I'm sure you know this but....your channel is gonna be big should be already long as you been doing it don't stop....your great fisherman with valuable info and a stand up guy
Try using a bag to weigh especially if you're releasing the fish...and lay the tape down flat and measure fish from on top...btw great bluegill hole...and your thinking of returning the big bluegills (breeders) is on point.
Great video just stop apologizing for keeping fish. There is nothing wrong with keeping what you will eat. As long as it is not wasted then it is A-ok! I hate the fact that there is so much pressure on people to only do catch and release and even when most of these people do practice catch and release only about a handfull of them can do it properly without the fish likely dying anyway. Keep what you will eat and feel proud you are harvesting your own food. No different then hunting.
I have a quarry I fish in n.y. with bullgills and slab crappies. I put back those big girls too. Great advice. Just found your site and subscribed. Thanks
Ah we CAUGHT some in N.C that tipped the scales at 26 oz.. caught em on a fly rod with an automatic reel. Those bream could swim so fast the would out maneuver the automatic fly REEL. These are nice bream THOUGH
Ron Lee Those are really nice ones! Ive caught them just short of 2lbs out of this lake as well quite a few times. I Don't think theres any fish that fights as hard as they do. Our growth rate up is is half of what you have down there too so it take well over 10 years for them to attain this size
Man those are some really nice gills! I always thought that if bluegill got as big as bass you couldn't bring them in! They fight ' pound for pound better that any game fish in fresh water! '
That’s definitely a fact bro…not up for debate about it period! But what I don’t seem to understand is why people think they have to throw all big gills back 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ big bluegill are extremely populated across the country and they breed like crazy so there’s no way it would hurt by catching a few here and there.
Honestly man you don't know about the growth rate up north in states like Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota. These gills I'm catching are 10 or more years old. You can't replace them in a year or even two years. You take them out of a lake in high numbers and they are gone. You destroy the lake. It takes 5 or 6 years to see a lake even start to bounce back. Lake becomes stunted and all of the gills are very small because there were no big gills to protect the nests during the spawn. In turn the genetics of those big fish are gone and the eggs are fertilized by smaller males. Lakes down in the southern states have a much faster growth rate. Takes a decade for them here to grow here to this size. Look up the growth rate for a bluegill in northern Minnesota. Also look up how important big bluegills are to a fishery. You'd be surprised what you'll find.
Those take a good long time to grow that big....good also to let them be te ones to spawn in the lake rather than the small ones spawning when they're too small. Good balance in your home water!
Army Angler crappie magnets work pretty good on a 1/32 oz jighead they even have things called panfish magnets that are a bit smaller that come with a special jighead that work great for gills.
Did you just film this or is this a little while back, because there is hardly any leaves on the trees and the crappies in my area (southern mn) have spawned out
Small hands! haha seriously though nice fish. will haveta get u up to Kab this winter man.. huge perch. 13 and 14s on a consistent basis. the area is pristine too...second to none. keep the vids comin!
Hey man you need to calibrate them scales bro!! I think all of us have caught three quarter pound bream in some fishing adventure or another and that bastard that you weighed at .99 was easily a pound and a half bro
i can never find the bluegills at castaic unless its fall and night when they are literally by every rock you can see in the water. ive found them here and there but only if i rented a boat and actually got to part of the lake with bushes and stuff in the water. but most is bare bottom with hard clay sand or rocks.. which you think ok cool you see a sunk log or some big rock out there you should get a bluegill or bass. not here. you reel that thing in too easily with your light set up but hey to each their own. i go out with my 2-4lb line and let smaller ones pull a little drag lol.
@@charlesmorris6975 I do give all kinds of information. What I'm using what depth. Structure I fish. That way you as a viewer can learn how I'm targeting these fish and you can replicate it. Giving away a lake name will ruin the lake online. It wouldn't get fished out
Ok. Can you maybe make the trip down next weekend if you can? I got some honey holes that are active. Give me a shout on here and I'll be active because baseball is over for the week
So ya its interesting, with the gills its not just the big females, like you said. The big dark males fan the nest and chase off the predators. So the lakes that have the super good populations, people are releasing the slab males and females. If it goes over 9 in do not keep it!
Don't tell me - that's your lucky shirt, right? If it were mine, one night after a few beers around the fire I'd pull it off, lay it across the flames and watch it return to the gods who blessed it.
I have been fishing for 55+ years and i have never caught gills like these that your catching, simply spectacular Sir.
Dude this is straight beast mode. NO TROLLING MOTOR, NO FORWARD FACING SONAR(POSSIBLY NO ELECTRONICS AT ALL, NO SPOT LOCK.... BRO YOU ARE MY HERO
Im gonna try like this...i normally use a very small bobber...i like to see the cork action but im gonna try this way.
I'm sure you know this but....your channel is gonna be big should be already long as you been doing it don't stop....your great fisherman with valuable info and a stand up guy
The simplicity of bluegill fishing. The bottom of the boat as a bait well is a nice touch too
Awesome video man just subscribed there's nothing like catching big blue gill makes me get giddy thinking about catching em
My fav eating fish in the water .... what lake and state are you in ? Congrats on finding peace of mind from fishing as I do brethren
Now this was one of the best bluegill videos I've seen. Thanks for the share!
Travis Fort Thank you for watching!!!
Try using a bag to weigh especially if you're releasing the fish...and lay the tape down flat and measure fish from on top...btw great bluegill hole...and your thinking of returning the big bluegills (breeders) is on point.
Those Gills are incredible! A john boat that doubles as a bait bucket... very cool! : )
Do you ever fish on Melissa? If so other than LM does that lake seem to be fished out. Back in the 80s it was killer fishing. What happened.
Love catching gills. Those were some really good ones. Good eats.
Awesome fishing spot
Amazing video. What lake is this would love to visit and fish
Mr. G. Thanks!!! Its a secret lake =)
Great video just stop apologizing for keeping fish. There is nothing wrong with keeping what you will eat. As long as it is not wasted then it is A-ok! I hate the fact that there is so much pressure on people to only do catch and release and even when most of these people do practice catch and release only about a handfull of them can do it properly without the fish likely dying anyway. Keep what you will eat and feel proud you are harvesting your own food. No different then hunting.
jesus.. i have never seen bg this size in my life, and I must have caught thousands of these
I have a quarry I fish in n.y. with bullgills and slab crappies. I put back those big girls too. Great advice. Just found your site and subscribed. Thanks
Nothing better than fried bluegills....well maybe crappies....
Wherever you are, man...those are some killer bluegills. That’s panfish flyrod paradise
Why is there water and fish inside your boat lol. Nice slabs
mike15101 my minnow bucket tipped over possibly haha. Thanks!
330 MaNiaC Lmao! Thanks for the laugh.
How fun is that!! Love some pan fishin
That first bluegill is bigger than the hundreds of bluegills I have caught combined. WHOA!!
Nice, how deep was that rounds abouts?
Soggy Bottom River Boys 6 to 10ft
Thanks dude, gonna go ahead and sub up and browse your channel
Nice fish. I sure do like your jon boat. You get a lot of good use out of it. Thanks, for practicing catch and release.
+Paul Deknikker thank you very much it definitely comes in handy
Ah we CAUGHT some in N.C that tipped the scales at 26 oz.. caught em on a fly rod with an automatic reel. Those bream could swim so fast the would out maneuver the automatic fly REEL. These are nice bream THOUGH
Ron Lee Those are really nice ones! Ive caught them just short of 2lbs out of this lake as well quite a few times. I Don't think theres any fish that fights as hard as they do. Our growth rate up is is half of what you have down there too so it take well over 10 years for them to attain this size
Dude now THAT is a fishin sweatshirt. Sleeves all frayed. Stained and stinky. My kinda fisherman!
Man those are some really nice gills! I always thought that if bluegill got as big as bass you couldn't bring them in! They fight ' pound for pound better that any game fish in fresh water! '
That’s definitely a fact bro…not up for debate about it period! But what I don’t seem to understand is why people think they have to throw all big gills back 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ big bluegill are extremely populated across the country and they breed like crazy so there’s no way it would hurt by catching a few here and there.
Honestly man you don't know about the growth rate up north in states like Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota. These gills I'm catching are 10 or more years old. You can't replace them in a year or even two years. You take them out of a lake in high numbers and they are gone. You destroy the lake. It takes 5 or 6 years to see a lake even start to bounce back. Lake becomes stunted and all of the gills are very small because there were no big gills to protect the nests during the spawn. In turn the genetics of those big fish are gone and the eggs are fertilized by smaller males. Lakes down in the southern states have a much faster growth rate. Takes a decade for them here to grow here to this size. Look up the growth rate for a bluegill in northern Minnesota. Also look up how important big bluegills are to a fishery. You'd be surprised what you'll find.
@@330Maniac Ok I definitely will. And I appreciate you dropping knowledge about the northern bluegill on me 👍🏾
No problem man!! Thank you for understanding And taking a look at that information.
I was impressed!bThe guy is a hell of a fisherman and conserves at the same time!
+dvranish Thanks!
Do you have minows swimming in your boat? Lol
little fishy swimming in your boat.
SteelKill22 ! Doubles as my minnow bucket =)
great panfish video and thost bluegill were big as hell
Those take a good long time to grow that big....good also to let them be te ones to spawn in the lake rather than the small ones spawning when they're too small. Good balance in your home water!
Paul Merritt Thanks! Yes some of them are well over 10 years old! And keeping those genetics in the fishery is key to producing futures giants!
Is that just a hook and worm fishing bottom?
Yep
@@330Maniac thank you! We have only tried bobber fishing for them and had no luck last year. We will be trying this way next time!
@@vanessacenters9971 Good luck hope you catch a bunch!!
the minnows in your boat lol
LTB pro darius I had a little mishap with my minnow bucket Lol
Nice fish, we have them like that on KY lake
big bubbles nice job being considered of population an the fish growth bravo 👏
perk perkalater Thank you!
How far are u from International Falls? Any good spots around there to catch gills and crappie?
Nice Blue Gills! You seriously need a can of flex seal. Why is it so much water in that boat? Lol! Great video.
Gills love those crawlers and reds , hadn’t had much luck with artificial lures , got any suggestions?
Army Angler Only artificials i use for gills are tube jigs and 2" white twister grubs. Mainly leeches or crawlers though get the job done for me.
Army Angler crappie magnets work pretty good on a 1/32 oz jighead they even have things called panfish magnets that are a bit smaller that come with a special jighead that work great for gills.
Army Angler try a small artificial grub and crappie nibbles
Damn those are some nice slabs !!!
Last time i got gills like that was at a farmers pond in aberdeen MD with my cuz ronnie, we had a ball as kids.
Huck Fin These things are so much fun to catch!
330 MaNiaC yep, just waiting for warmer temps here in Baltimore so i can go get some yellow perch my fav, keep fishing my friend.
Did u mark fish on electronics or just bounce bottom in random spots. Thanks
Colson Seymour I just found the edge of the weed line and fish the outside edge of it did not mark and fish
I've never seen bulegills this big NICE
Where are you located to catch such large Blue Gill?!
KR Crowdus central minnesota
Awesome video! Makes me want to go chase some giant bluegills!!
+Lucas McCue thanks pal and you definitely should it's a blast!
Actually I was able to get out today and I scraped up a few for the pan! Keep the vids comin!
Did you just film this or is this a little while back, because there is hardly any leaves on the trees and the crappies in my area (southern mn) have spawned out
Logan's Fishin' Channel this was about three weeks ago
Dude those were all monsters that's the type of day I look forward to. Out of sight!!!!!
Colson Seymour man believe it or not I've had better days out here on the ice. Caught 3 just over 11" and then my buddy got an 11 3/4"
why is there water and fish in your boat?
Thats my minnow buckey
Monster Blue Gill @3:38. Beautiful fish bro.
We call those on lake Altoona GA bull gills
nice slabs there bro
Where I am the lakes are absolutely STACKED with monster bluegill so I don’t feel to bad keeping them because we eat them.
What rod and reel setup do you use for catching those gills and crappies?
Chris Anderson i have a pfluever presidential reel and a 7ft rod with 6lb test now. It works amazing
Thanks for the info. Awesome videos.
Chris Anderson you could find a phlueger combo at Cabelas or Bass Pro for $70 or so and it's a great rod and reel for nice gills and crappie.
Did anybody notice the little fish in his boat
My minnow bucket tipped over haha
love your minnow pail lol
+Bob Lee it was an accident but none of them died lol
My biggest recorded gill was 10.5 and 1.14 lbs
Had one that measured 11.5 inches but did not have a scale!
Shane Butler shane! from one angler to another that is outstanding
Need to do a vid of you frying those up too! lol
That's what I'm talking about!!!
Awesome fishing video! So, whats up with the minnows swimming around in the bottom of your boat? Too cool! 👍
I've been wanting a digital scale and yours looked pretty easy to use, video was awesome by the way, best eatin freshwater fish there is
Them are some nice blue gills
Nice Gills and Crappies man.
were you using a jig
I was using a plain hook and a crawler chunk for most of them but also got some on a jig n minnow
Gotttttttt dayum those are huge dude wow!
Nice fish! I get that you want to let the monsters go but if that were me I'd get 2 absolute giants and mount them.
Logan's Fishin' Channel I keep telling myself to do that but haven't yet
Small hands! haha seriously though nice fish. will haveta get u up to Kab this winter man.. huge perch. 13 and 14s on a consistent basis. the area is pristine too...second to none.
keep the vids comin!
Hey man you need to calibrate them scales bro!! I think all of us have caught three quarter pound bream in some fishing adventure or another and that bastard that you weighed at .99 was easily a pound and a half bro
Great video , keep on fishin
whats the rod and reel combo
IndianaFarmer2030 its a pflueger reel and an older gary roach UL. Ive since updated
Alrighty thanks
That's the damnest bait bucket I ever did see.
Just curious, what rod/reel are you using? Looks like a prime panfish setup.
Ronnie Huchel it's a pflueger presidential reel with and older Gary roach UL rod
Ha yeah! My dad just bought that same reel. Like 80 bucks, 10 ball bearings. Awesome video by the way.
+Ronnie Huchel thank you! It was definitely spendy but worth every dollar
i can never find the bluegills at castaic unless its fall and night when they are literally by every rock you can see in the water. ive found them here and there but only if i rented a boat and actually got to part of the lake with bushes and stuff in the water. but most is bare bottom with hard clay sand or rocks.. which you think ok cool you see a sunk log or some big rock out there you should get a bluegill or bass. not here. you reel that thing in too easily with your light set up but hey to each their own. i go out with my 2-4lb line and let smaller ones pull a little drag lol.
those things are massive, geez
What state are you in!?
Haha your bait swimming in your boat. That's a cool way to do it
+Jason Shook yeah that was a slight mistake that I ended up peeing for lol
What state r u in
Nice fish dude. Keep up your videos
how do U tell Male from Female?
I have a few sweat shirts you can have Trapper, lol.
Joe Shock This is my FAVORITE sweater!! Lol. I wouldn't trade it for a dozen new ones
Dang, pretty big bluegill!
Thanks for sharing😎👍
+Charles Manning thanks for watching!
Some of my favorite fishing ,...... Great video man. New sub.
Great catches💪💪💯👍
That's cool and I respect that. If your maybe coming down, maybe after the 4th, I'll be available
IT takes big fish to make little fish. Thats why I put the big ones back
Robert Clint actually it takes big fish to make big fish. Average fish can make little fish too
I like your boat nice blue gills. Using live bait or plastic?
Dan Miller I was using mostly nightcrawlers on a plane hook. but I was also using small crappie minnows on a pink and white Gypsy jig. Thank you!
Nice live well for your minnows it works love your bids man
+Thefisherman 3634 thank you!
Where are you fishin at
What lake is this
Sorry I don't give out lake names
What is the use of doing a video if you dont give information
@@charlesmorris6975 I do give all kinds of information. What I'm using what depth. Structure I fish. That way you as a viewer can learn how I'm targeting these fish and you can replicate it. Giving away a lake name will ruin the lake online. It wouldn't get fished out
Where this lake located? Would love to take my father n law a retired Vietnam
love light tackle
MONSTER gills bro, monsters..
Ok. Can you maybe make the trip down next weekend if you can? I got some honey holes that are active. Give me a shout on here and I'll be active because baseball is over for the week
+Magic Fishing man I would love to make it down there but I think my weekends are pretty booked up through July with events
Awesome release@14:40
Now those are some slabs awesome video!
+CabinOutdoors thank you and thanks for watching
Bilage pump?
Kacey Murphy a bilage pump would be worth more than the boat haha
330 MaNiaC ha ha I like the boat
nice shirt.......................
cayogator Thanks! Its my absolute favorite hoodie I own. It's lucky too as you can see. Id rather wear it than the other 30 new ones I own.
i, ve never seen them Bluegill so big!
+Johnny White Thanks!
hey man while at Walmart pick up you a new sweater with grips....ahahahaha nice fish doe
impacc44 noway bud!!! This is my FAVORITE sweater and I'll never replace it lol
So ya its interesting, with the gills its not just the big females, like you said. The big dark males fan the nest and chase off the predators. So the lakes that have the super good populations, people are releasing the slab males and females. If it goes over 9 in do not keep it!
good lookin out for future fishin by releasing egg bearing females back into the water. remind us all to leave some for tomorrow
Thanks!
what scale is that your using?
michael martin you know I'm not actually sure but I bought it off of Amazon I'll have to check
Holy s:;t, In Mass, most are bait size.
Come down to round lake in Becker county.. that's where I'm catching monster pike, walleyes and panfish
Magic Fishing Round Lake is only about 25 minutes from me
Magic Fishing yes. I live in Detroit lakes
Don't tell me - that's your lucky shirt, right? If it were mine, one night after a few beers around the fire I'd pull it off, lay it across the flames and watch it return to the gods who blessed it.
Hahaha