Makes me a bit sad to see all the dislikes. Most are because Let these huge fish go. But some people don't realize how old these fish are and what they mean to the reproductive state of the lake.
My Grand father built a house on a lake in Michigan in the early 60's. My Dad, and grandfather were using huge shiners for Bass fishing. My Older Brother, and I were using big NightCrawlers for anything that would bite. We were drift fishing a large point, and all of a sudden we started pulling in Monster BlueGills, as seen in this video. For the remainder of the year we fished that area, until no more Bluegills were to be had. We had literally fished that area clean of all those Huge BlueGills. We ate those delicious fish, as that is how fishing was back in the day. Little did I know back then, that we were emptying the Damn lake of BlueGills. The lake was full of small BlueGills after that, all the monsters had been eaten by us.
Awesome to see you let those big ones go. Most people don't know that keeping bigger blugills destroys the fishery. We should be letting all bluegills over 9 inches go. Nice show, enjoyed the content.
Fantastic video! I'm an older guy and I've kind of fell in love with the cheapo yellow bass pro microlite glass rod (noodly) in 6 1/2 ft.and 4 lb test on a 25 presiential and it's as fun as any fishing there is. These fish are strong this size and I sometimes wonder what I have as well til they start swimming in circles. I've had good luck with several colors and mixed colors really liking black with a chartreuse tail. This type of fishing is so overlooked that people miss out on alot of fun and they filet well this size, again great video!
I fish strip pits all the time most of my biggest fish are caught there including an 18 inch crappie a 7lb bass and a 17lb channel cat nothing wrong with private lakes! Thanks for the shout out to veterans by the way its appreciated
I use to catch bluegill that were so wide my hand wasn't big enough to hold them I had to step on the or put them between my knees .That creek was in the estuaries of the Neuse river in N.C. Down were it begins to get brackish. One year a Red tide CAME out of the ocean and for some unexplained reason it mostly settled into that creek call goose where those huge bluegill were. It killed 95 % of the indigenous fish in that creek.That creek was tide controlled and thusly it received what ever fish swam in the ocean occasionally. Now as far as I know that creek is recovering but it's very slow. The last time I fished it was in the mid 90s. Not one single fish was caught out of a days fishing. Red Tide is a killer
One of my fellow fisherman would please give me & my 65 yr old Dad the tips on the best most effective way to "work" the jig? We just can't figure it out. Please & thanks. -Eric & Glenn
Eric A Honestly Eric you can't go wrong with a plain hook and leech or a worm for bluegills. If you are gonna use a jig I would suggest a white twister grub 2" long or a small pink and white tube jig. Cast them out and slowly reel them back and jig them a foot or so up-and-down
Mike Aeschlimann Thanks!! When using backreel with monofilament line it eliminates line twist all together as where when you use your drag it creates it.
I caught some whalers yesterday on Muskegon lake but every single one swallowed my hook no matter what size I used. And my eyes never left the bobber! Got 26 mix of gills and perch
i_fish We do have a few great public lakes for huge gills but sadly when the word gets out they get hammerd and people keep limits and limits of these big gills and decimate the lake =(
330 MaNiaC yup. The fate of all public property is to be plundered. I like UK better - all lakes are private but access is available. U pay 10 bucks but there is fish in the lake. Private owner takes good care if the lake, does not allow littering or poaching, stocks fish and enforces the right limits. And if he doesnt, nobody will pay him. I would love to pay 20$ to cone catch bluegills like that.
i_fish Man I love that!! Wish Minnesota had more places like that. I do have some public lakes that people don't know about yet and i try to keep it that way. But all it takes is a few people knowing and before you know it 100 of then out there on a weekend fishing
Nice video and very nice bluegills. These are my favorite fish and many of my vids on my channel focus on big gills and pumpkinseeds. Glad to see other fishermen release large panfish as they are the most vulnerable of species to over harvest, especially larger adult bluegills. I have been releasing all bluegills over 10 inches for the past 20 + years. Recently C&Red an 11.75 hen that we estimated at 2-pounds from a local pond with hopes that she'll be a 12-incher next year! Good job, I liked and subscribed and invite you to check out "Release the Beasts" and other bluegill vids on my channel...I think you'll enjoy them!
Sunus Holloway I keep the smaller ones. They are just as good to eat and there are way more of them than old guys. It takes many more years for them to grow here up north die to the winters. Some of these fish are well over 10 year old
Sunus Holloway Thats why its such a great lake to fish! If i would have been keeping all those giant ones over the years the lake would just be an average lake with little ones like anywhere else =)
The hell with them hatters bud...private lake public lake its all the same. Yes your private lakes sometimes have larger gills but who cares. They get in my boat they get a free ride to the house lol.
Who cares where you fish I fished only private ponds most of my life unless I'm at my grandparents or looking for white bass and hybrids and stripers ect....
Makes me a bit sad to see all the dislikes. Most are because Let these huge fish go. But some people don't realize how old these fish are and what they mean to the reproductive state of the lake.
330 MaNiaC
Lol so many jelly people 😂👍🏻
Signs of success...haters or dislikes...keep up the good work
My Grand father built a house on a lake in Michigan in the early 60's. My Dad, and grandfather were using huge shiners for Bass fishing. My Older Brother, and I were using big NightCrawlers for anything that would bite. We were drift fishing a large point, and all of a sudden we started pulling in Monster BlueGills, as seen in this video. For the remainder of the year we fished that area, until no more Bluegills were to be had. We had literally fished that area clean of all those Huge BlueGills. We ate those delicious fish, as that is how fishing was back in the day. Little did I know back then, that we were emptying the Damn lake of BlueGills. The lake was full of small BlueGills after that, all the monsters had been eaten by us.
Awesome to see you let those big ones go. Most people don't know that keeping bigger blugills destroys the fishery. We should be letting all bluegills over 9 inches go. Nice show, enjoyed the content.
Fantastic video! I'm an older guy and I've kind of fell in love with the cheapo yellow bass pro microlite glass rod (noodly) in 6 1/2 ft.and 4 lb test on a 25 presiential and it's as fun as any fishing there is. These fish are strong this size and I sometimes wonder what I have as well til they start swimming in circles. I've had good luck with several colors and mixed colors really liking black with a chartreuse tail. This type of fishing is so overlooked that people miss out on alot of fun and they filet well this size, again great video!
John B Thanks you and thanks for watching! These big bluegills definitely give you the fight of a lifetime.
Nice fish!
Thanks for bringing us along!
I'm ready for first ice already, lol. Thought maybe we were going to have it this past weekend with this cold front.
DEER RECOVERY TRACKING DOG if ice season didnt run so late id be ready too Lol
I have some extra JB WELD I can send you for your Jon Boat, lol
DEER RECOVERY TRACKING DO
Huh???
hey please don't look at them don't let them put you down you'er doing a great vid .. great fisherman my best wishes from Canada.. God Bless.
Nice Video Scott, It has been hot fishing over here also
jamesullivan13 great to hear James!!
My heart is cringing at the slabs you gave back lol like take me with youuuuuu shit I'll take em 😂🤷🏾♀️💯
Do you know that these fish are 10 years old? How are you supposed to replace them?
In 10 years lol there will be more
I fish strip pits all the time most of my biggest fish are caught there including an 18 inch crappie a 7lb bass and a 17lb channel cat nothing wrong with private lakes! Thanks for the shout out to veterans by the way its appreciated
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I’m eating bluegill for supper as I watch this video I’m eating fries and the fresh caught bluegill is tasting good
I use to catch bluegill that were so wide my hand wasn't big enough to hold them I had to step on the or put them between my knees .That creek was in the estuaries of the Neuse river in N.C. Down were it begins to get brackish. One year a Red tide CAME out of the ocean and for some unexplained reason it mostly settled into that creek call goose where those huge bluegill were. It killed 95 % of the indigenous fish in that creek.That creek was tide controlled and thusly it received what ever fish swam in the ocean occasionally. Now as far as I know that creek is recovering but it's very slow. The last time I fished it was in the mid 90s. Not one single fish was caught out of a days fishing. Red Tide is a killer
One of my fellow fisherman would please give me & my 65 yr old Dad the tips on the best most effective way to "work" the jig? We just can't figure it out. Please & thanks.
-Eric & Glenn
Eric A Honestly Eric you can't go wrong with a plain hook and leech or a worm for bluegills. If you are gonna use a jig I would suggest a white twister grub 2" long or a small pink and white tube jig. Cast them out and slowly reel them back and jig them a foot or so up-and-down
Nottin better then some minnesota piranhas damn those are some tanks
Nothing wrong with catch and release fishing! But some fresh deep fried 'gill fillet's is hard to pass up on too!!
Slabs man!
this is actually the first time i have seen someone use the anti reverse in a reel
Anthony Chen me too
Love those big bluegill! QUESTION....why do you backreel instead of setting your drag? Just curious, is there a benefit or just preference?
Mike Aeschlimann Thanks!! When using backreel with monofilament line it eliminates line twist all together as where when you use your drag it creates it.
330 MaNiaC guess i learn something new every day, thanks for the tip
Mike Aeschlimann You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I caught some whalers yesterday on Muskegon lake but every single one swallowed my hook no matter what size I used. And my eyes never left the bobber! Got 26 mix of gills and perch
Kimilicious .booty Awesome!!
great video man! giants bluegills!!
Nice Video from Louisiana, silicone those rivets!
Man I caught some slabs like that yesterday too 👍🏽👍🏽😋🐟
nice bullgills awesome what do you use
Homer Quiroz jr thanks!! White twister with a pink head. Or just a plain old hook and a worm or leech
That makes me feel a little better, that its private. I thought everyone has great public waters by me.
i_fish We do have a few great public lakes for huge gills but sadly when the word gets out they get hammerd and people keep limits and limits of these big gills and decimate the lake =(
330 MaNiaC yup. The fate of all public property is to be plundered. I like UK better - all lakes are private but access is available. U pay 10 bucks but there is fish in the lake. Private owner takes good care if the lake, does not allow littering or poaching, stocks fish and enforces the right limits. And if he doesnt, nobody will pay him. I would love to pay 20$ to cone catch bluegills like that.
i_fish Man I love that!! Wish Minnesota had more places like that. I do have some public lakes that people don't know about yet and i try to keep it that way. But all it takes is a few people knowing and before you know it 100 of then out there on a weekend fishing
Great clip! What action and power rod is that hmg?
Eyesofthasouth thanks! Its a 7ft UL
Man I take them gills to a hushpuppie party. ☺️
That sounds great!
Try crickets for bluegill. It’s the best you can get.
Am I the only one who hears him farting...great vid of big BG's
Barking spiders!
Great video some nice gils
Megas!🤘
Thanks!!
Bigest sunnies I've seen. .!awesome fishing. .
what stae is this ? cool video thank you
cajunski1 Minnesota. Thanks!
Nice video and very nice bluegills. These are my favorite fish and many of my vids on my channel focus on big gills and pumpkinseeds. Glad to see other fishermen release large panfish as they are the most vulnerable of species to over harvest, especially larger adult bluegills. I have been releasing all bluegills over 10 inches for the past 20 + years. Recently C&Red an 11.75 hen that we estimated at 2-pounds from a local pond with hopes that she'll be a 12-incher next year! Good job, I liked and subscribed and invite you to check out "Release the Beasts" and other bluegill vids on my channel...I think you'll enjoy them!
I'll check it out Jim! I seen a picture of that 11.75 tank you caught on FB. It was a giant!!!
Great video!
man I got the oil hot breading, fries and cole slaw ya bring a beer its on. nice gils
Thanks!
Nice video!
sweet catches
What !!! No way I'm from the south so them wouldn't be going back jack corn meal and cooking oil buddy
Sunus Holloway I keep the smaller ones. They are just as good to eat and there are way more of them than old guys. It takes many more years for them to grow here up north die to the winters. Some of these fish are well over 10 year old
where is the place
Susmita Mazumder Minnesota
New to the channel. Is 330 Ohio?
330 is the size of beaver trap i use. I'm located in MN
I have 1 of reels they have a great drag styem try it
Got ya great video thanks
Man I here ya, ain't saying fish it out cause all you need Is 3or 4 of them then you can go home. That will feed a family of 4
Sunus Holloway I do keep enough to feed the fam. I just keep smaller ones. Its just me and my 10yr old that eat fish so dont take much
what rod
Mike Ganzen 7ft UL fenwick HMG
Man wish I was there
I still wouldn't have put them back, yeah back in some cooking oil lol
Sunus Holloway Thats why its such a great lake to fish! If i would have been keeping all those giant ones over the years the lake would just be an average lake with little ones like anywhere else =)
Nice rod.
Giant gill there. The spawn is going on . Next time drop the GP down .
Need some flexseal dude.
Jason Allen nah. Built in minnow bucket =)
That's like throwing a steak away
I like the smaller steaks anyway. They taste much better lol
@@330Maniac I guess
I need a Man like this😉
Thanks =)
Do u do TH-cam for a job
Deerhunter_will_ 19 no
your boat is sinking
Bail water fast lol
The hell with them hatters bud...private lake public lake its all the same. Yes your private lakes sometimes have larger gills but who cares. They get in my boat they get a free ride to the house lol.
Knock the sides off them fish
1st? Am I cool now?
DAM IT I was close to being first
Who cares where you fish I fished only private ponds most of my life unless I'm at my grandparents or looking for white bass and hybrids and stripers ect....
Stop talking already and start fishing.
I like to educate people on how to catch these bad boys