Bluegill On A Flyrod

My Dad taught me how to use a flyrod early in my life. We used them to fish live bait for Crappie and Largemouth Bass. Then as I improved my casting ability, I was able to start using flies for Bluegill. I haven't found any thing that compares to the fun of catching big Bluegills on a flyrod! The lake, we lived at, had become over populated with small Bluegill under 5 inches in length. Dad and I used to take 5 gallon buckets, along with our fly rods, when we fished for Bluegill. Any gill under 5 inches would get tossed in the buckets. When the buckets were full, we'd carry them home and bury them in our garden area for fertilizer. We did this for three or four years. The average length of the existing Bluegill grew from 5-6 inches to 8, 9 and 10 inches. Very few people took the time to fish for gills because they were so small. Dad and I received a bunch of criticism from the neighbors about taking out all the fish. They did not understand that too many fish caused stunting and the fish would remain small. Once they saw the size increase of the Bluegill, everyone started fishing for them. To this day the Bluegill have maintained their large size and are a blast to catch! Try to keep in mind, there is only so much food in any pond or lake to support so many fish. It never hurts to remove fish for the health of the others!
Do your duty and take some kids to an area pond and let them have some fun catching Bluegill. Bluegill are good to eat as well so, catch a bunch and help the pond then cook them up and help yourself to a very tasty meal!

More Bluegill Fishing and My First Real Fishing Rod

Hi Folks!
I started my fishing "CAREER" fishing for Bluegills when I was 3 years old! Bluegills have stayed on my list of favorite catchable fish ever since. As I mentioned before, I grew up around a 12 acre pond and as I aged, I spent more and more time near the water. I would spent hours fishing day after day. Most of this fishing was done from the shore as I wasn't old enough to be out in a boat by myself, until around the age of 12! That didn't stop me from catching my far share of Bluegills,Yellow Perch, Catfish, Crappie and Bass! Dad would take me to other ponds and lakes in the county and sooner or later I would find a group of Bluegill in a corner just waiting for me to drop them a hook! At age 9, Dad bought me my first spin-cast fishing outfit! I thought I was in heaven! I could now start fishing with lures like the big people did! Dad took me out in the boat that first evening and talk about being excited, WOW! I put on a red and white Daredevil Spoon and started casting. Guess what I caught. Bluegill and more Bluegill while Dad caught Bass after Bass! At the end of the evening I did hook up with a 14 inch White Crappie and that made the evening perfect!
That will wrap it for today! Get out and go fishing. It's a great way to relax! And remember, take a small He and/or She fishing. They will never forget it!