Super User Catch and Grease Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 3.5lb Bluegill? That's impressive.... I caught this Chain Pickerel while fishing for bass on 10lb braid and a zoom speed craw on topwater... I dont know how he didnt slice through that braid! 1 Quote
Matthew2000 Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Go to the reply at the top right and then go to add file. Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 I'll show a pic of the "bullgill" if someone can tell me how to upload a pic http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/126630-pasting-pictures/ Quote
nascar2428 Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Was it sitting on the bottom when he took it? Probably, all I know for sure is that he hammered it, and then made a couple of nice runs. I was very surprised once I was able to see it. Quote
FrogTastic Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 3.5lb bluegill is quite the catch. Would love to see a pic of that monster! Jeff 3.5 bluegill? The NC record is 4-something.... Where did you catch that monster? The story goes: I was in my neighborhood, right after I had moved south, checking it out and looking at the ponds. I had found plenty, most of which I wasn't allowed to fish in. There were four that really stood out though. One was a small, 1/4 acre ditch that was filled to the max with frogs and minnows - mosquito fish literally COVERED the top of this pond in the summertime. It held 20 bass, all averaging almost 1 pound. The next was a 2-3 acre pond, with deep, blue water. It had a sandbar in the middle, and drain pipes, which were home to dozens of spawning bass. Oh yeah, it had deep holes too - each held at least one good-sized bass. The next wasn't much - it was clear as the water in your bathtub, and held hundreds of bluegill, and a 4 pound bass. It was about an acre, and had a fountain. Not very good fishing. The last one was the one with the bluegill. It was the only one that said "no fishing", but the pond was too good to be true, so I had to fish it. I got permission from the landowner, and he said I could fish it, but I'd be wasting my time - "there's nothin' in there", he said. The pond had stained water, and went down to 10 feet or so. It had some turtles, and every few seconds, something would dart away from shore. So, I went down there with a basic tackle box, consisting of a few cranks, a half a dozen frogs, a buzzbait, some live bait gear, and a pack of night crawlers. First, I casted out a few crawlers on a live bait rig - puller out a 1-pound bass. It was alright, but then it slowed. I tried the buzzbait, only for it to be demolished by a turtle. After noticing the high population of turtles, I decided not to risk my frogs. The only thing I had left were my squarebills. So, after tying on a squarebill, I remember catching a 2.5-pound bass, and a 3 pound bass - all in 10 casts. Not bad! After a few more casts, I decided it was getting hot, buggy, and late. "The next cast will be my last", I said to myself. So I make a nearly perfect cast - right under a willow tree, right behind a deep hole, about 60 feet away. So, I start the retrieve, and then the crank got tapped. Not like something small hit it, like something big swam against it, but the hooks didn't penetrate the scales. I figured it was a turtle, but kept reeling. All of the sudden, the beast NAILS the bait, bringing it down to that 12-15 foot deep hole (aka it's evil lair). Meanwhile on shore, the drag on my reel is going crazy. I never measured how heavy the drag was. After a few good minutes of playing this monster, (I was using an ultra-light), he finally surfaces, exhausted. I pull him up to the shore, and nearly pass out. The landowner decided to come down to see if I was still there, and he came down right as I brought in the beast. After he was on shore, I had my cousin (who was fishing with me) go and get the biggest container she could find, plus all 3 of my aerators, and some fish food. While I waited for her to return, I held the fish in the water (I've never held anything tighter than that!), keeping it alive, but exhausted. Once she returned, the landowner had his pickup ready, and we filled the tub with water, placed the fish in, and placed the tub into his truck to bring it back to my house. We had him weighed at my house - 3 pounds, 7 ounces. We kept him for about a day, and right before my cousin went back home, we released him. And that's the story of the 3.5 pound bluegill. 1 Quote
FrogTastic Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 Sorry for the long post. Also, do you think I should start a thread on catching big bluegills? That pond has produced plenty of other big bluegills, which I regularly fish for, probably every other weekend, at least. None as big as 3.5 pounds though! 1 Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 What a beast! Quote
FrogTastic Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 What a beast! Man, I'm gonna hate leaving that pond behind. Moving to VA late this summer, 6 hours from NC. I'll be trying to catch him every day of the week though! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 Here he is. Holy Cow ! Biggest one I've ever seen. Guess that's what happens when ya go fishing at the Nuclear Plant . . . A-Jay 1 Quote
FrogTastic Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 Holy Cow ! Biggest one I've ever seen. Guess that's what happens when ya go fishing at the Nuclear Plant . . . A-Jay I'm not sure if they were fed, but they are now. This means that if this fish is still alive, he could possibly have hit the 4-pound mark. God, now I'm going to devote my life to finding this fish... 2 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 I'm not sure if they were fed, but they are now. This means that if this fish is still alive, he could possibly have hit the 4-pound mark. God, now I'm going to devote my life to finding this fish... OK - Good Luck A-Jay Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 Man o Man.. What a gill! I've stuck big redear before but that thing is clearly abnormal!! I think you may need a very, very large frying pan for that cow! You may even glow in the dark afterwards.. 1 Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 I have caught my share of things both animate and inanimate. Some of them have taken real issue with it. Catching anything during the cast while using a baitcaster is always a good reminder how quickly a spool of line can be ruined. More on topic, one of the most memorable incidental catches was near the end of a brutally hot tournament when one good fish would have taken home all the money. I pitched a beaver into some standing timber that was crushed at about 5'. I yelled for the net and we soon landed a very nice channel cat. We didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I think we actually did a little of both... Another favorite was a big carp caught in the mouth on a big spinnerbait while fishing at night. The sounds and expressions made by my wife when she reached to grab the thing was priceless. You would have thought it was a cottonmouth. I thought it was hilarious-she did not! Quote
justhere Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I've actually yet to catch a pickerel. I have even targeted them before, to no avail. Used pork frogs, crankbaits, frogs (of course), spinnerbaits, topwaters - everything. No northerns either. Wow, you didn't catch either pickerel or northerns on a spinnerbait. One place I go regularly, you almost can't help but catch pickerel on spinnerbaits. None of them have any size, but they sure are agressive. Quote
Dylcook91 Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Nothing to shocking for me, other then the normal pickerel/turtles I got a 2-3lb catfish on a buzzbait last summer Quote
Slefler Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 6lb catfish on a stick worm and about 1lb crappie on spinnerbait, first fish on a spinnerbait lol Quote
WarEagleBassin Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 a folding lawn chair and half a concrete cinderblock on back to back days with a jig. Thought I had some big uns. Quote
Crank Bait Nut Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 A Diving Bird , A Brick , A Boot and While Getting Ready To Net A Fish For A Friend , He Had Hooked A Big Dead Rat , Which Was Hooked Onto A Crank Bait On The Potomac River. Mike Quote
BooyahMan Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Lily pads, trees, myself... In all seriousness, there isn't anything here that would eagerly take a bass lure, or at least in the bodies of water that do support bass in my area. I've had a couple of bullfrogs chomp on a hollow body frog but that's about it. Boring I know. 1 Quote
dead end canal Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 A 22 lb black drum, lots of redfish, blue cats, channel cats, longnose and alligator gar...all on beetle spins. Also caught a few ladyfish on buzzbaits. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted March 22, 2015 Super User Posted March 22, 2015 One of my most unusual catches. Quote
FrogTastic Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 A Diving Bird , A Brick , A Boot and While Getting Ready To Net A Fish For A Friend , He Had Hooked A Big Dead Rat , Which Was Hooked Onto A Crank Bait On The Potomac River. Mike I've seen too many things caught in the Potomac... 1 Quote
FrogTastic Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 One of my most unusual catches. Holy crap! I lived in Florida a year, and never saw anyone catch a trumpetfish. People catch everything in Florida... Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted March 23, 2015 Super User Posted March 23, 2015 Holy crap! I lived in Florida a year, and never saw anyone catch a trumpetfish. People catch everything in Florida... Caught 2 on that same beach a few years apart, yes it is a trumpetfish. Quote
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