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Where did all the bluegill come from in Deer Creek? I haven't fished DC for a couple of years, but thought I'd check out the smallies last Monday. Every cast the tiny buggers would attack whatever you threw. I went through about $15 worth of senkos. I used to fish DC about 40 times a year and never saw a bluegill.

Since there is hardly any cover in Deer Creek, the bluegill are trying to survive by living about a foot from shore.

By the way, we did catch 9 smallmouth in about 4 hours; nothing over 14".
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wow. ive never caught on i dc before either. how big was the biggest one. size may determin anser to question about how long. the large mouths will love them...
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Really tiny, about 3". It is going to change the fishing since the primary food source for the bass was crawdads.
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Bluegill have been in Deer Creek for a long time. I caught a few of them when I was a kid (and that was about 50 years ago).
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I'll be darned. I don't know where they were when I was fishing DC about 50 times a year several years ago. Their size it what led me to believe they were a recent introduction.
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50yrs ago? whole cow that was before i was born
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Don't tell anyone, because as you know, I look much younger than I really am.[]
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LMAO[][]
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50 yrs man isnt that comming up on fossil? lol
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Not quite, but soon I should expect to receive more respect from you younguns.
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They have been there sense the early 70's that I know of.....
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Are bluegill cyclical like perch? There are literaly millions of them in there right now.
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respect went out when the time out chair was created. kids now days gee,s...
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I would imagine that with all of the higher water, and the resultant flooded vegetation they had a banner year.
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I picked up a bunch of green sunfish about this time last year in DC, right up against the bank (like a foot from shore). They were all dinks. I haven't caught any yet this year; I'm not targeting the foot or two from the shore this year, either.
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I know that there are a ton of Green Sunfish in there. I personally have never seen bluegills in the "Creek".

I have posted the two and would like to know which ones you guys were catching.

I have seen some crappie come out of there as well. That was about 10 Years ago.
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[cool][#0000ff]I'm betting on green sunfish. I caught grundles of them in June, fishing around the island. They were right on shore, along with bitsy smallmouths. Here's a closeup pic of one.[/#0000ff]


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Kent , I'm not to far away from the big 5 0 now . Did you have to bring it up . []
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They might all be green sunfish, but quite certain they were bluegill that I caught when I was a youngster. I used to fish Spring Lake a lot as a kid and it was full of both green sunfish and bluegills so I was familiar with the difference early on in my angling years.
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I can remember the big 5 0, but it is getting harder to remember all the time![]
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