Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I was trying out the drop shot rig without any success. I noticed there were a bunch of little flies on top of the water. They were grayish in color, and were getting slurped up by bluegills! I happened to have flies on me so I tied on a dry fly closest in color, put a bobber about 18" above the fly and casted out. I got a hit pretty quickly, but I pulled the fly out of the fish's mouth. After a few more casts the fly started sinking. I thought, sure why not, and sure enough after about 30 seconds it was fish on After a few hits though I think they got smart so I had to move around. I caught about 15 bluegills in an hour, after an hour of skunking. They weren't large my any means, but it was a lot of fun waiting for the bobber to go under I was using a medium/light rod and the fat ones up a pretty good fight. I think next time I'll take a UL to make it even more fun. I only measured 8 of them. If I had known that there were 10 slots on the leaders board I would have stuck around and caught a few more My hands were freezing though after putting them back in the water so often.

7.5"


7.5"


7.5"


7.5" I know the nose isn't quite lined up with the beginning of the ruler, but the tail is a little past 7.5 so I think it evens out


7.25"


6.75"


6.75"


6.5"


This was the first one I caught. After about 3 more I started measuring. This one was about 7" though.


Top 5 is 37.25". I know they get bigger around here but I'd stay this is a good start