’ve never seen bluegill that big before! Wow.
They were some biggins!
Hybrids
James Gray what do you mean
@@lajackabill mixes of different types of Panfish
Cole Plays Games it’s just cross breeds. Sometimes they’ll get huge. I have some in my pond
What are some colors for big gills and name jigs
I caught 15 bluegills in the 2 pound region in a place called ”Suches Lake” in North Georgia. They tasted great filleted and fried slow in the frying pan with tarter sauce.
Sounds amazing!
Fishing with Nordbye You're so blessed to be able to fish as much as you do. A preacher by the name of William Branham said ”The time you spend fishing is not counted against the end of your life." He said it to help us realize just how important it is to get "recreation" to let pressure off. You should live forever...
You don't fry fish slow. Not if you want it crispy and not greasy.
They taste so good, but so little meat!
Where is suches lake? I live in hall county so I’m pushing north Georgia but I’ve never heard of it
Looks like y’all are having a great time! Bluegills on a fly are a whole lot of fun you should give it a try!
You caught your limit within 40 min? I'm so jealous.
Big Worm lol it takes me 4 hours to catch 3 gillies
There's a limit on blue gill?
I believe in speed limits but I'm not gonna stop eating because some law says that i can't catch enough for dinner for the week. I love fishing and LUUUV to eat fish too.
Very refreshing to see someone on RUclips eating what they catch! So many RUclipsrs are catch and release because they are afraid of what people will say if they aren’t. Bet is was an excellent meal. Well done!
"If I was a bluegill, I'd totally spawn over there" lmao 😂🤣🤣
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i so respect when fisherman don't throw the fish and set them down gently in the water. youve got a new sub!
Thank you! God bless!
Same! I've always been a catch and release fisherman
@@mikequinn5613 I respect that
Great job Y'all! That was fun. My son Seamus, 8 yrs old, loved it as well. He is ready to go fishing!
Thank you! I bet so! That's where it all starts!
Why they don't have a Blue gill pro shop?
They do, look at Bass Pro Shops or Cabella's. They have everything you could imagine!
Omg right
@@johnwilliamson2276 that isn't what he said. He asked why there isn't a pro bluegill shop.
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Nice job, beautiful place, fabulous fish, and thanks for a clean, wholesome presentation without expletivity or negativity!!
Thank you David! That's what it is about!
Those are some big bluegills. Here in Texas there's no limit on how many you can keep because there's so many.
That's awesome. Less biggins here in Missouri!
Fishing with Nordbye you should try shellcrackers. Now those fish would give your light tackle a real workout.
It's 100 limit fish where we fish in Ms
That's awesome!
@@slimetymeent.5863 20 a piece in North Dakota
I love how you keep your fish
Whats ur fav color of jigs for catching gills?
The ones I used in this vid!
These comments are strange.. throw them back? Im from mississippi those bream will take over a private pond.. we go to private lakes and catch 60 or 80 at a time.. all huge.. must be an up north thing.. thats regular fishing our way.. good work guys
Appreciate it! I do see their point. Limits are there for a reason as well.
From up north here and can say, nope not a northern thing at all. If I am fishing for fun and not wanting to carry them back, would throw them back. But you know how long one single guy could eat one twenty bluegill that size, LONG DAMN TIME. Though I can't filet for sh**, and our lake where I grew up fishing, we had to many mouths to feed to quickly, to take that much time. I usually scale-um, head off and cavity cleaned out. Then breaded and fried.
@it'sallhappening The only way we eat them in my house! My little girl loves eating the fins!
Same. They overrun ponds and lakes around here. We have a 100 per person per day limit and still have huge numbers of bluegill and redear.
I really appreciate your fishing channel but most of all that your believers. Truly blessed
God bless.
John from Fresno California
Thank you Jon! God bless!
When I'm fishing in tall grass like that, I always tuck my pants legs into my socks to keep the ticks from climbing up. Simple but effective.
Good idea for sure
Nothing beats a bluegill for fish eating pleasure...nothing. The slightly sweet meat, the firm texture, the mild flavor that never overpowers, and it's lean...to me, bluegill is the perfect panfish. And those were beautiful specimens you caught. My dad and I would go fish a small pond on his foreman's property in late May/early June after he'd get off work once or twice a week. It was spring fed and deep, if not particularly large. We'd catch maybe 12-15 fish between the two of us in the hour or two we had to fish there before dark, 20 if we were lucky. But they were always lunker bluegill like those. We'd get a couple meals out of the filets off those suckers! Great vid guys!!!
Yes they are the best!! Thanks! Awesome!
What a great fishing hole. Thanks for the video.
Why do you need a bobber with jig?
Allows you to fish it slower. If you watched, I took it off because they didn't want it slow.
My very first solo fishing expedition (6 or 7 years old) was with a cane pole, a hook and a bobber in a tiny 'gill pond. Fell in love with fishing and have been at it ever since. Wish there were more good bluegill ponds around but I think they get crowded since very few fish for'em and now they're mostly little 6-8 inchers. As a kid, they were 1-2 pounders!
If your fishing private land your limit is how many the landowner allows. State laws don't apply
Gary Finger Not in PA. They can pinch us on almost anything.
Wrong. Read your guide.
In Ky, like every state I have fished in, (19), if you don't own it, the laws apply, including a license. Some pay lakes are exempt.
Unless of course the owner places stricter limits.
No such thing as private water in Wisconsin. A pond 100% surrounded by private property you wouldn't be able to get caught because DNR won't trespass to check you, but you better not drive off the property with more than your bag limit.
Nice video guys.
The FUTURE ahead is Extremely important for the Balance of fish in the Lake. A few Large Gills can be harvested, but definitely remove the Small brood. That removes the Stunted Growth of Over-Populated smaller fish.
You are correct! We have been back to this pond many times and thrown them all back! Go check out my latest ice fishing vid here!
I subscribed. Good clean video. Bluegill and shellcracker are my favorite fish to catch. Great to hear you give the Lord praise for his handiwork! Another reason I subscribed
Thank you Kent!
What size ACC crappie rod do you use for casting 7.6 I want kind of reel do you use is it a 1000 series
You should try using ultralights, makes it a little more fun, also the ones with the orange were shellcracker (aka green sunfish), and a few were shellcracker bluegill hybrids, or "green bluegill" (green sunfish + bluegill)
U ever tried bass fishing with ultralights
I have been looking for a place to catch big bluegill close to Sherman,Tx. Can anyone help
I HOPE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF OIL THEY ARE GOING TO BE SO GOOD.
What is a good right setup for breams fishing
If you click on the link to the spinning rod in the description of my video, it will take you to Cadence Fishing where you can get the best quality at a very cheap price! I recommend a 6' medium light pole for gillies and a size 2000 reel, whatever model you like most! You my code in the description for a discount!
Always love the bream fishing, best eating ever
You are right about that!
Andrew Snyder Check out 3 pound crappie
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Hey Cody where y'all fishing at and would you consider ever fishing in South Carolina(Sumter)?
Missouri! Maybe if I ever come out that way!
Did you guys ever notice how you can find bluegill beds by smelling them from over 100 feet away? Works for bass, too. They have a different smell. And yes, God is the master painter, regarding sunsets.
What can you explain this?
Please elaborate on the smell. You mean how bluegill smell like grass and bass have that fleshy smell?
Yea, I’m confused. 😆
Dude...you smoking that wacky backy before you go fishing!!!i wonder if i smoked enough if i could smell a shit coming on before i had to that way i could hit the woods
@@BAMA-2019 😂
Those bluegill are nice, I’m trying to thin out some small ones out of the ponds around me and just use them for catfish bait
Good job
Those are great catfish bait is they're smaller!
Nice job! Those are some giant gills. Great eating for sure!
Yes they are! Thank you!
I've been catching big bluegills for well over50 years, u take the big ones out eat that sweet meat they will replenish fish that big means the hole is about to be In3 trouble and don't worry you r not going to catch all of them. Nothing better than fillet of blugillas also cook with the eggs in like the old folks used to good eating if you want just filet for the little people.
larry fruit how do you cook with eggs please give me that idea too.
Would you please share with us the exact make and model of the rod you used in this video? The handle is interestingly long.
Yeah! It's a 6'6" Cadence fishing cr6 rod. I think it's linked in this video description! Get the split grip! They have them on amazon
Thanks for showing set up.....
Let me know if you have other questions!
Hey man i just saw your video and i am wondering what kinda of pole and reel are you using . help a fisherman out .
Dennis Cruz I was using a Cadence Fishing CS5 reel and CR5 rod! I have a link to their website in my description. You can also get a discount if you use my code I wrote in the description. I’d get a medium light pole for panfish
+Fishing with Nordbye Awesome thanks man
Crazy Giants!!! Bluegill are some amazing fighters!!!
Yes they are!
Have you never hooked a carp
K&B Anglers Check out 3 pound crappie
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Wesley Adolph, my PB for Carp at the moment is 11lb 5oz. Talk about a fight!!! Caught him off a Lake Pier using dough bait!! Didn't have my net so I had to walk him all the way around the Pier to land him!!
Those were some beautiful gills ..... reminds me of my youthful fishing days.... fishing for gillies in the brush at Lower Lake Otay, CA.
Thank you Jimmy! Good times!
5 wt fly rod and some small cork bodied poppers or muddler minnows .... much more fun.
Yes Sir!!! 😎👍
Get a 4-5wt fly rod and a wooly bugger and the fun level goes up tenfold. Great gills and great videos!!
Scott Neth that is a blast! I’ll have to do a vid on that!
all of these comments saying to throw the big blue gills back in. I would have thrown them right in a pan of hot grease. If y'all are so worried about it then maybe you shouldn't be fishing at all. Thers people that fish to eat and the big blue gill have a lot of meat
Great video, keep up the good work, one more thing, I'm jealous. God Bless you.
Yes, but the big panfish will make more babies than the smaller ones.
and pass on the big bluegill genes.
@Trident Pulse Fishing the smaller bluegills are their brothers or children with less years. Take out a big one and more food for a big one to grow into its place. Selective harvesting, please don't dumbass somone for harvesting the big ones like any other farm does.
An extensive (and very costly) study of walleye spawn in MN showed that although the larger females did spawn more eggs, the hatch rate was much lower. The fact is the 3-5 pound walleyes are far more productive than their 6+ pound sisters. Another issue I have with this comment section is that the big ones are bigger because of genetics or something... they are big because of their habitat. Drop a thousand small bluegills from a hundred different lakes in this one and the survivors will thrive as these have.
Where you located in mo?
Northwest Corner!
Where is this conservation area?
In Missouri!
Fishing with Nordbye any specific place like the name of it?
Edit: Just wondering even though I’m in Florida because I want to visit this place in the future even though my pond had tons of giant blues
Secret!
Fishing with Nordbye okay you probably don’t want people basically raping the place
But my pond also has tons of big blues that 9 10 inches on average
Nice Gills! Just remember to put some BACK , so the next time you show up they are still there. Small pond like that , can get fished out quick! Goodluck and tightlines!
Those are nice gills especially since they aren't being fed.
Yessir
exactly 😃
Man,I've never seen such beautiful gills in my life. You caught them in record time.
Thanks Leon!
Nice blue Gill
Thank you!
Never saw anything like that in my life! Wow. Raining huge fish from heaven. Fun.
Haha it was very fun!
Giant gills are great never seen them caught on grubs like that. Fly fishing for them is amazing tho!
We have much BETTER luck jigging with 1/16 once jigs then grubs,worms.
What is the best bait for blue gills
Gemini Walka hard to beat an earthworms or this jig in the video!
that tick probably got on you when you dropped that bluegill
I pulled in a few decently sized bluegill myself. One the biggest I ever caught! Put up a hell of a fight but I reeled him. Later on he became my dinner, so I'm fairly happy.
Very cool!!
I was just scrolling through the comments and I saw a few that said that it was wrong that he kept so many fish. I 100% disagree. Look at it this way. If you can catch your 20, limit of giant gills in less than an hour doesn't it mean there over popolated a bit? I mean he did say he caught two bass but if you can catch all those hills in that amount of time then it's not bad. Plus what if he is in need of the meat. Not everyone has parents that but them McDonald's whenever they ask for it.
Limits are there for a reason. I do agree with best fish management practices. I will not be keeping any more gills out of this pond until next year.
it most likely means they were spawning. bluegill are highly aggressive during spawning and therefore quite easy to catch by the HUNDREDS if you know what your doing. you can literally clean them out completely if you keep them all. trust me I've seen it happen.
Hudd in my state there's no limit on gills
Love Blue Gill fishing Memories of my youth
Thank you Tim! It is a blast!
Lucky dawg i wouldl love to fish w nordbye
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Not trying to be the fish police, but if you want to maintain the size structure in that pond, throw the 10+ gills back and keep fish under 10. Good genes in those bull gills that need to be passed on.
10 inch bluegill aren't unicorns
CZYK Republic You are correct. The really big bulls should be released, specially when spawning. The difference between an 8 and a 10 incher when eating is like 1/2 a forkfull
Average lifespan of bluegill is 5 to 8 yrs with the 10 inch size slot falling into the 7 and 8 year range , by that catch and release those that fall into that range logic your saying just let those fish die off naturally and take the younger healthier fish
Tim justtim Its not "my logic", Its what the fish biologists say. I've seen compelling studies about it. I dont remember all the details, but when they try to make trophy bluegill water, they put in special regulations, usually a slot limit, and releasing the big males
Brad Condon has to be another northern thing 10 in bluegill are pretty commonplace in the south
Where is this place!? Would love to do some ice fishing here!
Missouri!
That tick though I would of been sacred asf
My great grandpa Winfred Hoke caught the biggest bluegill in Texas in 1966 it was 3 pounds 4 ounces and I think he still holds the record today
That's a giant!!! wow
Yup he got it mounted and we still have the original mount and we have his paper from the Texas parks and wildlife and have his artical in the newspaper I also have his reel it was an old zebco proboly from the 50s
Gills Taste Better Than Crappie To Me As Well
Lol no way
I agree bluegill are my favorite panfish!!!!! Thanks brothers!!!!! The Outdoorssss roooooock!!!!! 🐺🦅
Thanks for watching!! They're a lot of fun!
new subscriber!! great video man
Thank you Rozee! More to come!
I am so jealous. Those Blue Gills will be unbelievable tasting.
Fun to catch too!
well done. enjoyed the fishing. What state are you fishing at here?
Thank you! Missouri!
Cool, I'm down in Arkansas. Looking to fish more. Its great to see how others fish and learn the Technique and their choice of baits
Awesome! Hope I can help!
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Very nice vid. Coud you please let me know what county are you fishing? This was late May 2018 and ticks were already everywhere...hate those things! Thumbs up, Don a Bluegill Fan from Jefferson City.
How can i find conservation lakes in north texas? I know where 1 is. I've fished it twice.
I would google it! May be called dnr or something.
Nice game
what size hook do you use?
A 1/16oz. I linked it in the description above!
thanks!
What's a good recipe for blue gill
Slime Lines Cut off the heads, scoop out there inards, scale them & put in ice/salt water for a few hours then bread em & fry.
I normally just use New Orleans fish batter from Walmart, mix it with half flour and lemon pepper seasoning, and then deep fry!
Slime Lines hot cooking oil season corn meal
I just filet them dip them in eggs and roll them in bread crumbs and go cook it on the frying pan with a lil vegetable oil
shore lunch with tarter sauce
When fishing for bluegill and crappie- if using live bait do you try to set the hook after a first bite? or wait until the second? I've been waiting for the 2nd and wonder if i'm missing fish. I figured if it was live bait, that jig/wax worm could be in it's mouth while i'm waiting on the 2nd bite? Idk..and do you just raise the pole to set the hook? Thanks in advance.
I set the hook as soon as I get a bite usually. If you’re missing them, downsize your hook
I think u should put some back but that's OK nice find in the bushes it was loaded
let me ask you something could you shipped those large blue gill to pa if i would pay you for catching and cleaning them on hot iced bob sims pa we dont have blue gills that large and i love eating them let me know this information ok thanks
I wish but I can’t, I’m sorry!
If you learn to fly fish for bluegill, you'll never want to do it any other way.
Oh I got some fly fishing vids!
fishguru73 im sure he knows how. I luv flyfsh🐠
Yea the gills love flys
Are you using weight or just the bait by itself?
I call the red ones redbreast
What kinda rod n reel you using?
Keep a half dozen, let rest go
WHEN FISHING OUT BACK LIKE THIS USE TIC AND FLEA COLLARS AROUND YOUR ANKLES IT REALLY HELPS
Needed that lol
I catch & release
Why do you have to walk to the pond? The road goes right by them??
Can't drive on public conservation areas.
u should scale down ur rod to like 5.6 or 5 feet fro a better fight on those gills
I did not bring the ultra-light this time!
GRILLBUOY101 Check out 3 pound crappie
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Ultralight doesn't mean a short rod. I like a longer 7'6'' or 8' rod for light line, the longer rod acts as a better shock absorber for 2 and 4lb test line and cast 1/32 and 1/16 oz. jigs better.
Agreed, bluegill is my absolute favorite freshwater fish to eat.
You should let the females go....let them spawn....
Bluegill will spawn more then 3 time a year.
Back in the olden days SW Iowa poppers fly rod. Big ones like what you’re catching. Really good eating. The slough was on my uncles farm. To keep the ticks off we would walk in the water.
Good to know! Thanks for sharing
The big males are the protectors of the nest and really should be thrown back. Keeping the big females is less harmful to the ecosystem long term.
Will be releasing big males in the future!
Great to hear. I wish I had a honey hole like you found for big bluegills. They just don't seem to grow like that in Colorado.
Can somebody explain the need for a bobber?
You should let the big males go to preserve the genetics for future generations of big gills in that pond.
Bugtussle yup👍
Will be doing this in the future! Gotta keep the big gill population strong!
shut the fuck up
Big blue gill's that what i like to fish for good job
They are fun!!
You can keep the decent bluegills but you should let the giants go
Will be in the future!
crazy as tha fuck
Where are you at I used live up north. But have moved south but I still love bluegill #!!
Hated to see those big bull gills get kept man. No reason NOT to catch and release on those.
Will be releasing the big males next time. Was our first trip to the pond. We did not catch hardly any small gills
Gills eat all the bass eggs, war on the gills, besides they’re good eating
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I agree brother...Keep a few to eat - CPR the rest !
Actually there are a LOT of reasons to keep them. I've seen first hand what happens to them when they over populate. It stunts their growth and the start to starve. Pulling 20-30 blue gills out of that pond won't hurt anything.
You Said the Midwest. What pond was that? I’m also in the Midwest
Veronica Mooney
Veronica moon
I enjoyed the video but keeping all those hugh gills is wrong. Dude they are spawning or getting ready to spawn.take a couple but you guys are Meat Hoggs.
This pond is loaded with these. We did keep our limit, but next time we will be throwing the giants back for future generations of gillies and keeping the mid size! 20 gills filled will feed about 4 people. So not necessarily meat hogs lol
Basscaster i
Basscaster
I agree 100 percent, take a few to eat however in a lake that small keeping all the spawners will leave nothing to seed the lake in the future. You dont have reach alimit to have plenty fillits for the table. And please dont let them sit in the cooler and go bad as i have seen some so called fisherman do.
Basscaster So those big blue gills do reproduce? Are those hybrids?
I was told hybrids don't reproduce, but they xo?
Basscaster So those big blue gills do reproduce? Are those hybrids?
I was told hybrids don't reproduce, but they xo?
Spawning?? We say “ on the bed” down here in South Carolina bo lol, just kiddn , those bluegills are sweeeettttt, we catchem like that in ponds round here, area are a little darker , almost black, but it depends what color your pond water is , nice vid dude