Anyone can catch a bluegill. But catching big, dinner plate-sized, rod bending bluegill? That takes a lot of luck, or better yet, a good amount of skill.
On today’s episode I walk through three things that will help you find, hook, and catch the biggest sunfish, pumpkinseed, and warmouth in the pond. There are some fly and gear considerations, but a lot of it comes down to locating where bigger fish like to hang out.
Panfish were the first foray into angling for many of us. But that doesn’t mean catching the largest and oldest specimens is any easier that finding big trout.
Listen to the episode below, or on your favorite podcast app.
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Matt, this episode hits home with me having grown up on a lake in north jersey (Lake Lookover) that was stocked by my Dad and Grandfather back in the 50’s with giant bluegill from the legendary bear swamp in the Newark watershed also of north NJ. Their stocking efforts ended up producing a lake full of bluegills in the 10 to 12″ range that just loved to come up for a small black popper. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
Rgds,
AH
“back in the 50’s with giant bluegill from the legendary bear swamp”
What a great sentence!
I’m glad you enjoyed the podcast.