Mark P Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Went to a small detention pond in my subdivision to fish for some gill's with my son. Brought my 3wt and fished a 5x tippet along with a #16 Griffith's Indicator Gnat. Caught a gill on every cast. Saw some movement to my left about 2' off the bank. Cast the fly, which sunk and started a long slow strip and out of nowhere comes a 3.5lb largemouth that inhales it. He rushed it with his mouth wide open... Caught and released despite the barbless hook. Went home got a bigger rod and threw an intermediate ghost tip with a #6 Chewbacca Bugger and landed a bunch in the 1-2 lb. range and another #3. When some people saw me release the 3's and asked why, I told them they'll be 5 lbs. next year. They have alot of forage to feed on. Think I'll try some surface patterns tonite... The pond is about a 30 second walk from my front door. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 have a fly rod, will fish anywhere. this year i have been throwing my worm fly on a spinning rod . and having my best spring ever. lm,smallies, crappies , its called fishing and its fun. rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmallieJonze Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Sounds like a pretty sweet bonus!! I know a few good gill spots. I usually pass them up because I'm going after bass. This is probably typical with us. Although, gettin into a good bunch of gills with some bonus bass is a real treat. Nice find, Mark. I'd like to try for them with a fly rod. I especially like to put the kids on gills when we're up in Lake Geneva. I usually don't get to fish because I'm baiting hooks and unhooking fish constantly...it's exhausting! This year mommy's going to get her hands all wormy and fishy, too. I have a 6 weight fly rod set up for bass. Is it too much rod for pannies? What about flies. I think all I have are bass flies and dry flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 As a follow up to my initial post. My son wanted me to give him a casting lesson last night so we went to the same pond and caught several nice size gill's and sunfish on a #6 Gartside Gurgler (yellow) because we weren't looking for the dinks. We also caught one sunfish which was without a doubt one of the biggest I have ever seen. It looked like some kind of a genetic anomoly. It would easily cover 90% of the surface of a 10" dinner plate. I actually lipped the thing when I landed it and you could have fit a roll of silver dollars end-wise inside its mouth. There is an existing pond that is connected to the detention pond via. a culvert. I'm thinking it had to come from there. These ponds get literally no pressure, have been there for years and the fish are more than willing to come to a fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 glad to hear your son is getting the "bug" . rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I've always looked forward to b'gill time with a flyrod in Spring.Fast and furious action and great little fighters on a light flyrod.I use a 6.5' 2wt that weighs just 1 oz.Great on the table too.Caught a cupl dozen in the Mazonia area Sunday.Kept 17 8 inchers.Plan on going back today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asherman Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I originally started fly fishing with the idea that I could fly fish for trout and for river smallmouth bass. I quickly learned that pond fishing for bass and bluegill was a major attraction of fly fishing. Sometimes I fish ponds with a four weight rod and and catch bluegill on purpose and bass by accident, and sometimes I use a heavier rod and catch bass on purpose and catch outsized bluegill by accident. Either way it is lots of fun and I don't have to drive a long distance to get good action. When the pan fish are spawning, like they are now, I like to rig a rod with a surface fly and a subsurface fly in tandem and catch two fish at time. On Sunday, I landed a fourteen inch bass and hand sized bluegill on one cast. It put a nice bend in the rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I've always looked forward to b'gill time with a flyrod in Spring.Fast and furious action and great little fighters on a light flyrod.I use a 6.5' 2wt that weighs just 1 oz.Great on the table too.Caught a cupl dozen in the Mazonia area Sunday.Kept 17 8 inchers.Plan on going back today. Amen. I'll eat bluegill over walleye anyday. In fact I like catching 'em more too. That 2 wt must be fun. I've been using a popper called a Booglebug. It's a really nice popper I got at One More Cast. They are 5 bucks each but I've caught a plenty of gills on them. Hooks are razor sharp and the paint looks like new. Kind of like a "Sammy" of poppers. The popper is small enough that a bluegill can take it and big enough to attract a bass. I've been using a nice 6 wt Loomis with Clouser line on a Bastock Battenkill that is very light. The whole outfit is lightweight, so even thogh it's a 6 wt a good bluegill puts up a struggle. I can cast pretty far with it too which is a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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