I went fishing up at the county th lake for a couple hours before I had to pick my nephew up from school. At the initial spot by the dam where it had been said catfish, crappie, and bluegill had previously been active, I didn't get a bite, so not liking my chances there I hopped in the car and drove till I found a more attractive looking spot. Not long did it take till I found an area with some vegetation in the water with some fell limbs and trees, and some white poles sticking up out of the water. I got there and saw it was about 2-3 feet deep, and liked the potential hiding places for fish there. Water and air temp were goid, and I decided to have at it there with a float, splitshot, brim hook, and nightcrawler. I immediately caught a nice little bluegill with s bright orange belly.  And the bite was great from there. All up and down that 30-40 foot swath the bluegill and shellcracker were biting. A couple instantly soon as the cast landed in the water. Pretty much every fish appeared to be nice solid bluegill and red ear/shellcracker. I caught THIRTY in a two hour frame. I have not had that good a bite in a LONG time, especially over such a short window, so I was very, very pleased. I'll try to post a couple pics of my catches and see what you guys think.

 

Love that orange belly

 

 

 

by far the smallest. None were any smaller than this.

 

What do you think? Would those be good eaters, or should the be a bit bigger? On short notice, this was catch and release, but next time, I plan to keep a few to fillet.

The top one would be a good size to fillet. The bottom two are going to be a potato chip fillet. 

I do love me some good tater chips.......

 

That said, the vast majority of the fish were more like the first one. If I'd have had the chance and time, I would have fixed them suckers up either in deep fry, or on the stove top frying pan in beer batter. Yummmm.