Thread: "Reel" quicky @ LP 09 02 19

Nice catch. I've had no time the past 4 days. On a college football weekend I would have to deal with BIG lake lice. The VOL Navy, and or Alabama Navy constantly locking through below the dam I fish will come close to sinking you...many 65 footers and a few 80 footers. Be this way all fall now.........I've got the weekdays. Pretty colors on those fish.

Regards

All I can say is "wow". Those are dandee. I've got to start attaching spinner blades to some little jigs in my arsenal.

i would take a quess and say that the fish your buddy is holding in his left hand on the bottom picture is a hybrid green sunfish ???...the alabama record for green sunfish is over a pound ....it is so much fun doing the blue-gill , bream , thing... i use to think only catching huge catfish ( or maybe what i thought was huge ) was the only way to have fun fishing.....and never even really took the time to examine the fish that i caught ....i only had time to jug fish on the weekends at night , and it was chaseem down, catchem , throw em in the cooler and on to the next jug....dont get me wrong , it was really fun , in-between eating bugs......but since i retired and have the time to go out at daylight and fish at any speed i like , it is a different world !!!!...and being able to observe everything around me , and take the time to really look at the pretty fish that i catch , has brought a new appreciation to nature and the fish that nature provides me so that i may enjoy them....now i understand what i was missing , in being in such a rush all the time , and not taking the time to respect and appreciate what nature provided me !!!!

Originally Posted by ultralightrooki

i would take a quess and say that the fish your buddy is holding in his left hand on the bottom picture is a hybrid green sunfish ???...the alabama record for green sunfish is over a pound ....it is so much fun doing the blue-gill , bream , thing... i use to think only catching huge catfish ( or maybe what i thought was huge ) was the only way to have fun fishing.....and never even really took the time to examine the fish that i caught ....i only had time to jug fish on the weekends at night , and it was chaseem down, catchem , throw em in the cooler and on to the next jug....dont get me wrong , it was really fun , in-between eating bugs......but since i retired and have the time to go out at daylight and fish at any speed i like , it is a different world !!!!...and being able to observe everything around me , and take the time to really look at the pretty fish that i catch , has brought a new appreciation to nature and the fish that nature provides me so that i may enjoy them....now i understand what i was missing , in being in such a rush all the time , and not taking the time to respect and appreciate what nature provided me !!!!

Sounds like you are adapting well to retirement. You surely hit that nail square!

thnx for the comments guys
Lunch was awesome - CNBG fried with soy sauce & ginger and steamed CNBG - won't attempt to spell the greens... I was shown how it's done.

I start using both blade and no blade - if the fish start hitting one or the other more - then I'll switch to both the same. If it's the blades - then you have to figure out which blade.... Most times it doesn't matter.

I would probably still be fishing Baja bluewater or going down to Costa Rica with Mike (HS buddy) if I wasn't medically retired almost 10 years ago. Chasing big Bluegill on ultra lite gear keeps the flame lit.

sure are dandy bluegill my friend . congrats to all involved

Crazy question. Did any of those fish have eggs?

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Very nice fish. I’m between boats so I have none to fish from. It’s coming soon though. Seeing the good gills makes my ambition stay strong.