Beautiful fall afternoon

[snow2]

Yesterday, managed 3 nice rainbows (cpr'd) cool fall air warm high altitude sun felt great blue river/colorado river confluence

 

[Weekender]

Crazy how nice out it was yesterday. I could deal with that weather year round. Had a great day fishing on the East end of Sak.

 

[wslayer]

Looks wonderful. . .
Day out on the golf course and going back out shortly.

 

[Wirehair]

Wife & I biked trails around Lake Metigoshe the last 2 days. Amazing way to spend a couple of fall days.

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

Wife & I biked trails around Lake Metigoshe the last 2 days. Amazing way to spend a couple of fall days.

Are the bluegills eating everything in sight yet?

 

[guywhofishes]

Are the bluegills eating everything in sight yet?

Yep, it’s bull gill time - in MN anyway.

 

[risingsun]

Yep, it’s bull gill time - in MN anyway.

That is a dandy gill. But who is the great grandpa?

 

[guywhofishes]

That is a dandy gill. But who is the great grandpa?

bro visiting from HI

we stopped at 10 each - glad we did - as much as I enjoy fileting big gills, 30 is a slog

 

[guywhofishes]

only after we got home did I tell mom/bro the legal limit was 20 each

85 and can fish all darn day

I pray the Lord has that in store for me

 

[5575]

Fished the last couple days, man it was nice out on the water!

 

[guywhofishes]

Crazy how nice out it was yesterday. I could deal with that weather year round. Had a great day fishing on the East end of Sak.

Any luck?

Fam in Coleharbor wants me to drag the boat out west and take them fishing. Worthwhile?

 

[Motohunter]

I took the kids out fishing last night for a couple hours. The fishing was slow but it was an amazing night to be out there for sure.

 

[Weekender]

Any luck?

Fam in Coleharbor wants me to drag the boat out west and take them fishing. Worthwhile?

Definitely worthwhile, fishing has been good. We got our 2 man limit and threw back a thick 28.5". Don't fish until you are marking them, they are starting to be more grouped up. Dragging minnows and using glide baits. Depth is weather dependent.

 

[Bauer]

Any luck?

Fam in Coleharbor wants me to drag the boat out west and take them fishing. Worthwhile?

The east end is going strong yet! Kept my 5 last night out of 30-35' using jigs and minnows. Smallest was about 13.5 and largest was 19.5. You could probably do better dragging plain lindys and minnows around covering more ground faster. It was hard to lay the rod down after #5 but with the deep water I opted to enjoy the sunset rather than keep fishing.

 

[3Roosters]

bro visiting from HI

we stopped at 10 each - glad we did - as much as I enjoy fileting big gills, 30 is a slog

We had a cabin in Northern Mn on a lake that had a 5 gill limit. Thank GOD as I was the only one fileting. My bride and I took the bro in law and sis in law and 2 of their grandkids out in our pontoon for an afternoon of fishing. Got our 30 without too much effort. I shouldn't bitch about cleaning them all. They did the cooking. haha. The boy wanted to keep fishing from the dock...and was under strict orders..haha..not to keep any gills. He did end up with a couple bass..but yeah..30 is a slog

 

[svnmag]

Believe it or not I've never eaten bluegill...am truly I missing something? How many hand sized fish for a group of four?

 

[3Roosters]

Believe it or not I've never eaten bluegill...am truly I missing something? How many hand sized fish for a group of four?

They are very tasty! Either filet them like you do with a walleye, perch, or scale them using a spoon and cut the head off and gut and pan fry. For 4 ppl that enjoy eating fish, it will take a bunch of gills as a 8-9 inch gill doesn't yield that much meat. BTW..release the 9inch or bigger male gills as they protect the others.

 

[svnmag]

I will say in the Hills I've kept green sunfish and SMB: Twice.

Both times during cleaning; I got a strong "insect" smell and they ended up in the garden.

I've also never kept a rock bass. They and the green sunfish are ubiquitous in the Hills. I recently watched and probably posted a vid; saying rock bass taste like ass.

Any experiences?

 

[svnmag]

Bonus: Pumpkinseed:

 

[3Roosters]

I will say in the Hills I've kept green sunfish and SMB: Twice.

Both times during cleaning; I got a strong "insect" smell and they ended up in the garden.

I've also never kept a rock bass. They and the green sunfish are ubiquitous in the Hills. I recently watched and probably posted a vid; saying rock bass taste like ass.

Any experiences?

I have NEVER kept a rock bass...or ever will. Heard rumors they have worms. Keep LMB tho