I have a 10 acre pond over run with bluegill and looking for a pond management site and a good game plan to implement for getting a good start on clean out some bluegill via fishing? What are the good baits and lures for fall bluegill fishing? It is completely overrun  and I did put 50 largemouth bass out there the first of October, but I was wanting to fish the bigger ones.

Rick

P.S -is fishing with a rig and bobber and live bait the best trick for fall?

Arrow recommendation for bowfishing? I am using and older compound bow given to me by my grandfather, but the  and the arrow rest on the bow has been broken for years. My winter project is to turn the bow into a bowfishing rig and was hoping it would be possible to do so. Not only am I not sure on what rest to get, but if it’s worth the time and money to covert this old bow?  I want to get a whisker bisket but there are no screw holes for a rest. Am I stuck with having to get another adhesive?Thanks,

Kirk

Catfishing in late September has been a bust! My brother and I  been hitting the water hard this month catfishing and haven’t caught a single catfish. We have tried worms, doughbait, livers, and even chumming the area and still no catfish. We’ve been fishing in the bayous, rivers, and the lakes. Where should we fish for them in lakes and bayous? What bait? What time of day? We have been in evening and morning? What are we doing wrong?

Thanks,

Jeff

Musky Fishing weekend and I caught a nice 32″ musky and had five others follow.  Then I got one was a huge fish that is pushing upper 40’s class. She was impressive! It really got my heart pumping!!! I can’t wait to get over there again and try to catch that big one…….and release her.

I caught this bass caught in small creek. Anyone ever see one of these?

Fortunately, this guy broke the cold streak.

I can’t remember the details or location, but sure was fun to catch!

Fathers day flathead catfishing. I think the shad are starting to thin down enough that some flathead have to hunt. This gives me an opportunity. Early this morning I got a little 16lbs  flathead catfish and released it immediately.Also, Friday night I got one and kept it for pix.

It was just under 40 and I released it to grow up.

Bluegills and buzzbaits.  So last night at the pond while the first 6 fish I caught were bluegills. The pictured one was around 8-9 inches and by far the biggest gill I can remember catching, it was almost 3 inches thick! Yeah…I threw her back. As the sunset I caught the LM on a buzzbait. I only caught this one on the buzzer but missed a ton of strikes.

Final total: 8 bluegill on the Nano Minnow and 2 LM, 1 on the Nano and one on the buzzbait. My youngest caught on ‘gill on a white twister while Knox, my 17 year old, got skunked lol.