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Bluegills are yankee Bream (brim). Add a flyrod or pole with crickets and you bee's near heaven.
BTW, the skwerl cooking looks great. Killed 5 in the front yard one morning last week. Looked out there today and the yard was full again.
Thanks Maddog for getting this thread started..

Catching bluegills is one of my all time fave things. Ive even been known to eat them!

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Think spring[after 7 1/2 wks. of limb chicken hunting]














Helps wile away the winter....


maddog

YOU SUCK!!!!

That's the way to do it, MD.

Ingwe, do they have panfish in MT?

From last Spring:



But dang it, I'm trying not to get distracted. (And turkey season is in there somewhere. Turkeys are pretty laid back.)

That looks like what we used to call a Warmouth...

Might could be.

I submit a dredging of seasoned flour renders academic all distinctions between bluegills/bream/sunfish/panfish and their interbreedings.

Tasty is the common denominator. They're all pondchickens.

Is that the same as a Goggle Eye?

I think so....


We caught more of them in moving water, like creeks , and more bluegills in still water.

We catch Goggle Eye in creeks and rivers around root wads, logs or brushy cover, occasionally rock formations, ect. I've heard them called "Warmouth" and sometimes "Big Mouth Pond Perch." Green Sunfish and Longear Sunfish are also creek and river brim fish. Bluegill and Redear are pond/lake brim around here for the most part. Crappie too of course. All fun and good eating!

Went 4 for 4 this am.



And one of the house fool getting her hearts.

unless you're from the far south, then it's Gargle-eye.

Man you giving them limb chickens a hit this year..

Ella, good going! Keep up the good work. All this blue gill, brim goggle eye BS, is cause nobody wants 3 mos. of winter... . Let's keep huntin' them limb chickens for the next 2-3 mos.....


maddog

Work, weather and everything worked out well for me this season. It's been a good one already. And there's plenty more to go.

Gonna be a nice weekend. Wanted to go hunting, but too much Christmas stuff going on. Hope I can get out this next week.


maddog

Killed a big 8 point Fri eve. Nearly through with my deer hunting and back to the fun stuff. .45/70 came through again.

Fried squirrel with pierogies covered with squirrel gravy last night....


MMMMmmmmmm....

...after getting skunked for only the 2nd time in my decades of deer hunting.. I got out today and got back in the Squirrel/Rabbit game.

Two shots, two Squirrels, soaking in the fridge. Sure felt good to press that trigger and bring some game home.

Dave