[creekcrappie]

I have been going to nice's mill the past week, and i probably caught 300-400 bluegill so far there. All of the fish were caught on live crickets, (they would not bite trout magnets, I tried). I have probably ended up with about 75 keeper gills, and 3 catfish, ( two were about 7 inches long, one was about 14 inches long). If you have never had small catfish, they are really, really good, especially if cooked whole. Today the river was a little up with a lot of trash in the water, so we decided to go to the West Fork boat ramp. I probably caught about 30 keeper longear sunfish, and only 3 keeper bluegills. The biggest difference for me was I switched hooks, to a size 8 eagle claw cricket hook. Another factor was the eagle claw balsa pencil spring bobber, and the 3/0 removable splint shot. Since my reel broke halfway throught the week, I had to use my backup reel. It was terrible, I had no feel in it, but I should be able to take my normal one back for an exchange soon. Anyway, if anyone is going to nice's mill looking for bluegill, fish in the slack water areas, and the whirlpools, it is on fire right now.