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[eyeguy 54]

pretty boy

[eyeguy 54]

more fun today  

[Rick G]

Been hitting a few different lakes the last week in search of gills that are not bedding yet. Found a small pond with some huge gills. Top one went well over 10inches, one of the most colorful gills I have ever seen. Second one is my fourth biggest gill I have ever gotten.  11in long, 5.5 in tall  and fat as it could have been. Both are still swiming....hopefully to be caught again and again.

[eyeguy 54]

beasts!

[rundrave]

Fun in the yak today in SE SD caught and released a bunch of these today:

[Ufatz]

What great fun on a 4-weight fly rod!!  Those are dandy panfish.

[Graybeard53]

Got into some nice big bulls last weekend. Caught 3 that were 10" or slightly over. All released. 

[ANYFISH2]

My boy Isaac with his PB(and family best) 1lb 4oz bluegill.

[leech~~]

12 hours ago, ANYFISH2 said:

My boy Isaac with his PB(and family best) 1lb 4oz bluegill.

 

Well I never!!! 

 

Caught one that nice!

[Rick G]

Few from recent trips...all big ones released 

[GrahamD]

On 7/25/2017 at 12:44 PM, ANYFISH2 said:

My boy Isaac with his PB(and family best) 1lb 4oz bluegill.

Beautiful fish and nice experience for your boy!

[ANYFISH2]

9 hours ago, GrahamD said:

Beautiful fish and nice experience for your boy!

Yeah it was, he getting good at it too.

He has caught the biggest sunfish, crappie, sucker, and walleye in family for 2017.  

Making his old man look bad.

[GrahamD]

14 hours ago, ANYFISH2 said:

Yeah it was, he getting good at it too.

He has caught the biggest sunfish, crappie, sucker, and walleye in family for 2017.  

Making his old man look bad.

Great job for this kid!

[Duffman]

[leech~~]

On 5/28/2018 at 3:53 PM, Duffman said:

 

In the Yak?

 

[Duffman]

16 hours ago, leech~~ said:

 

In the Yak?

 

 

Nope, bass fishing in the boat up north. Spied some structure kinda outta place and checked it out. Grabbed the UL with jig/plastic and sore lipped a half dozen 13"-13.5" crappies, let 'em go and moved on.  I generally keep 'em in the 10"-12" range when I want a meal.

[rundrave]

Hey @eyeguy 54 caught this fattie on a polka dot lure this afternoon from widow maker jigs. Something about that paint scheme just triggers these fish:

 

[eyeguy 54]

On ‎1‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 7:13 PM, rundrave said:

Hey @eyeguy 54 caught this fattie on a polka dot lure this afternoon from widow maker jigs. Something about that paint scheme just triggers these fish:

 

nice. I really like the jigs they have. 

[rundrave]

Been a long goal of mine to crack 10” and this guy came up just short at 9 3/4”. Still a respectable blue gill for this area. Odd coloring I thought also was more black and white and no blue or orange. I broke 9” on a few fish today  that all were released.  

 

 

Edited June 28, 2020 by rundrave

[Wanderer]

Saucy looking gill along with the water you pulled it from! 

[rundrave]

17 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

along with the water you pulled it from!

I was fishing the outside edge of that mess and then while measuring and getting a weight I drifted into it. No fancy spot locks on the kayak fish finder lol

[minky]

Nice fish!

[smalliehunter]

[minky]

Pretty fish!

[rundrave]

Great day on water this morning. Kept a few eaters before lightning and storms pushed me off. Released some really nice gills also.

 

Still trying to crack 10” I’m not sure this guy could get any closer lol. I think if I measured it on a flat surface it would get there. The gunnels on the bottom of the kayak are not the best to measure on. I probably could’ve made a better effort and found a better surface to measure on but I wanted to get the fish back for a  quick release. Water temp still 77.8 degrees