Center Hill Gills

[SAMBOLIE]

Originally Posted by Heiny57

Speaking of fish

I see you cook your fish like a man should.

Still some prefer feminine fish recipes like those used by chef Ben Dover out in CA.

[Heiny57]

In the garage also, with fries and egg plant.

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by SAMBOLIE

I see you cook your fish like a man should.

Still some prefer feminine fish recipes like those used by chef Ben Dover out in CA.

You spelled Jimmy wrong.

[TroutFiend]

Originally Posted by XxthejuicexX

You spelled Jimmy wrong.

Well played juice... Well played.
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[SAMBOLIE]

Originally Posted by xxthejuicexx

you spelled jimmy wrong.

:d:d

[SAMBOLIE]

Originally Posted by Heiny57

In the garage also, with fries and egg plant.

Man, that looks and sounds delicious.

A couple of PBR's while it cooks, another couple with the meal.

Afterwards a good glass of bourbon or white lightning and a half pack of Lucky Strikes. Sit around and discuss strategies for catching large stringers in a realistic environment.

Catching a large fish in a controlled environment is like finding a beauty in a CAT house. Not really much to brag about like it is when you have to pursue them and they finally go for your bait.

[skillet]

Originally Posted by XxthejuicexX

I plan on working up one hell of a number 6 on the crappie this spring. I will leave the bluegill alone, they are good eating but unless they are on the larger size I don't like cleaning them. Here's to public water!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM-lxsxeXBI

Lmao!!!! Wow!!!! I'm with this guy!!! Im gonna pull a number 6 on them crappie and bass this spring myself. And if a big gill bites, his ass will be in the box too!!!! Just know that they are safe and I won't target your precious blue gill. 😇😇

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by SAMBOLIE

Man, that looks and sounds delicious.

A couple of PBR's while it cooks, another couple with the meal.

Afterwards a good glass of bourbon or white lightning and a half pack of Lucky Strikes. Sit around and discuss strategies for catching large stringers in a realistic environment.

Catching a large fish in a controlled environment is like finding a beauty in a CAT house. Not really much to brag about like it is when you have to pursue them and they finally go for your bait.

I say you only get to live once, might as well get it over fast. Fried food, PBR, bourbon and loose women. That sounds almost as good as an alcohol, tabaco and firearms party. This is the most excitement this forum has seen in a long time, carry on!

[SAMBOLIE]

Originally Posted by XxthejuicexX

I say you only get to live once, might as well get it over fast. Fried food, PBR, bourbon and loose women. That sounds almost as good as an alcohol, tabaco and firearms party. This is the most excitement this forum has seen in a long time, carry on!

Women are not loose to all. Just need the proper tool to tighten things.

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by SAMBOLIE

Women are not loose to all. Just need the proper tool to tighten things.

I never claimed to be a handy man.

[notorious]

Man is the ultimate predator... catch all the fish you can, have a fish fry and invite your friends...don't ask for permission nor ask for forgiveness...man law.

[TNBronzeback]

Ya know, i do understand what he was saying, but dont brag on your pet fish in your aquatic zoo environment about how big you can grow em. Well yeah you can grow em big raising them in a controlled environment with high protien feed and micromanaging water quality and such. Thats not real life fishing, so ya cant compare the 2, not even remotely.
Just like a deer farm, great job ya shot that Boone and Crocket buck, from a heated, insulated stand that you were driven to in an electric golf cart through the high fence property consisting of 2,000 manicured acres developed specifically for growing a protected and managed deer herd that see humans for 2 months out of the year....its apples and oranges.
But, its his opinion and he is entitled to it.

[Alphahawk]

The limit will change.....it has to.....just a matter of time. Alabama did it quite a few years back...the limit there is 50 in their big lakes. Here in TN we may be a little slow to make the changes but they will be made. Many states realize...IMHO...that there are a lot more people today than there were 40 years ago so the fish harvest rate is through the roof compared to years ago. For those of us who are a little older we can remember when there was no limit on crappie...then came limits...then came minimum lengths. Same for white bass...no limit....then 60.....then 30....now 15. I do keep fish from time to time. I will always keep Spotted bass and walleye for myself. I give most of my crappie away. I will keep Gills from time to time...I like them better than any fish out there. Here are a couple of pics of some I kept from 2010 out of Laurel Hill....the date on the pic shows 2012 but it was a camera that every time you changed the batteries out the date got messed up and half the time I would never re-enter the correct date. It was one of the very few times I ever took any Gills out of there.....but if I wanted to certainly nothing wrong in doing so. I got to fish Pickwick and other lakes a lot and thought it was just best to leave the fish there for the locals to keep. Back then I had no Hawg Trough...just a tiny narrow measuring tape to get a quick measure but it was so small wouldn't show too good in the pics. All of these fish were over 9 inches and several at 10 inches or a little over. The measurement of the drain opening is 5 inches from rim to rim to give you some scale. That year was a very special year at Laurel Hill. The fish moved up to spawn and never left the banks until October. Stop anywhere along the bank and catch them all day long like that. After that year they have never done it since. After early June they now move out deep. Don't know why they did that in 2010 but man what a year. Now I am going back to ordering some more JDM rods and reels to get ready for lots of gills this year.

Regards

[tkwalker]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

The limit will change.....it has to.....just a matter of time. Alabama did it quite a few years back...the limit there is 50 in their big lakes. Here in TN we may be a little slow to make the changes but they will be made. Many states realize...IMHO...that there are a lot more people today than there were 40 years ago so the fish harvest rate is through the roof compared to years ago. For those of us who are a little older we can remember when there was no limit on crappie...then came limits...then came minimum lengths. Same for white bass...no limit....then 60.....then 30....now 15. I do keep fish from time to time. I will always keep Spotted bass and walleye for myself. I give most of my crappie away. I will keep Gills from time to time...I like them better than any fish out there. Here are a couple of pics of some I kept from 2010 out of Laurel Hill....the date on the pic shows 2012 but it was a camera that every time you changed the batteries out the date got messed up and half the time I would never re-enter the correct date. It was one of the very few times I ever took any Gills out of there.....but if I wanted to certainly nothing wrong in doing so. I got to fish Pickwick and other lakes a lot and thought it was just best to leave the fish there for the locals to keep. Back then I had no Hawg Trough...just a tiny narrow measuring tape to get a quick measure but it was so small wouldn't show too good in the pics. All of these fish were over 9 inches and several at 10 inches or a little over. The measurement of the drain opening is 5 inches from rim to rim to give you some scale. That year was a very special year at Laurel Hill. The fish moved up to spawn and never left the banks until October. Stop anywhere along the bank and catch them all day long like that. After that year they have never done it since. After early June they now move out deep. Don't know why they did that in 2010 but man what a year. Now I am going back to ordering some more JDM rods and reels to get ready for lots of gills this year.

Regards

Randy, you know I love walleye, Sauger and Gills on the huff ... That's why I had Walt stock my pond three years ago... I am about do for another stocking ... <'TK><

[TnCreekMaster]

Originally Posted by Heiny57

They are crispy when dipped in egg, then cornmeal, and deep fried.

I only keep crappie during the winter and early spring for that reason their meat gets too mushy once the water gets warm but catch em when the water is cold and the meats as firm as a shark filet