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well i guess mattlures doesn't own the rights to a 4 piece hard bluegill, but the revolution bluegill looks pretty close to the mattlures if you ask me, regardless of the size difference. i just want to know how this revolution bluegill fishes

i say the revolution shad was a rip off because it came out within a week of the others, and you can tell they were just trying to keep up. i agree this revolution bluegill looks like a good bait. the colors aren't very good, but the plain ole bluegill color looks alright. i just wonder if this bait is any good, because i've heard reaction strike has a reputation for not-so-good-quality baits. micro: has this bait been out longer than the mattlures? i was wondering when they came out. like i said, today is the first day i've noticed them and they pretty much look like a knock off of the mattlures hard bluegill. but if they are well constructed i wouldn't have a problem buying one. there is a video of them on www.reactionstrike.com, and they seem to swim OK. anybody have any experience with this bait?

a while ago when the Spro and Tru Tungsten 4" shads came out, Reaction Strike came out with their rip-off, the Revolution Shad. well now it appears they're copying mattlures' hard bluegill: http://www.***.com/descpageSWIMRSTRIKE-RSRBG.html "The ultra realistic and detailed paint schemes, 3D oversized eyes and perfectly balanced weighting give it a natural look like no other swimbait on the market." yeah right : not sure when they came out with this, but this is the first time i've noticed it on TW. i wonder if the Revolution Bluegill is any good?

i agree, tropical fish are WAYYY over-rated heck, i don't even buy native fish, i catch them myself.

yeah they last for over 4 years if you take care of em right. you can pm me with any bluegill questions if you like. also, check out the forums at www.nanfa.org <--- good stuff right there

a pair of bluegills in a 55 gallon tank with proper filtration. get em when they're small, like 2". at this age they can easily accustom to tank life and are easy to train to eat prepared food. and then you can have fun watching them grow over the years. mine has grown over an inch long in a few months. if you guys have a stream nearby, you two can spend some quality time going down there and scooping up leaves and substrate and picking through it for macroinvertebrates to feed to your fish as a snack. once the bluegills get a little bigger (3" or so) you can feed them little minnows. bluegills are eating machines. after a nice rain, go outside and collect worms off your driveway or lawn, go to petco and go to the refrigerator and pick up a can of live mealworms for a couple bucks.

this little shad is about 3.5" long and goes out to firefightn15, who sent me 2 UL rods and a reel. hope you like it, it swims great!

they're pretty good little baits, but i hope you bought a few, they tear up terribly easy. i had (brief) success with just a steady, slow retrieve. i caught one bass quickly this way, and then a few casts later i hooked a big *** snapping turtle that completely destroyed the bait. i've been meaning to pick some more up, but i think i might just stick with hardbaits.

not an accurate list as it would be WAYY too hard to list only 3, but three that are definitley in my top 10: 1. napoleon dynamite 2. pulp fiction 3. schindler's list

nice job

but i'm on their side!

i just laughed out loud imagining that. carnage

nice story gimlin, too bad some others can't enjoy it for what it is :

ha ha :

my thoughts exactly. and guys, in my other post, i never said they couldn't breathe air, several fish can breathe air, its not unheard of. i said that the stories of them staying out of water for DAYS are false.

lol nice one burley ;D

this is what it looked like on March 15th when i got it: and this is what it looks like today

oh yeah, check out www.nanfa.org if you are interested in the captive care of native fish.

this is good advice but i'm curious how you came up with "several thousand" dollars needed to keep native fish? also, native fish (specifically centrarchids) are much LESS needy than tropicals if you ask me. they're really easy to keep. they don't need heated water, they can tolearte a wide range of water conditions, they eat ANYTHING, i get most of the food i feed my natives for free, just dig around and collect worms, bugs, go to a creek and get some macroinvertebrates or small minnows, collecting the food is almost as fun as keeping the fish! as long as you have a large enough tank, don't over stock it, and have adequate filtration, you're good. for a bass this means a very large tank and some top notch filtration. i suggest you try some smaller sunfish like bluegills, pumpkinseeds, warmouth, red ear sunfish, rock bass, or whatever the most common panfish is in your area.

whats a diatom filter? i've never heard of one. if its something that removes diatoms, i need one! i have diatoms like mad in my tank, and i've really stopped trying to wipe them away because they just come back. i'm waiting for them to use all the available silicon in my tank and die off on their own.

that pic is golden ;D

that was awesome. that is definitley my new favorite commercial. i want to go there and buy stuff now. i'm not kidding! highlights of the commercial: 0:24 -- fakest hand shake ever! 0:30 -- you're definitley not reading a card as you say your lines : 0:06, 0:49, 1:10 -- need no explanation! ;D 1:19 -- "expanic people too" eh?

fingernail polish will work but it will eventually come off.

we went back to jameson lake and man this lake as been good to us (my dad especially). the last time we went out was to this lake (on easter) and my dad caught his 5lb 8oz. PB. we went out again last night and he caught his second PB, 4lb 0oz. the evening started out kinda slow, but not too slow, we each caught bass about 30 min apart. i had 2 and my dad had 2. i caught this real pretty bass on a pumpkinseed hookup worm. then we moved up the shore a little bit and found a real nice spot. we were getting hit dragging our plastics over the emerging lily pads. i caught 1 bass and 1 pickerel here, and my dad caught 2 bass, one of which was the 4lber. the 4lber fought just like the 5.5 from last time, it went straight under the boat and fought hard and long. finally got it in the boat and weighed it and took pictures. 4.0lb 20" swimming away then we turned the corner and started fishing the bank on our way back to the ramp. i caught a bass at one spot, can't remember where, and then we went further up toward a log tha thad fallen in the water, and i hooked a fish on my 4" camo ***. i thought it was a bass for the entire fight, and i was suprised when i pulled it in the boat to see that it was a nice warmouth! this was exciting because i really like these fish and i've only caught one before, and its good to know that they're in this lake. this was my favorite catch of the day. a little while after that it was getting to be pretty dark and the bugs were getting crazy, so we decided to call it a night. i had just casted when my dad said we better leave, i said ok let me finish this retrieve, so he casted out too, and then right after that i hooked a little bass and got it in the boat and released it, then as soon as i released mine he caught a bass. so we ended the night with bass on our last casts.

do you have the link to this video? i looked on youtbe and all i could come up with was videos of pretty girls in swimming pools