A Biologist's Perspective on Big Bluegills
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Big bluegills are becoming more and more of a rarity here in North America. While there are many things that contribute to the presence of big bluegills in a lake, the two primary factors end up being "habitat" and "harvest".
In this video, a Minnesota DNR fisheries biologist breaks down what constitutes good habitat for big bluegills, and how harvest can impact the population, along with what YOU can do to help promote a healthy bluegill fishery in your local lakes.
There's nothing like a farm pond teeming with big bluegill. We'd use a fly rod with little cork poppers and catch em all afternoon. When it got dark and chilly we'd get on our bikes to ride home and you could still hear the Bluegill popping insects off the surface as we were leaving. That little pond was my favorite place to fish.
But they paved it over and now it's under a Walmart parking lot.
Outcast Outdoors - On a Fishin' Mission Dig a hike under Walmart. I bet they are HUGE now.
YMH LEGIONNAIRE god I hope your joking
That's a sad story
Assholes ruining good natural habitats for buildings nobody wanted.
They prolly carelessly killed the fish too
Funny, there was a "Pan Frying Whole Bluegill" thumbnail right next to this video the entire time I was watching.
Michael B. My god same
My experience in Maryland is if enough Bluegill are not harvested, a lake may end up with tons of Bluegills that are stunted, with not enough room or food to grow large fish.
Yup, too many bluegill also eat all the bass eggs. Do you fish Loch Raven or any Columbia lakes?
That is also the case in southern MI. It isn't that hard to figure out the problem. Just look at the overall heft of the fish versus length. If you are catching 8" or better bluegills and the meat isn't starting to show beyond the skull (when viewed head-on), the population needs thinning or supplemental feeding. Any time the majority of the fish look inordinately streamlined and skinny for their length, and water quality is good, you can figure the same thing. NO amount of "throw 'em all back and let 'em grow" will EVER help these waters.
Mostly fish farm ponds in Mont. Co., sometimes Tridelphia and Rocky Gorge.
We have the same problem down south
Caught big gills at lock raven on small crayfish years ago
I just learned something. I currently feed fish in a local creek and the population is a mix of bluegill, cichlids, perch, and Guadalupe bass. Sadly the cichlids seem to be out growing the others so I am thinning them out (a park ranger told me they are invasive). I always throw back the perch and bluegill, as well as the bass, but keep the cichlids. The cichlids are pretty blue fish and taste like most other tilapia; I love em. I try to target the invasives, and in the case they taste better and have more meat. I am cool with that. Keep the weird looking fish and throw back the natives, they are all good eating.
Where are you at? Some cichlids are native fish!
I am in Houston TX and the cichlids are indeed invasive. But I do not mind them, and they taste better than the natives anyways. So no sweat for me, but they are voracious.
I didn't know that the Texas cichlid had spread so far outside it's native range. Hit pretty much anything in the water, eh?
Currently in Massachusetts, we have no creel limit on blue gills. We do for Bass which is 5, that includes the small mouths. You can't have more than 5 total, so you can have 3 large mouth and 2 small, or any combination of large and small, as long as your collection doesn't exceed 5 fish. They all have to be 12 inches or larger. Pickerel have to be 15 inches but I don't know the limit for them because I don't deliberately go for them. I would have to look that information up.
My big gripe are bass fishing tournaments which happen during spawning and nesting season for Bass. The male bass protects the nest from predators while the eggs develop and fry hatch. Everything else wants to eat the eggs and fry so the male doesn't eat this whole time, but he bites at anything that comes near the nest to drive of threats. If a bass sees a lure too close to his nest and bites at it to drive it away, he's caught and pulled out of the water. Now his nest is unguarded and other fish and such will swoop in and eat all they can out of his nest. This depletes the bass population in that lake. They should push off the tournaments until nesting season is over. The fry have grown up enough to take care of them selves and leave the nest area. The father changes gears and gets his appetite back and begins to feed again. Now the fishing would be fair.
Getting back to Bluegills, one can fish for them and take as many as they want at any size any day. Most people here don't consider bluegills to be an eating fish, so they are generally tossed back into the water.
Tournaments are very irresponsible and should be eliminated.
Bluegills are good eating.
Very good video and I preach this same thing to many people but there's too many folks that just wanna keep everything because it's "Big". then they learn down the road that oh gosh my lake has no more big gills or crappies what happened? Well over harvesting is almost always the reasoning behind it. After time lakes do change in their topography and other things as in weed cover or invasive species and that can contribute to a lake going down hill. I'm fortunate enough to have a small private lake I fish that I get Huge gills out of daily and many are hitting that 11" Mark and iv'e seen 11 3/4 come out of it a few times per year. Also very healthy crappies up to the 15" mark. I'll enjoy it while I can and Hope it never gets accessed by the public or people who don't practice catch and release.
You are fortunate Trapper!! Lol.
I put shad in my 2 acre pond! that ruined it for bluegill but my bass were huge. 24 between 4 and 10 lbs when i drained it. Gills were pitiful. I am starting over with gills and crappie. Hope i can keep lots of fish.
i agree 100% a lake near me has no fish what so ever. people keeps them all and they cant reproduce.
koviack, i had to drain the pond because i accidently put a few gizzard shad in along with the threadfin shad. The gizzard shad grew too big for the bass to eat and big shad just about took over the pond. Not many bluegill were in there. The gizzards multiplied and no other way to get rid of them.
You cannot overharvest crappie in healthy reservoirs. Jordan Lake here in North Carolina is a prime example.
You just changed my bluegill habits forever, thank you! I used to keep the big males and let go the big females thinking I was helping the population.
forgets to add that Minnesota doesn't have big largemouth bass. In Florida we got 7-12 lbs bass swimmin around at all times so the gills get picked off m ore often. It's rare to see a gill live long enough to see 10 plus inches
Goodfella 98 minnesota has pike which eats tons of both blugill and bass thats why they dont get big
4-5 is about average for Minnesota bass
Minnesota does have *SOME* big bass. It just depeneds on where you are and what you're fishing with. Well I guess that applys for all bass/fish.
How many pounds?? LOL
I agree. I have fished both states. The bluegill in Florida are lucky to get to 6 inches with huge lunker bass over 10 lbs. In northern states, it is pretty common to hit some big bluegill over 12 inches and not even see a bass over 4 lbs.
There are not a lot of bluegills in lake Pepin but, if you find them, they will be big. Same for yellow perch.
I just did that a few weeks ago. They get into the current, spin around and pull lots of drag!
Great video! I was always told that a good balance of largemouth bass and bluegill populations resulted in larger 'gills since the bass would clean up the small bluegills. I used to live in St. Cloud & fished all over the state, sure miss the fishing!
40 years ago I managed several good sized ponds and smaller lakes for private accounts. In my experience the biggest factor by a huge margin was a general lack of fertility in the water. Nature does not try to build a good fishery, man does. We always want more and bigger fish than the pond or lake can handle naturally. We certainly can manage for more and bigger fish but the inputs are always substantial, require regular monitoring and adjustments. Reduced bag limits work slowly but are highly effective. Feeding works very quickly but is costly. There is no cheap, quick and easy solution.
Thanks for sharing this video, it was quite interesting!
Thanks for watching!
Look for ponds where BG recruitment is limited, usually by predation. Lower density = faster growth, bigger fish.
Just want to know what piece of recording equipment was used for the underwater footage? I like it A LOTTT.
looked a lot like a Marcum Recon 5+
I catfish and catch bluegills for bait. Bigger the better and the reservoir I fish at has a pretty healthy population. Bait fishing for em is always fun.
Great video, looking to create health habitat in our pond. Didn't know the males were so key.
Here in Texas there is no bag or size limit on bluegill because they're so plentiful.
They are everywhere in Minnesota. Can’t keep em off your line. They bag limits isn’t for lack of fish but to let more get bigger.
Every pond I live near has some big bluegills the average size is like 9 in and .75lbd
Ohio also has no restricted seasons but unlike some states where they have paddlefish seasons it’s just straight up banned. Lake Erie and Ohio River might have things like seasons I’m not fully sure and even though I live right on the river I don’t often fish in it.
Holy cow!! Those are some massive bluegill!
Thank you Vince Vaughn, that was very helpful
Biggest Gill I've seen was in a small 50 year old strip mine retention pond, even with the acid mine drainage they get huge
I love reduced limits , certain places near me have done that and it does make the crappie bigger.When I get in a mess of big ones I tend to let every other fish go.I also try i to keep half a limit.
I've also been impressed by the results where slot size limits have been implemented. Protecting the younguns and the hogs just makes sense.
Also. I like the fact that Minnesota offers "conservation licenses" that are a bit cheaper and only allow half a limit.
Bluegills are the best fishing on light line that you will ever come across. After a long day I'll head to my farm pond with an ultra light and 2 lb test line and have a blast. Nothing like it on the planet. I feed the ones in my pond so there growth rate is insane. A 12" fish is common... and my bass enjoy there health and prolific spawning !
I absolutely love to catch and eat bluegills
My favorite is perch but i think bluegill is good too
@@andyfernandez9695 both are great. Bluegill are better I think but perch Is great too
This information is Gold! Thanks !
5 is a good limit seems very logical
evan snedecor , I dont like to clean much more than 5 anyway , 5 to 7 are about right .
In SC you can keep 30
Our public fishing limit in my area for bream is 50 LOL
In my area there is no limit lmao
No limit in MI. You can pull small bluegills out in massive #s in most lakes. To catch bigger ones you need a boat.
What about stagnation we get a lot of that in a bluegill up here they put pike in the lakes to clear out small bluegills so they have food to grow
I"ve always wanted to catch one of those huge bull males. Then put him back of course. but just to experience it. They are such great game fish as they fight so hard
We gave bluegill here everywhere. Lol u literally cannot stop catching em. We can pull out 50+ in 30 min. We only keep the 4-5 inches. The rest go back in!
4 inches in no meat dude
The gar love those snack size gills. Been fishing since I was a kid. Tons of fish I've caught off 4-5 inch gills. I don't eat them. But the fish I catch do. Fish on!
Awesome video buddy thanks
very good and informative video. The same should go for any fish.
Excellent info! Thanks for sharing!
Barton creek used to be a good place to fish
Lake cowdry and darling lake had good size bluegill.
41 years experience with lake talking. Keep the small ones keep the small ones keep the small ones! Even keep the 1 oz bluegill. You can fillet them with a tomato knife. I now have MANY bluegill over one pound. Keeping only the largest fish will only cause the runts to breed.
Hi l live here in Minnesota caught a big bluegill once
Outstanding Video !
Thanks Dan!
The Pawtuxet River in Rhode Island produces a few good sized bluegills and similar sunfish-type critters. I do have to warn you, though, if you go swimming here, don't dead-man float with a snorkel for more than a minute or two or they will bite.
Dalek Anonymous I'm surprised anyone would snorkel in there lol
Where people swim, the drop things. I found all kinds of junk in this river, and there's always a new Thing to find. Mudlarking!
I caught me a few of those Biggie's today, and I kept em all and just got done cleaning them. Next week's the fish fry🤗
Hello Sweetheart yup keep the big ones more meat!!!!!
Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other
Thank you .
The pond I used to fish in had more Damselfish than Bluegill. It's a shame all Sunfish species are in decline in many places.
Damselfish? The only fish I’m aware of being called a damselfish are those small saltwater reef fish. Are they a type of cichlid or something?
I'm from MN as well and would love to get into the same field as you. Where do I start?
4+ years in a uni
Go to College Major in Fisheries Biology, get a B.S. then plan on at least a Masters, then maybe a Doctorate. And hope that the Fish and Game Department has an opening when you are done. No easy road, Good grades lots of study and take every internship in that area you can get. If you are in High School now, put your nose in the books and get your grades up, that gets you into good colleges for the subject and then the work really starts. as the SEALs would say the only easy day was yesterday.
Leaving the big insures the big. Like breeding dogs...
Breed big= get big & Breed small= get small. 62718
Thank you
Pound for pound the best fight'n fish in my opinion. And my dad sure knew how to cook them.
Ain't no bluegill here in northern Wisconsin. The shackers got'em all. Ain't no deer either. Cuz the dam wool iffs got em. Then the publicans came and pizened all the wadder and filled all the wetlands wid facteries and dumps which was where the fishes spawned. WE'ze in trubble her in nordern Wisconsin.
But seriously, I've been fishing bluegills in this part of the state since the 50's and fishing quality, in terms of numbers of larger fish, seems to have declined according to my experience. But my fishing is limited so that's an anecdotal statement. However, that suspicion is, again anecdotally, born out by opinions expressed by early WDNR fish managers. Who claimed that in general fishing was better (more larger fish) when they first came to northern Wisconsin than it is now.
Now, during electro-fishing and fyke netting surveys fairly large average sizes are sometimes caught in some bodies of water but I suspect if long term comparisons were made (if sufficient data is even available) the average size has decreased over time as a result of fishing. And there's an old adage that you can have your biomass concentrated in a few large fish or a lot of smaller fish. And I think that's true. And I suspect that fishing pressure has been and is high enough for the human population to effectively sort to the extent the average size has and continues to decrease. And not just in regard to bluegills.
An interesting aspect of fishing that has not been researched is the impact on harvest of both game and panfish as it relates to human use of water-bodies - particularly use of motor boats and jet-skis (long term disturbance). I remember working on one lake that had a very healthy population of walleye as demonstrated by fyke net catch in the spring. Yet residents claimed walleye of any size were seldom caught. It was one of those lakes where motors were used so extensively that they had to be operated only in a clockwise direction to prevent head-on collisions. Did that phenomena make the walleye population so wary it was virtually un-fishable?
And of course there are the impacts from over fertilization (nutrient input) and removal of shoreline structure and vegetation. Along with draining or filling of wetlands used for spawning.
In my opinion managing fish populations is getting more difficult due to a variety of factors and as our population (human population) grows it's only going to get more difficult.
That is exactly what is happening in Texas. When you've been fishing a place since you were a child, it's just sad to see it taken away by outsiders and idiots. Pollution and jet skis make my blood boil.
What’s a shacker I’m from Ohio sorry.
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Great information!
Any time that overall fish population is far below carrying capacity, growth rate is at or near optimal. This often happens in the first few years following a significant winter kill. After that, populations approach carrying capacity and growth rates slow. To keep good numbers of outsized fish, recruitment should be consistent, but moderate. This can be the case when there is a limited amount of spawning habitat, nursery areas for small fish, or where predation is high. The trick is to make sure that that the population gets thinned (if recruitment is higher) proportionately across all year classes to retain balanced size structure and fast growth.
handcannon in other words, eat those mofos people!
Within reason, yes. Eat all the bluegills that it's legal to harvest from these waters - EXCEPT maybe let some of the very largest fish go ... for seed. In a few years, you should see faster growth in all year classes and improved body mass - especially in mature fish.
That's a good point. I can see why some people would only eat the larger bluegill, but I personally prefer the taste of younger sunfish.
Only thing to do is place size limits on male/females and fewer fish should be allowed, especially during spawning and fry rearing seasons in any aquaculture. Each lake should be studied by the biologist and a recommendation set in force for all fish, including perch. If an angler doesn't know the difference between male a females with size limits, they shouldn't be allowed the privilege to attain a license. The dorsal and anal fins will be longer on the male fish of most species. Male bluegill can mimic the female coloration so it's not always a tell tale sign, males are usually smaller than females.
In Texas the statewide various species including bluegill, redear, green, warmouth & longear...
Daily Bag: No limit & No minimum length, we have no limits in Texas, who's fault is it and why?
Foremost the Fish & Wildlife Dept says were already underfunded, nobody will buy a license and secondly public opinion comes in. When funded the fisheries biologist presents the science behind the size and limit recommendations for specified waters. However the departments management and advisory committees say we have no way to enforce! They cry state politician have our hands tied and much of that excuse is true. Fish and game officers who are the only ones able to enforce are almost extinct in every state, due to lack of funding. This is true on the national level; Park Rangers and Wildlife enforcement officers have been cut in every park throughout our nation...while human population and wildlife/habitat destruction has increased exponentially.
We have 7 billion people running around on this planet with a license of some sort (fishing or not) who think they are privy because they bought a license. It starts with common sense, unfortunately over half the people won't follow common sense rules, so we need funding for more enforcement and provide better education.
Licenses is funding! You said 7 billion people are funding and we need more funding? You must live in a HOA?
You also need a good predator fish base to have BIG bluegill.
Bag limit of 5 bluegills? Im not fishing in that lake.
ii love blue gills
I never or know anybody that specifically target gills. We just catch them by accident and or kids just having fun off docks...
Home Fried bluegill with a little salt is the absolute best fish in the world.
They're invasive where i live, and every single one i catch is 10" or better. (They're easy to net or hook. like shooting fish in a barrel) And most of the places where i catch them isn't even close to resembling the environments this guy mentioned. Algae covered rocks in shallow water with mild tree cover seems to do them just fine.
megastoejoe i can only imagine the size they would get in habitats that are geared towards them and not bigger fish
megastoejoe
Where do you live ?
Washington. they were introduced to our lakes when people released their pets.
cute lil bluegills
All the big fish in this video had yellow grubs in their fins. You need to keep everyone you catch to stop that disease process. There's a reason why old timers used to say "never throw back a bream." Modern fishery biologists are clueless. Catch and release is not always a good thing.
Public lakes with different bag limits have those for a reason. If their is a 25 bluegill limit at a lake it probably means that they are over populated or bass are under populated. States pay tons of money to have this research done. I personally catch and release 95% of the time but if you do take fish to eat "Nothing wrong with it" just obey the lake/state bag limits and everything should be okay. If their ever is a extreme over population of a fish, game and fish will let people know, love seeing big bluegill in lakes but where I live they rarely back off the state 40 bluegill limit and I believe that might have something to do with the smaller sizes of the fish. Most lakes I go to though the average size is about 5.5 inches so I'd say that's actually pretty good, the main problem where I live it is undersized bass. Hard to catch one longer that 10 inches where I live, people tend to poach them to the point where most lakes here is Arkansas are catch and release, or have strict size limits.
I've not been blessed enough yet to see bluegills that look like they have a pack of hotdogs on their foreheads such as these.
I thought take the older big ones out because of there life expectancies. Not sure how long bluegill lives. At some point there going to die in a pond anyway.
What is going on with the popularity of blue gill? I'm a Texan. We call them all perch. They are the fish you take your kids to catch to get them into fishing. They hit fast. No patience needed. THROW em back. The best thing about blue gill is to keep the population high. If you hook one in the gills, or you know it's gonna die, cut it up for catfish bait.
I guess I should stop cathcing bluegill then since some guy from Texas doesn't.
@Patrick. Way to go moron, You obviously have an issue with reading comprehension
Mr. J are you mad at me?
They taste amazing you scrub
In my opinion blue gills are the most beautiful fish
I no a pond that has blue gill 10 pounds
Ohio has no limit, to be fair they multiply really fast in Ohio anyways most of the lakes have channel cats, bluegills, bass and crappie. Sometimes they put muskies and pikes in since there aren’t many natural lakes in Ohio.
Mesquite bay lake Havasu city multiple record bluegill
Bluegills are tiny in lakes near me! Nobody keeps them though so I wonder why they don’t grow. The bass stay big though
There are several possible reasons. They could just be smaller genetic strains. They could be overpopulated. But, most likely, your area lakes just don't have the right kind of food and cover to produce big ones.
Cheers!
Like pete said, they're probably over-populated and are now stunted. Not enough bass to keep them in check.
The difference in intellect, approach, and action between American biologists and Canadian biologists is astounding. Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario is a joke.
Im breeding bluegill in my aquaponics.
I am sure that some of the things he said are correct, but I am afraid some are not. For instance, the DNR seems to have destroyed a precious little lake named Annie Battle near Fergus Falls, MN. Twenty five years ago you could catch nice big bluegills and crappies without much effort. Then they closed the lake for a few years and put restrictions on the bluegills, bass and northerns. The result was that Annie Battle grew some nice crappies, but the big bluegills seemed to have disappeared. Now, the big crappies are gone too. There is one of the most beautiful inlets you will ever see that comes into Annie, and I am sure that the lake is raped of crappies and bluegills in the spring at this inlet. All the fine restrictions in the world will not work if you do not employ common sense. They should have never allowed pan fishing before regular fishing opener, and they should not have allowed ice fishing either. Annie Battle now is just a very average lake. Too bad. It is quite beautiful.
Ronald Kulas doubtful sounds like your lake was on the downfall and there efforts to improve didn't do the trick because natural intended something that they couldn't reverse
Same here in SW Pa. Crosscreek Lake was full of monster bluegills. Then fish and boat commission put a size and take limit on all pan fish. Before the new regulations were put into effect people would take tons of medium size pan fish out of the lake, with the result being a healthy population of 8" plus bluegills, and plenty of big crappy. Now, after the new regulations (7" min size on bluegills, 9" min on crappy and 25 fish combined limit) the lake is overrun with hoards of 4" and 5" fish. Most of the big healthy specimens have disappeared. The same thing happened to the bass in this lake. New regulation put a 15" min on bass. In this region pretty much only the females get to be that size. So instead of taking the smaller males and immature fish, only the brood stock fish are keepers. Pa game commission also has some pretty strange ideas on how to create a population of deer with big racks. Their theory is only allow big racks to be harvested and the small ones will get big (never mind what we know about genetics playing a major role in rack growth). Gotta love bureaucracy.
Becoming rare in America? Shit, maybe up north. Ain't a farm pond in the South without at least a few brim or bluegill in it.
Nice
Question can green sunfish, and bluegill mate?
You're never caught a Tealgill?
FlyfishermanMike nope, but I did see a green sunfish and a blue gill fight for the worm on my hook
I set up a natural tank at my house, 125 gallon, and my pumpkinseed and bluegill have mated. I would like to get stable colored offspring and then try and throw some green sunfish in there. I have seen color variations within these species that rival the best looking chiclids.
FlyfishermanMike update I've finally caught a teal gill, and that red bellied one mixed with something else can't put my finger on
Yes, very much so. Any sunfish that are called “Hybrids” are almost always a bluegill/green sunfish hybrid. They’re very common in stocked ponds and lakes.
Hahah come down to Missouri and I’ll show u some big ole blues. 16 once’s +
Thumbnail: do you fart
See everbody? Science (biology) is good. Science is your friend.
4wt with hopper/dropper and I will slay all day
What about the people that needs theses for food?
Peaches Rambo go to the grocery store. Cut coupons.
REBEL Fishing is a lot cheaper. Not everyone has a decent job.
Well, Peaches Rambo, if you need to eat the fish you catch then preserving the population should be a priority. Take only what you need and keep those in the most numerous size range while leaving the younguns and hogs behind. If you notice that the size and/or numbers are going down over time? Try keeping fish from other places.
I have been fortunate to see the populations in some of my favorite waters go up in number and size since new regulations have been in place and catch and release has become more common. My favorite trout stream, for example, is FAR more productive now than it was 20-30 years ago due to changes in limits, closed areas where fish can breed and grow, and just the increased consciousness of we who fish. And? I don't feel bad about keeping a few, now and then, for the skillet because the stream is really producing more than it used to. On the other hand; I have stopped keeping fish from places where I have seen declines.
Also. The sad fact is that it's not really safe to eat some fish from some waters due to contamination and most authorities recommend sticking with species and places known to be relatively safe. In many places one is not recommended to eat the fish more than once a week or once a month and I won't eat particularly large fish, especially catfish, from most waters at all.
Cheers!
pete sampson I agree.
Bait for real fish.
There's always *that* guy.
I can tell you're from the South.
Flaming Flammenwerfer I'm from the south and love bluegill fishing, but yeah there are a lot of those guys.
wrong
But throwing flies for real fishermen.
Is it just me or does the bluegill in the thumbnail look like it has a attitude problem?
i throw the 9.5"+ bluegills back
6-8.5" =food
Bluegill are anything but smart
Here in Northwest Arkansas the influx of illegals from South of the Border have definitely affected some of our fish populations
Because they do not throw anything back no matter how small.
American Monster wait for the yankees. They will take all of the fish and then the jet skis take over.
was fishing at the Ozark Dam a few years back and caught a drum, went to toss it back in and the (Bank liner fishermen) start screaming at the boat wanting me to bring them the fish, so I defiantly agree, they throw nothing back, but they are good for unloading unwanted spoonbill while snag fishing and you hit your limit.
i live in nwa, and i catch the hell out of everything that swims in arkansas waters. maybe if you pull your head from your ass you can become a better fisherman and you could catch fish? all that fox news has your brain turning orange. idiot. less complaining about fake news and more time on the water working on figuring out what works....... traitor boy.
Fish die, but humans are "blessed".
Ok...
I will never take big make blue gills again not will I use them as catfish hate
It should be illegal for people to weed kill lakes.
I cringe every time I see a "Use Live Bluegill's for Bass" video.
Biologists can impart wisdom, based upon proven science to further the potential of a body of water, woods, fields. They are trained to recognize what is important and potentially harmful.
Then, the bucket brigade comes and takes many fish over the legal limit, often without a valid license, until they get caught. These people are NOT sportsmen and need to be reported to local conservation officers. As a sportsman, I detest the wanton waste of such practice.
The outdoors are a resource all can benefit from.
Keep the slabs let the smaller ones go
Thats dumb! One day you want have any slabs!
I ❤ bluegills . Just subbed and hit that thumbs up