Post by: Redstar on August 27, 2009, 05:32:04 PM
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Went fishing with a buddy yesterday and finally got some worth keeping! We were catching so many fish I barely had time to drink a beer!
They're pretty tasty BBQ'd!
Post by: Fishhunt223 on August 27, 2009, 07:52:03 PM
Post by: Redstar on August 27, 2009, 09:45:20 PM
What do you usually use for bass? The bluegill were biting like crazy with just plain worms.
Post by: Fishhunt223 on August 27, 2009, 09:57:22 PM
Lipless cranks, spinnerbaits, and scum frogs are good when the algae is strong. When it clears up texas rigs or jig n pigs work well.
Post by: ICEMAN on August 28, 2009, 06:09:41 AM
Post by: cackle on August 28, 2009, 07:14:55 AM
Post by: Redstar on August 28, 2009, 07:45:53 AM
To be honest, I haven't fished for anything except trout in a few years. I'm probably a little rusty on my fish ID...
Pumpkinseed
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I guess they could be pumpkinseed's?! Now I'm curious... What about the different colorations in the second picture? I thought that was from male/female - 2 males in the second pic?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 28, 2009, 08:27:41 AM
I guess they could be pumpkinseed's?! Now I'm curious... What about the different colorations in the second picture? I thought that was from male/female - 2 males in the second pic?
You have 5 pumpkinseeds and 2 bluegills in the second pic.
Post by: Fishhunt223 on August 28, 2009, 09:11:00 AM
ExactlyI guess they could be pumpkinseed's?! Now I'm curious... What about the different colorations in the second picture? I thought that was from male/female - 2 males in the second pic?
You have 5 pumpkinseeds and 2 bluegills in the second pic.
Post by: ICEMAN on August 28, 2009, 09:44:43 AM
Anyway, regarding the bluegill in my pic above, the ones with an orange belly were ripe with eggs... less spiny and no transulscent blue on the gill plates... Sometimes we catch both....as seen in this pic, the punkinseeds really stand out from the bluegill (only one in the pic at bottom left...)....a punkinseeds mouth also seems a bit smaller, and way more spiny of a fish... (little *censored*s...)
Post by: EastWaViking on August 28, 2009, 09:58:42 AM
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Post by: Redstar on August 30, 2009, 10:51:14 PM
Redstar, how do you cook up your panfish?
It kinda depends on what's available at the time. Those guys went into a tin foil boat with pabst in it, a little lemon and some pepper and threw them on the grill. The meat practically fell off the skin and bones.
They're also excellent fried with whatever seasonings are on hand, I think we did dill weed and garlic the last time I fried one. How do you cook yours?
Post by: ICEMAN on August 31, 2009, 04:38:12 AM
Steam them in the microwave with a speck of butter and some old bay seasoning, then serve with rice.
Pan fry in butter and lay atop a scrambled egg breakfast.
Deep fry them quick (not too long) in the Fry daddy...
I even have a variation of your beer in foil trick, which is excellent too.
Glad to see someone else enjoy those panfish, seems a lot of guys toss them back.... very good eating.... :EAT:
Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 31, 2009, 07:11:55 AM
i like to eat the little buggers, but i never seem to catch ones as big as i used to years ago, or in big enough numbers to make them worth keeping.