Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: upstatenybowyer on October 16, 2018, 07:48:59 pm
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I'm sure some of you guys have caught bigger, but for me, this sucker was a shocker! :o
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Nice fish. How much did he/she weigh? Looks like some good eating. I never caught one over 4# or so but I tried for a long time.
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Fine fish brother!
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That's a whopper!
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Nice catch! I caught a 5# lg mouth down in Fla, biggest one I ever caught, went to get a stringer, some other folks were throwing an 8#er back because it was too small! Burst my bubble! (lol)
Hawkdancer
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That's a great one, congratulations! I'll be it out up a good fight. What did you catch it on?
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That's a beauty for a northern large mouth.
Biggest I caught in NJ was a 6lb 8oz.
)F( )F( -C- Zuma
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That's a nice fish for the north. Ours don't grow 8-9 months out of the year, maybe 3-4 months rather. She is probably at least 8-10 yeas old.
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Good catch Jeff.They're fun for sure.I catch em like that in my pond but usually put them back to keep my bluegill population down of little bluegills.Never weighed them either.Then I eat the bluegills.A bass like that I don't think is all that great to eat really compared to these bluegills here.More than likely that's a big old female you got there.
Stocking a pond here I seen those bass grow from april to october 14 to 16 inches in that time period.Then they start growing in girth a bunch too.If I can stick my fist into his mouth I figure he's at least 4 lbs. for sure.
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Very nice fish. Large mouth or small mouth?
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Jon that is a largemouth.
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Nice fish!
Hawkdancer, don't feel bad. It's nothing to catch 15- 18 pounders down here where I live in Polk County Florida in the Spring. Most get released by locals. Google Lake Toho or Kissimmee chain of lakes.
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Ed, would she have had eggs in her? She definitely was sportin the girth!
I wish I knew how much she weighed. I don't have a scale for fish, gotta get one. But maybe I could have gotten my fist in her mouth. I've got big hands though. :-[
Pearly, I figure we've got pretty similar climates. That's cool to know about how old she is. Caught and released her in a beautiful glacial pond so I know she's been living the good life!
Adam, I caught her on a live bass minnow. I've been using them to fish for pike, but I catch way more bass with them.
Mullet, not a day goes by that part of me doesn't just wanna just pick up and move down to your neck of the woods, just for the fishing! )F( Must be awesome )P(
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No eggs in here now, just a gut full of fall forage. They really put the feed sacks on in fall. They know they have 6 months of snow and ice ahead of them.
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Jeff...Yep Chris is right.Spring time is the time to spawn.The reason I say fist in the mouth is because sometimes I need room to remove small bluegill type hook by hand very cautiously so I don't hurt them to release them.I don't carry special hook removers when I fish.
They're fun to catch for sure.To me they are an aggressive striking ambush type fish latching onto my bluegills when I reel them in too.
I solved that problem by using a cane pole to catch bluegills then just lifting the bluegill straight up right out of the water.
Your fish looks nice and healthy.
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Ed maybe you have tried your bluegills this way? Scale, fillet dice to 1"- 11/2" pieces.
Quick boil in water or add some beer. -C- Drain and cool. Dip in drawn butter. Just like lobster! O:)
Zuma
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That sounds good Zuma.I think most any way a bluegill made is pretty good really.I love em just filleted dusted with flour and fried in a 1/4" of light oil till light brown/drained and then just salted....Delicious!!!Makes em taste like a blue gill I guess.I like buttered bread with my fish.No tarter sauce either.I feel the fish are good enough on their own taste wise.
The man who catches and eats a lot of pan fish more than me is Jon W.He knows how to cook em too.Think he deep fat fries his.Delicious too!!!
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maybe it is good as bow backing
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Dang you Ed, now you got me craving a plate of gried 'gills!
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Do bluegills live in S.D.???Ha Ha!!!Just kidding.You guys got the best abundance of walleye around I know that!
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Mmmmm, walleye -C-
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Ed, walleye fight like a rubber boot and taste like dehydrated distilled water. Bluegill are much better table fare, in my opinion. Then, I also like bass, pike, cold water catfish, and just about anything else that swims, including a big old plate of lutefisk.
Mind you, I would probably turned loose this big ol' bass that Uppy caught, just cause I wanna see more of her fine genetics out there!