need help locating big bluegill

[Champ188]

What the heck is that carpet/floor covering on his front deck? I'd get dizzy looking down at that and fall out of the boat! 😂

[Quillback]

52 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

What the heck is that carpet/floor covering on his front deck? I'd get dizzy looking down at that and fall out of the boat! 😂

You know how paranoid guides are when it comes to their secret spots - that's a  camo pattern - in case someone is out there flying a drone around looking for where the guides are fishing.  No way that boat can be spotted from directly overhead.  

[Bill Babler]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

You know how paranoid guides are when it comes to their secret spots - that's a  camo pattern - in case someone is out there flying a drone around looking for where the guides are fishing.  No way that boat can be spotted from directly overhead.  

True, very true.  That is Phil's trout boat.  It is really pretty and that Black/White/Grey camo looks fantastic in person.  Numb nuts even has matching boat shoes.  That boat is Steel Grey with that camo and a grey 4 stroke hammer and is a beautiful rig.

Don't think he was about to take his Big Phoenix for a day like today, to messy for him.

Phil very seldom fishes crawlers or for that matter a drop shot.  The guy is very good with a jigging spoon and gets his clients on fish with artificial baits as good or better than any guide on Table Rock. 

He was spooning yesterday when he found the bluegills.  Said it looked like the entire bottom lifted on his Livescope.  His folks today were wanting some fish to eat so he suggested trout and then he told them about the gills, and they were all in.

My mom, God rest her, would have scaled everyone of them and fried them whole.

[dblades]

50 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

 

My mom, God rest her, would have scaled everyone of them and fried them whole.

Mine too, grab a spoon out of the kitchen drawer and get to work.

[ozarksfishin]

Thank you Babler for the kind words...and don't be jealous of my shoes. 😁😁😁

[Bill Babler]

58 minutes ago, dblades said:

Mine too, grab a spoon out of the kitchen drawer and get to work.

Mom would scale them then cut a horseshoe around the head as to not waste any.  she would then slice along both sides of the dorsal fin and pull it out.  She then would cut 3 or so diagonal slices across the fish, bread it lightly in flour and cornmeal mix with a lot of salt and pepper and fry it crisp so she could eat the crispy tail.  She did the same thing to crappie regardless of size, if you filleted it she would not eat it.

She was the best wild game cook I have ever seen.   Made mushroom venison that made you want to eat the old blue roaster she cooked it in.  Don't think the ole gal ever served a tough piece of deer meat in her life.

Spend hours making wild rasberry, plum, grape and blackberry jelly.  Have never had its equal.  She always got a load of chiggers during blackberry picking time.  I can remember one time she had them under her arms on her neck and waist.  She was a total mess, soaked in the bathtub in Epsum salts.  Don't think it helped much till they ran there course.

I miss her.

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3 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

True, very true.  That is Phil's trout boat.  It is really pretty and that Black/White/Grey camo looks fantastic in person.  Numb nuts even has matching boat shoes.  That boat is Steel Grey with that camo and a grey 4 stroke hammer and is a beautiful rig.

Don't think he was about to take his Big Phoenix for a day like today, to messy for him.

Phil very seldom fishes crawlers or for that matter a drop shot.  The guy is very good with a jigging spoon and gets his clients on fish with artificial baits as good or better than any guide on Table Rock. 

He was spooning yesterday when he found the bluegills.  Said it looked like the entire bottom lifted on his Livescope.  His folks today were wanting some fish to eat so he suggested trout and then he told them about the gills, and they were all in.

My mom, God rest her, would have scaled everyone of them and fried them whole.

I need to book a gill trip when I’m back in August if they are still stacked.  Thx!

[Bill Babler]

Stone would be your man.

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3 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

Stone would be your man.

The girls would love that.  

[top_dollar]

17 hours ago, ozarksfishin said:

Thank you Babler for the kind words...and don't be jealous of my shoes. 😁😁😁

Would you mind divulging a bit of info on how you rig, and fish a jigging spoon? What type of gear do you use?  Feel free to ignore this, I just love fishing a jigging spoon and am curious and always looking for tips.