Yesterday I took my family to one of those recreational lakes that has slides and rope swings and sectioned off areas of shallows to swim in, etc.  You know, kinda like a beach but in the midle of that state.  It doesn't allow fishing.

Anyway, I was impressed with how clean it was.  The management had really kept the weeds under control.  Here in North Carolina, that's quite an accomplishment.

So I'm there with my 1 year old son, who is having a blast splashing the water, when I feel something pinch my rear end.  At first, I'm thinking the Mrs. is getting fresh.  I turn to look, expecting to see a sly grin on her face.

But there is no one behind me.

I shrug, seeing nothing out of the ordinary in the water, and go about playing with my son.

Then I get bumped again.  This time it's my back.  And this time I'm not going to stop until I figure out what the heck is going on.  So I shielded my eyes from the sun, looked into the lightly stained water and saw a pack of blue gills suspending inches away from me.

They weren't afraid one bit!  I splashed the water in front of them, hoping to get them to find some other swimmers to annoy.  They moved a few inches, but stuck around.

For the next hour, these blue gills took turns trying to eat us.  At one point, the largest of them (I estimated him to weigh about half a pound) swam to the surface and struck at my extended pointer finger.

I punched him in the mouth.  No kidding.  I punched the little joker in the mouth.  He swam a few feet away and then suspended.  I could almost hear him laughing, "Is that all you got?"

Anyway, that was the first time I'd ever witnessed fish behaving so aggressively.  You better believe I felt like coming back with an ultralight set-up.  

    Ha, you need to show those Bluegill who is boss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They like gettin dead skin off ya same thing happens here in saltwater with minnos feels good when they do this to ur feet and toenails like a free pedicure

They like gettin dead skin off ya same thing happens here in saltwater with minnos feels good when they do this to ur feet and toenails like a free pedicure

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Anyway... as far as agressive fish, all I'm gonna say is if smallmouth grew to around 100lbs I wouldn't swim in the water anymore. Heck, I don't know if I'd feel safe on a boat.

Yep shad and shiners will do it too.Have had swarms of them on use before so thick you can cup your hands and catch them.

When I lived up north there were a few parks I used to swim at that had some goldfish in them and those would do the same thing.

I haven't witness bluegills do it yet though.

I wouldn't want to go swimming in my subdivision lake in a couple years with this little fella.

Hahaha... in a fight with the bluegill... priceless.

Hahaha... in a fight with the bluegill... priceless.

x2!! ;D ;D

Just imagine if a bluegill grew to 6 or 7lbs , now that would be a fight !!!

Just imagine if a bluegill grew to 6 or 7lbs , now that would be a fight !!!

I wouldn't fish for anything else...

Sometimes when I get that "being watched" feeling, I see a school of bluegills following me...If they had teeth, they would be like piranha.lol

I thought you were going to tell us a turtle was saying hello to the turtle head.  

Just imagine if a bluegill grew to 6 or 7lbs , now that would be a fight !!!

I wouldn't fish for anything else...

Indeed!

I thought you were going to tell us a turtle was saying hello to the turtle head.

Doh!  I would never go back in the water.

All I can think of is that Talladega Nights quote:

"One of you turds is about to get punched in the mouth!"

I wouldn't go back to that lake, he might bring more friends next time...