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Title: Bluegills?
Post by: Parasite on June 12, 2019, 02:28:09 PM: When do the bluegills spawn around here? I need some flyrod practice.
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Post by: Yelper Guy on June 12, 2019, 03:21:38 PM: With this warm spell we're heading into, it should be pretty darn soon.
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Post by: brokentrail on June 12, 2019, 03:45:27 PM: Based on when the crappies spawned this year, I'd guess they already have at least started but I haven't had time to get out and check them.
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Post by: Parasite on June 13, 2019, 06:13:25 AM: I don't even know what lakes to go to yet. I just need to get out. They are so much fun on the flyrod.
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Post by: Thehowler on June 13, 2019, 07:00:29 AM: Quote from: Parasite on June 13, 2019, 06:13:25 AM
I don't even know what lakes to go to yet. I just need to get out. They are so much fun on the flyrod.

Which flys work well for Bluegill?
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Post by: Parasite on June 13, 2019, 07:05:26 AM: Pretty much any black terrestrial pattern. Black being the key. Size 8 or 10 if I recall correctly.
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Post by: Rob on June 13, 2019, 07:47:14 AM: I have had great luck in the past with a red salmon egg pattern.
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Post by: Angry Perch on June 13, 2019, 08:27:53 AM: Used to catch them with poppers as a kid in MN. That was a hoot!
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Post by: birdshooter1189 on June 13, 2019, 08:34:34 AM: I think they are already spawning. I saw a bluegill sitting on a nest while bass fishing at square lake on kitsap peninsula about 2 weeks ago.

I have caught lots of bluegill with size 12 or smaller Adams fly, or other flies in white, black, or brown. My main go-to bluegill setup is a size 12 or 14 plain hook (that would be used for tying an Adams fly) and about a half inch of small live worm or artificial worm. Artificial is cleaner and stays on the hook longer. Live worm is more effective for finicky fish. I use this setup on fly-rod and angling rods, sometimes with a bobber, sometimes without. Sometimes with a weight 6" above the hook below a bobber for deeper water. I rig the worm so that it is in a "S" shape on the hook.

Artificial worms I use: (sold at walmart)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Berkley-Powerbait-FLOATING-3-trout-worm-natural-15-count-PBHFTW3-NAT/303158093452?epid=1518700380&hash=item4695a1668c:g:FAsAAOSw9jZZ4jjl
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on June 13, 2019, 11:06:57 AM: they begin spawning as ear;ly as april and will spawn up to 5 times. generally when the water hits 65 ish degrees they get going
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Post by: Birdgetter on June 14, 2019, 05:07:18 PM: (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/292990be33e443b8b1eee4264753d65e.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/40dcbaffaef2d1dfcd362680f525c6c4.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/4b4389a37b6efeac94993be85cfae35b.jpg)

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Post by: Birdgetter on June 14, 2019, 05:07:50 PM: Caught some monsters today!! :chuckle:
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Post by: brew on June 14, 2019, 05:19:09 PM: That looks like good bass bait

for bluegills around the Olympia area hit either Munn Lake towards Tumwater or Chambers Lake in Lacey.
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Post by: ne kid on June 14, 2019, 05:36:49 PM: Those are pumpkinseeds. Still fun to catch, just dont get very big.
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Post by: Birdgetter on June 14, 2019, 05:39:33 PM: Yah I wasn't sure if they were true bluegill, I knew they were sunfish of some type. I don't tend to mess with any warm water scrap fish. :chuckle:
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Post by: ne kid on June 14, 2019, 05:52:51 PM: Wish I had some for sturgeon bait tomorrow.
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Post by: ne kid on June 14, 2019, 05:53:59 PM: Sort of a waste using walleye fillets
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on June 14, 2019, 06:51:30 PM: Quote from: Birdgetter on June 14, 2019, 05:07:18 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/292990be33e443b8b1eee4264753d65e.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/40dcbaffaef2d1dfcd362680f525c6c4.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/4b4389a37b6efeac94993be85cfae35b.jpg)

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thats not a bluegill its a red eared sunfish
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on June 14, 2019, 06:52:48 PM: different fish but just as tasty :tup:
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on June 14, 2019, 06:54:00 PM: :tup:
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Post by: ne kid on June 14, 2019, 07:12:14 PM: Yes they all fry up really nice. Now im going to have to take the kids out and catch a bucket of them.
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Post by: Thehowler on June 14, 2019, 11:54:47 PM: Spent many hours as a kid catching those things at Hicks lake in White Center.
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Post by: CackleBird98 on June 15, 2019, 12:05:13 AM: Those things are a kick in the pants! Might have to give em a shot this weekend
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on June 15, 2019, 05:01:15 PM: oh ya even the fins are delicious! deep fried its like eatin tater chips :drool: