Bluegills on poppers

[MT_Pilgrim]

Me and Ben got got for some tubin saturday afternoon. the bite was kind of slow, mostly small fish.
Ben had to leave early and I was too tired to back up and hit a different lake, so I stuck around and got my flyrod out and tied on a popper.
That was the right choice, and I started getting some good gills, when it got later in the day they really started going, I had a topwater strike on almost every cast!
All the pics here: [url "http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2008/06/bluegills-on-poppers.html"]http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2008/06/bluegills-on-poppers.html[/url]

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[TNFloater]

Wow man those are some nice lookin gill! looks like it was a good haul!
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[duffygould]

Mt those are nice gills!

I have a question for you. I am a young and aspiring tuber (haven't even got it wet since i bought it last night) but i was wondering what camera you use? I love all your underwater shots when you release fish and theres no way my camera would work if i put it in the drink to take a shot. Thanks and i can't wait to nail some of those big gills that we have down here in Texas.
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[Bluegillman]

Gotta dust off my flyrod and poppers. Been a while that I had use it. Those gills are big!!
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[flygoddess]

Those are nice shots. Not sure what camera he has, I have an older Pentax that does great underwater, but I got the Olympus Stylus 730 (which isn't waterproof and about $125. cheaper) and I am really getting to like this camera, so for my birthday, the hubby bought me one of these. They work killer, but the flash will reflect off the plastic, only down side.

[url "http://www.waterproofcases.net/waterproof-camera-cases.html"]http://www.waterproofcases.net/waterproof-camera-cases.html[/url]
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[Majja]

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Just turn the flash of FG. That should solve the issue.
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[macfly55]

the second fish I caught on a fly rod was a good sized gill using poppers.. looks like those guys cannot resist a popper that is presented to them in the right way and at the right time of day..

MacFly [cool]
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[MT_Pilgrim]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

camera used for all my pics:

[url "http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_archived_product_details.asp?fl=2&id=1225"]http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_archived_product_details.asp?fl=2&id=1225[/url]
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[Therapist]

Ok Pilgrim !!! if it is not a secret, where did you catch these fishies ?? Lots of fun on poppers aren't they !!!
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[MT_Pilgrim]

[quote Therapist]Ok Pilgrim !!! if it is not a secret, where did you catch these fishies ?? Lots of fun on poppers aren't they !!![/quote]

I am way up in Minneapolis minnesota!
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]Minneapolis is a bit longer commute than Pelican Lake. Care to figure the gas cost at today's prices?[/#0000ff]
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[Therapist]

Now that is really cold, all those nice gills hanging out in Minnesota !!! I think a weekend trip is out of the question, will have to settle for something closer to home, here in Utah. Nice fishies !!!!

[MT_Pilgrim]

One nice thing about tubin' is you don't need a truck to pull a boat!

I can just stuff my tube in the back of my hatchback that gets 50 miles per gallon and can afford to go fish anywhere![]
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