I was about to head out for my evening walk when Dave invited me to go Fishing again. I figured, what the heck? But this time Dave suggested we buy some live bait. Last time I noticed a handful of Bluegills on the beds, so perhaps some tasty food might entice them better than a small jig.
We traveled o the Farm pond from last time... Worms in Hand. And I was disappointed when I only caught a small bluegill after several minutes. I moved just down the bank about 20 yards and BOOM! Crazy Fish!
Big Spawning Bluegills were more than eager to gobble up any portion of the worm I put on the hook. I also caught three fairly large Bass along with them. Of course, I did not bring my camera... And had I actually done that, I'm sure I would have been taking a picture after every fish! They are so beautiful when they have their spawning colors on.
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I don't know exactly how many we caught, but it was Plenty! Dave moved just down the bank a bit from me and started catching them like crazy too. In the end, we had a "Stringer" full, ( because we left the bucket back at the truck.) And it was getting late. We still had to clean them.
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sside from two small ones I kept, I think most of the bluegills were over 8 inches. Several of them were pushing 9.5! Those are pretty nice, even by Dad's Standards. ( My Dad was a Bluegill snob. "I only keep the 9+ inchers, and throw back the rest") Don't get me wrong, he LOVED eating bluegills. And he loved catching HUGE bluegills.
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It was a fun time this evening. Cool air and no bugs to really bother us. The action was hot and we have more than enough fish for several meals. ( Maybe several.. at least two!) It is funny how I forgot how much fun fishing is. And even cleaning the darn things was fun. 
Imagine that! Dad and I used to clean them well into the night and sometimes have them ready for Breakfast the next day. Nostalgia is a funny thing.
Well at least Dave did not have to clean them all by himself this time. I think he welcomed the help. And the mess was not as terrible as I remember. Dave says he might cook some up for Lunch tomorrow. Sounds good to me!
Hope everyone is had a great weekend and Thanks for stopping in. Today was a great day!
3 comments:
I sure miss fishing. Sometimes we caught a lot and sometimes we just fed worms to the fish. But it was always sooooo relaxing.
I don't think I am too excited though about cleaning them, but I am sure my hubby could talk me through it!
The blue gill use to be the only kind of fish that we ate as a kid as we wouldn't think of buying frozen fish at the store. It was a good fishing day.
Great catch. I love eating fish but I'm not good at catching them - I have great difficulty getting them off the hook as I always think I will hurt them!
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