A Memorable Outing That I Want Forget Anytime Soon

I found out Tuesday why I need a good supply of flies and poppers.  I think most of you already know where this post is going—bluegill fishing. I hope I am not boring you guys with all the posts I have been doing lately about my trips to reach my 100 super bluegills during the spawning season. I know when I stared this blog it was mainly to keep a fishing log of the time of year, water temps, moon phase or any other information that might help to become a better fisherman. Little did I know that the blog would enable me to meet and converse with some expert fishermen, who has help me learn so much about this sport I truly love.

So with that said Tuesday’s trip will be a memorable outing for me to say the least. In a four hour span I landed a total of 32 bluegills and during that time I brought to hand some of the largest bluegills I have ever caught on Walker County Lake. I was culling fish from the very start of the trip to try and reach my limit which is 20 on this lake. I made the limit with some big bluegills; four were in the 1 lb category and the 2 Shellcrackers were over a pound. I used two different fly rods starting out with my 3wt 9 ft. Streamflex and later using my new 4 wt. 9 ft. St. Croix fast action. In fact if I had not had the 4 wt. I would have never landed the Shellcrackers. A lot of these fish were in submerging cover which made it a challenge to catch a lot of them. Through it all I lost 4 poppers to the Shellcrackers who are still swimming with them in their mouth somewhere in the lake. After adding my 20 big bluegills today I am 56 away from my goal. I feel a little better about reaching my goal now after today’s adventure.

This was one of the 1 pound beauties

If this Shellcracker had jump many more times I would have lost him, the White Betts Popper fell out of his mouth once in the boat

Another pounder held by the caretaker at the bait shop on the lake

The prize at the end of the trip--this is an outing I will remember

The J & M Popper prove to be a winner early in the morning--the Fire Tiger size 8 has exceptional action with the legs placed so that the fly floats perfect on the water surface--I landed some huge bluegill early with this popper--thanks to J & M