Red Rocket Bluegills

  • Pat Howard
    Sparta Wi
    Posts: 1523
    February 18, 2011 at 7:18 pm #1302454

    Got out to my favorite bog on Wednesday and Thursday

    Wednesday it was me and my Dad the bite was pretty good. I was so caught up in the nice weather and a day on the ice with my Dad I failed to take the camera out for any pictures

    Thursday was a little different as fellow IDO’er John Schultz made the trip up to fish. We started out about 9ish in the fog and drizzle with a pretty good wind blowing. Not to dampen our hopes while the bite wasn’t as good as it was on Wednesday John still got a nice bunch of fish to take home. Now you say “what is a red rocket bluegill”? The term came out as we were fishing anywhere from 9-11 FOW we would notice some of the better fish would be suspended about 4-5 feet down. I decided to commit to that zone only jigging my Diamond jig in that area when all of a sudden a red mark came blasting off the bottom all the way up to smack my jig . I said it looked like a red rocket on my LX3 We moved around quite a bit but found camping out and waiting for them seemed to work the best once you found a decent spot that held better quality fish. Here’s a couple pictures from Thursdays outing. Thanks for coming up John I had a blast


    Bob Bowman
    MN
    Posts: 3544
    February 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm #938947

    Those first two gills are dark, cool looking fish

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    February 18, 2011 at 7:33 pm #938949

    Nice work guys. John doesn’t look very happy.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    February 18, 2011 at 8:00 pm #938979

    Quote:

    Nice work guys. John doesn’t look very happy.

    The sun was in my eyes.

    Thanks for having me up Pat. It was a good time even though the bite wasn’t fast and furious all day, the red rockets made for some fun when they were hungry.

    I can also say its the first time I’ve ice fished to the sound of .50 cal machine guns in the background.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    February 18, 2011 at 8:02 pm #938981

    Quote:

    Those first two gills are dark, cool looking fish

    I would say that about 25% of the ones I cleaned were really blue, like the two in the picture. Not the coloration we normally see around Madison.

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    February 18, 2011 at 8:13 pm #938997

    Wait until you hear the dragon going off. That makes a 50 cal sound like a pop gun.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 18, 2011 at 8:56 pm #939015

    Great job boys!! Looks like a nice meal to me.

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
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    February 18, 2011 at 9:49 pm #939035

    Nice work boy’s

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    February 19, 2011 at 3:11 am #939128

    Nice gillies Pat and John

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    February 20, 2011 at 2:13 pm #939424

    Good job on the gills guys

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