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Post by omegahunter on Sept 23, 2007 12:06:19 GMT -5
I have been fishing a pond with chicken livers for catfish and have been having great luck. However I have also been catching a lot of big hybrid bluegills on the chicken livers. These hybrids have big mouths and can get a 2/0 hook with a glob of liver in their mouths, and they are not Warmouths/Goggleyes. They look more like a cross between bluegills and redears/shellcrackers.
Has anyone else ever caught bluegills on chicken livers?
This is the first time I have ever done it and I have never heard of this before. I'm just curious to hear what you guys think and if you have had similar experiences.
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Post by goonegoosey on Sept 25, 2007 12:48:25 GMT -5
A buddy of mine has a 4 acre pond stocked with hybrids and it is not unheard of to catch a 2 pounder when catfishing with chicken livers.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 25, 2007 15:36:53 GMT -5
I have also caught bluegills on chicken liver before.
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Post by freedomhunter on Sept 25, 2007 16:09:37 GMT -5
Sounds like some of those "Ken's fish farm" hybrids from Georgia.
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Post by omegahunter on Sept 30, 2007 21:09:27 GMT -5
I don't know the exact hybrid, but they taste even better than the catfish I am after!
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Post by parrothead on Oct 1, 2007 10:02:59 GMT -5
The Georgia Giant.
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Post by steiny on Oct 1, 2007 19:16:14 GMT -5
When those hybrids are hitting, they'll bite about anything. Caught some in my pond last week on rubber worms. Also have caught them on those baby smoky links.
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Post by omegahunter on Oct 1, 2007 21:58:17 GMT -5
I have caught some confirmed Georgia Giants before on 6" rubber worms while bass fishing at another pond. They looked like 14 inch skillets with fins! These that I am catching on the livers don't look the same though. They have more speckles on the sides like redears (shellcrackers).
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Post by danf on Oct 9, 2007 19:50:33 GMT -5
Where can one find these Georgia Giants?
I've got some big black crappie in my pond (Grandpa has fished all over for crappie and the ones in my pond are some of the biggest he's seen!), and a bunch of stunted largemouth, but that's it. I'd like to get some panfish in there too, and if I can get some that get big, all the better!
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Post by omegahunter on Oct 10, 2007 17:13:26 GMT -5
There was a fish farm truck that used to stop in Washington once or twice a year when we had a Big Blue and sell the bluegills (and bass and catfish) in the parking lot. I don't know where they were from or if they still come around anymore.
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Post by parrothead on Oct 12, 2007 9:43:19 GMT -5
Just type in Georgia Giants and it will come up. They are out of Georgia of course. THey also develped a Crappie that grows huge.
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