![]() For various species, especially bass and pike, bluegills can make up the lion’s share of their diet, such that healthy populations of each species are wholly symbiotic. Bluegill Biology 101īluegills are an incredible species that require a great deal of flexibility to be both the eaters and the eaten in any food-web. Just about every angler started their quest for bigger fish of all species with a simple hook and bobber, targeting gills for the first time as a young boy or girl. ![]() Especially once you consider the nostalgia and history of this true roots-type fishing. No matter what your reason for fishing them, their appeal is several-fold. Gills are also great to eat, and traditionally have been viewed as more of a food-item than a sportfish. Smallmouth bass get a great deal of attention, but a 5lb gill (if you could find one!) would give any smallie a run for its money. Bluegills however, whether naturally occurring or by introduction, enjoy the largest distribution and thus get the lion’s share of attention in the sunfish world, though other species can be targeted in similar ways.ĭon’t let all of that “bottom of the food chain” talk fool you though, bluegills put up a fantastic fight for their size. There are more than a dozen species of sunfish whose range varies a great deal throughout North America, with many being only regionally available or popular. Their sheer abundance and position towards the relative bottom of the gamefish food chain makes them readily available to most anglers in almost all portions of the U.S. If crappies kick off the spring season, then bluegill fishing certainly endcap it and extend the popularity of panfishing well into the summer months. Bluegill Fishing 101: EVERYTHING You Need to Know!
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