White River Bluegill with Becky.

[Bill Babler]

Well, I told ya’ll.  Becky and I launched at Eagle Rock at 9:30 this morning after breakfast at the Depot Diner. 

They were right where I left them last week. 

Becky loves BG filets so I told her she had to come catch her own. She did and then some. 

I’ve been around the block more than  once and I have never and I mean never seen BG like this.   BIG-GIANTS

I baited the hook and extracted the prizes and she hauled them in. 

We decided to keep 12 but ended up with 15. Could have just kept 4 as they were that big. 

There are 100’s there. 25’ right on the channel edge. We just drop shot 1/3 crawler. Amazing. 

I’ll never forget this day with my lovely wife.  She just had a ball. 

They filleted like crappie and I never messed up one fillet. How often does that happen with BG. 






 

[jdmidwest]

I love gills but always fish in the spring on beds.  I guess you found where they go afterwards.  Good trip

[Devan S.]

Did you happen to weigh/measure any of them?

[Bill Babler]

No, thought about it but it was so durn hot with zero breeze my fair haired wife just wanted to get her gill fillets and get out of that heat. 

As you can see from the fillets they were just Monsters. I had 4 fillets and she only had 3 for supper, along with homemade 3 cheese broccoli casserole with bacon topping and cornbread. 
 

[rps]

4 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

No, thought about it but it was so durn hot with zero breeze my fair haired wife just wanted to get her gill fillets and get out of that heat. 

As you can see from the fillets they were just Monsters. I had 4 fillets and she only had 3 for supper, along with homemade 3 cheese broccoli casserole with bacon topping and cornbread. 
 

You are talking my language.

Did you even use the big motor?

[Quillback]

Wow, nice!  That one in the 2nd pic looks like a redear.

[slabseeker]

Yum!  I bet that was fun (and tasty). What a larapin leftover fish sandwich that would make with some pickles and vidalia onion. Hard to imagine catching bluegills 25' deep.

[DADAKOTA]

Wow.  Nice mess.  Love me some fried gills.

[Bill Babler]

Randy I did, but really didn’t need to. 
She also caught several really nice K’s and I caught a beautiful 22” walleye. It was his lucky day as we were just after the gills and I won’t freeze fish.  

Next man up can catch him. Or, maybe her. 

No LiveScope required. 

Table Rock Bass Report 9-17-25

Surface temp 80 degree  3’ visibility in the Shell Knob area  

On another note while we were on the gills, good buddy was just hammering the bass. He had over 60 with 20 keeps. No monsters best 5 14 pounds

I went and checked out his spot this morning and he was not blowing smoke, it was a total slugfest. 

Hooked one on top and it spit a shad forward. Fish came off and grabbed the shad on the way back down. I’ve never had that happen. I’ve had others grab it but never the one I had hooked.  I about fell out of the boat laughing. 
That fish was HUNGRY. 

Caught this short walleye on a spoon but another crazy deal. There were fish chasing on top in 50’. I saw a bust and heaved the Dixie Jet jigging spoon at the circle. It didn’t drop a foot and a fish hammered it. You guessed it, it was this 16” walleye. 
I’m pretty sure it was lost or just trying to get a tan. 

They’re biting guys. 

[cheesemaster]

16 hours ago, Quillback said:

Wow, nice!  That one in the 2nd pic looks like a redear.

Are redear also called shell crackers?