Blue Gill on Top Water

[turkey]

That's my steelhead 8wt rig I repurpose for smallies. Anyone else pop for panfish?

 

[Kyle]

is that a blue gill or a red breast?

asking for a friend.

 

[turkey]

Admittedly, I don't know my panfish. All I know is that it's not a long-ear.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Thats a bluegill, i did the same this evening with a turks tarantula.

 

[JackM]

Six or seven of those would feed a family of two-- deliciously.

 

[JerryC]

Nice bull bluegill. I don't use poppers as much of it as I used to. The last couple of years I've caught most of my bluegills on sliders or floating mop flies tied on size 6 hooks.

 

[tomgamber]

Dude, you holding out on me? 'Gills near Gbg?

 

[turkey]

Dude, you holding out on me? 'Gills near Gbg?

😆 no but the state record was caught in Keystone Lake up in Armstrong.

 

[beadhead2]

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That's my steelhead 8wt rig I repurpose for smallies. Anyone else pop for panfish?

Use a 2or3 wht rod ,so much fun

 

[Fish Sticks]

Nice bull bluegill. I don't use poppers as much of it as I used to. The last couple of years I've caught most of my bluegills on sliders or floating mop flies tied on size 6 hooks.

Mop with LONG cdc palmered around collar is my bluegill killer at the pond at my house.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

We haven't targeted panfish since the county took over the local country club and fenced access to all the ponds. We never bothered to name the particular species - they were all bluegills, described as "peanuts," "there's one," and "Hey, look at this one!" The one in your photo is bigger than most of the L-M Bass we happened to catch - except for a bass that gulped down a little bluegill during the retrieve, only to cough it up at the shoreline (the little guy survived but stayed in the weeds until after we left).

 

[Frederick V. C.]

I love catching gills on my fly rod and do it any way I can. Last time out the were hitting poppers plus a few bass on top as a bonus. That said the Bully Blue gill Spider has been really effective as well.https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=9540741175997362&set=pcb.9540741305997349

 

[JerryC]

Mop with LONG cdc palmered around collar is my bluegill killer at the pond at my house.

Subsurface or top water? Subsurface, I use two or three wraps of soft hackles or a long Estaz/sparkle chenille behind the bead. Top water, normally I just use a couple of wraps of longer sparkle chenille behind the foam dumbbell head. I also put some floatant on the mop piece.

 

[Kyle]

Six or seven of those would feed a family of two-- deliciously.

agreed. they are great eating. i use to burn the tail(lightly) and they ate like potatoe chips. now i know that sounds weird. but its true.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Subsurface or top water? Subsurface, I use two or three wraps of soft hackles or a long Estaz/sparkle chenille behind the bead. Top water, normally I just use a couple of wraps of longer sparkle chenille behind the foam dumbbell head. I also put some floatant on the mop piece.

Unweighted for sure. I do foam dumbell eyes and none with cdc.