Finding Bluegill Water Close to Home

Bluegills don’t require a big tank of gas and a lengthy drive. They inhabits the waters around suburban homes, including lakes near neighborhoods and ponds located behind apartments. They’re durable, able to thrive in water unsuitable for their bigger cousins, the bass. For an angler who lacks space or time, they’re an ideal fish to … Read more

Pumpkinseed or Bluegill, and How to Tell

Most of the time when a fish bite on your lure, you’re going to be puzzled. There’s that tug and you set the hook and now you wait to see what bit you. Then the fish surfaces and now you have to figure out whether it’s a pumpkinseed or a bluegill. The two type of … Read more

How to Tell a Bluegill From a Green Sunfish

You cast your line into that still pond and wait for it to get tugged on. Then you feel something pulling back and see a flash of silver. And there’s the fish! But what kind? If you are a sunfish angler, do you wish to keep only the desired species? Or maybe you’re an accidental … Read more

Bluegill Don’t Quit in Winter

The majority of anglers view winter as a full stop. It’s cold out, the fish are slow and they stuff their rods in the corner until ice melts. This seems like common sense but that logic have a serious flaw. It leaves a lot of bluegill on the bottom of your pond while you sit … Read more

Coppernose Bluegill Aren’t Quite the Same Fish

A Coppernose Bluegill isn’t its own species, it’s a phrase used to describe a bluegill that has turned a copper color due to genetics, water conditions, or diet. But it’s still a bluegill. It is the same species as your local silver and bronze colored specimen. It is just a shorthand way of describing a … Read more