Winter 09 Fishing from last few weeks :)

[FivePoundBluegill]

Well bass fishing is realy tough in the winter. Almos impossible especially since most of the good bass lakes are closed at this time. However there is not ice on the lakes or anything in California so you can still fish for other species that are just as fun to catch...

I have just been going down to my local lake and been tossing out dough balls, bread, corn and seeing what I can catch for the most part...

Some nice catfish from the last few weeks. I seem to have been getting 1-2 decent size cats every outing. Yeah I know that last catfish is bleeding. I did not gut hook him and he realy was not bleeding that much. I probably hit a vein in his mouth with the hook he swam off fine.

Big bluegill I caught by accident while carp and cat fishing. He needs 4 more pounds to be considered a HAWG

Another nice bluegill. Please keep in mind that is a medium size Quantum Incite spinning real and a medium action rod. Not an ultralight setup.

I have also been averageing about 2-3 carp every outing as well. No big carp or kois at all though. They were all around the same size as this one but still fun.

I already posted this pic last time I did a report but I am posting again incase anyone missed it. Biggest catfish I have caught in almost a year. Probably around 8 pounds.

[fishinfiend]

That bluegill is huge   I bet he fought good.

[sambrochill]

those are all really nice fish.

but i especially like the bluegill

[FivePoundBluegill]

Those are actually two different bluegills. Dont know which one was bigger. I do know that one of them took off and ran like a carp though.

[FivePoundBluegill]

Oh if my last post was unclead I dont mean he made a run like a carp once he was hooked. I mean when he picked up the bait he took line out the open bail of the spinning real like a carp or cat would.

[senko_77]

Awesome fish 5lb.  I always look forward to your posts.  It's cool to see something other than bass.  Those bluegills are chunks!

[bladeslinger]

I think your first cat looks like it is laughing  ;D He was probably surprised he was taken on the carp bait.  Nice fish

[FivePoundBluegill]

I think your first cat looks like it is laughing ;D He was probably surprised he was taken on the carp bait. Nice fish

Well all of those cats were caught on balls of dough and bread. They were all also caught about 10-15 feet out. Yeah you know how I fish with dough balls since we fish together a lot. I like throwing the bread more than the corn most of the time because its very rare to catch a catfish on the sweetcorn. I did catch one this yeah on corn though. There are some days though that the carp just wont hit bread. I seem to catch more carp in numbers on the corn. I saw got your msgs today. Seems like you been haveing a great couple of weeks 20+ carp. I guess we decided to fish on different days though.

[FivePoundBluegill]

Awesome fish 5lb. I always look forward to your posts. It's cool to see something other than bass. Those bluegills are chunks!

Thanks. I will be doing a lot more bass fishing though in a month or so. The bass will start spawning soon. I love bed fishing for bass to see them interact with the bait. I rarely target bass in the winter though. Even in the spring and summer its often fun to go after another species.

[Ready2Fish]

nice fish man, thats a pretty big bluegill!

[Mrs. Matstone]

Great pics and nice fish.  That bluegill is huge! Congrats  ;D

[MichiganFisherman]

Man those are some huge bluegill.  Nice catches!