Our 4th

[travcoman45]

Boys an I spent the better part a the day tagether.



Bout 13 blue gill an what we call punkin seeds on that stringer. Not the biggest but decent fer the little puddle we was fishin in.



Gettin ready ta clean em, I'm a little rusty, ain't been fishin in years!

They sure tasted good, a little seasoned flour an inta the cast iron fryin pan.

All in all a good day spent doin sumtin we enjoy. Gotta take time an do it more often.

Hope yall had a good 4th!

 

[irishteabear]

Nice! Sounds like you had fun, makes it even more fun when you actually catch something.

 

[rivet]

Look slike you all had a fun day. Sometimes those punkinseeds are the most fun! Glad you cleaned and ate them.

 

[pineywoods]

Tip glad to see ya got to spend the day with the boys and have some fun!!

 

[bigsteve]

Looks like a great day Tip!.. What did you use for bait? When I was a kid we grew up on a lake, and I think the Bluegills, and all the other Sunfish ate every kind of bait, and plastic lure I had. Except for Shiners and minnows, they were too big for the Sunnies to hit on. When I set out to catch sunnies on purpose, I never used anything but a hook with a rolled up piece of bread on it. Those boys just couldn't stand it.

Never ate them though. We had Perch, Bass, and Pickeral in our lake. Sunfish just looked like too much work cleaning for so little meat.

Funny, that jogged a memory. Folks could come to our lake, rent a boat and go fishing. When they went home, it they had any "Shiners" (small bait minnows) left, they'd dump them in the lake. We had a large population of shiners. When they were grown, I guess they were about 8 inches long, maybe 1/2 pound. Fun to catch, but no one ate them.

 

[bmudd14474]

dont get much better than that Tip. Nice catch.

 

[travcoman45]

We used crawlers an a tiny little orange grub on the end. Worked like magic, ya hit the right spot an the bobber was gone fer ya could trip the bail!

 

[cman95]

Alot of people say they are too much trouble, too many bones...blah...blah...blah. To me they be some fine eating.

 

[travcoman45]

They ain't that bad ta clean, was a little rusty, been a long time, but they sure did taste mighty fine!

 

[rickw]

Those are some good eatin. One of my favorite fish to eat, if ya can fillet them they make some nice little fish chips.