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Offline sawman

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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #30 on: Jan 08, 2005, 08:18 PM »
Huy Guys.                                                                                                                                                                  been watching gills come in and spit out wax worm or come in on vex and not bit .                                                                                                                                                               thining about trying cut bait from gill no skin just meat .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         work great on smelt last year . :)
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #31 on: Jan 08, 2005, 09:47 PM »
I usually jig up some pretty big gills using a kastmaster tipped with a whole earthworm or a chunk of a nightcrawler, one lake I fish you can't keep up with um like this.
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #32 on: Feb 09, 2005, 06:58 PM »
I think bluegills might be just too small for me, I don't know...I like catching perch, but sunfish top out at like 10", do they fight as good as perch? How deep usually? What test line?
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #33 on: Feb 10, 2005, 06:50 AM »
Quote from: Pasquatch on Feb 09, 2005, 06:58 PM
I think bluegills might be just too small for me, I don't know...I like catching perch, but sunfish top out at like 10", do they fight as good as perch? How deep usually? What test line?
bluegill are great fighters.  awesome eating too
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #34 on: Feb 10, 2005, 11:19 AM »
 Pasquatch, in my opinion bluegills fight harder than perch, and lake george has some big ones in it i catch while fishing for perch, vets park is LOADED with them, you just hafta have what they want  ;) I'm surprised you havent caught any perch fishing, maybe your too deep, right in the bays i usually catch atleast a dozen almost everytime out. They taste great too.
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #35 on: Feb 10, 2005, 02:44 PM »
Quote from: slipbob on Feb 10, 2005, 11:51 AM
Quote from: kingfshr16 on Feb 10, 2005, 11:19 AM
Pasquatch, in my opinion bluegills fight harder than perch, and lake george has some big ones in it i catch while fishing for perch, vets park is LOADED with them, you just hafta have what they want ;) I'm surprised you havent caught any perch fishing, maybe your too deep, right in the bays i usually catch atleast a dozen almost everytime out. They taste great too.

Those are pumpkinseeds at Lake George which don't seem to get as big as bluegills.  Pound for pound bluegills outfight perch anyday.  Nothing like tangling with a hefty 9" gill on 2lb test.
Don't fish for perch often enough I guess... ;D
I like how gills fight in open water,( I've caught a few thousand), but wasn't sure about hardwater...but I guess they fight the same. ;)
If I am going to fis h for gills, I'm going for the dinner table. I just hate to fool around trying to get meat off a 8" fish... ;)
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #36 on: Feb 10, 2005, 05:29 PM »
Bluegill fight so much harder than crappie or perch of similar size it isn't funny. Colorado is blessed with several lakes that have bruiser bulls, though the only one I can ice fish most of the gills run 6 - 12", with one pounders fairly common.

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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #37 on: Feb 11, 2005, 12:29 AM »
im always hapy to catch a mess of gills.  after i catch a few crappie, and perch, i always know when a gill hits.  even the smallest gill feels like a good size perch.  gills stack up against walleye and perch for the best eating fish in my opinion.  just imagine catching a 3 lb gill,
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #38 on: Feb 11, 2005, 05:49 AM »
spikes on any tiny teardrop with a dropper line with a size 12 gold aberdeen hook tipped with 1 maggot. the teardrop drops fast and the slow drop of the gold hook will trigger those finiky gills 2 bite. hey it works for me and 2 gills at once is twice the thrill. big dave out.
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #39 on: Feb 16, 2005, 01:46 PM »
To save time and bait i wait till i see lots of gills on my vex  drop in a quarter stick and run
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #40 on: Feb 16, 2005, 02:40 PM »
PASQUATCH!!! are you telling me you have never tangled with some saratoga bluegills??
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #41 on: Feb 16, 2005, 04:13 PM »
I can't say I have... :'(
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #42 on: Feb 16, 2005, 04:40 PM »
you dont know what your missing! if you ever think you want to catch a bunch of nice bluegills, just shoot me a PM.
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #43 on: Feb 16, 2005, 04:51 PM »
Maybe, gotta get a Vex first! ;D
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #44 on: Feb 16, 2005, 06:02 PM »
not for these bluegills you dont :D
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #45 on: Feb 16, 2005, 07:23 PM »
Naive bluegills, sounds too easy... :D
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #46 on: Feb 16, 2005, 08:04 PM »
just kidding their incredibly intelligent and impossible to catch...i just sent you a PM.
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Re: Blue gill bait
« Reply #47 on: Feb 18, 2005, 06:19 PM »
Sounds cool, maybe I will, if I can leave the lakers... Decisions, :unsure:, Decisions...
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Re:Blue gill bait
« Reply #48 on: Mar 08, 2005, 10:00 PM »
i always use grubs or mousies and have great success
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