What is a Bluegill? It is a compact, strong, and powerful fish. Plus it is good eating too. Many uninformed fisherman mistake the Bluegill as a easy catch. That point may be true during the spring spawn. But you should only look at this as practice time. Did you know that the North American record for the Bluegill is 4 pounds 15 oz. from 1950! (which I believe still stands) What does that tell you? Sure you can practice and learn from the small ones from 3 to 8" and up to 1/2 a pound but when you catch ones in the 9 inches range and up weighing over a pound, this puts you in another stratosphere! Lines will break! tippets will break! and there will be a surge of blood pumping to your heart! Another thing is when you get into these big boys they can be as elusive as a Trout so you will have to brush up on your tracking skills. One last thing is that the Bluegill can be fished all year long. I'm a former U.S. Marine so I'm even more anxious to get out there this winter because most aren't willing to battle the elements. On this site I will group all Bluegill together otherwise known as Bream down here in the deep south. It's no need to try and separate sunfish, redbreast, pumpkin seed and so on. When you track the big ones, dig in and be ready. I'm still tracking that big one and when I get him I'll snap a pic and release him back into his underwater world. (Hey folks!)I almost have the giveaways worked out stay tuned! and the Lost Ring episode is on the way! Good Luck because this is what is waiting for you beneath the surface!
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