05-06-2006, 05:37 AM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I thought the other post about bass was interesting so I thought I would start one about bluegill.
Here’s a list of reservoirs in the SE region that I know currently have bluegill.
Twin Lakes, Condie, Lamont, Winder, Foster, Glendale (small population) and McTucker Ponds. I’m not a fisheries biologist but with excess water this spring I don’t think it is a good if every fishermen takes home a creel full of bluegills. I know bluegill have a tendency to overpopulate so in some of the reservoirs harvest may be helpful. Unless I'm going to cook a few of them for a shore lunch I'll be releasing all of the bluegill I catch in SE Idaho this year. I’ve heard it takes a bluegill from a Preston lake 5 or more years to reach a size that most anglers think is worth keeping (8”).
If anyone knows of any other reservoirs that currently have bluegill in what the F&G call the SE region I would like to know.
I’m especially interested in Johnson and Oxford.
A few years ago I heard a rumor that there were bluegill in Treasureton. Has Treasureton ever had bluegill or largemouth bass?
Has there ever been bluegill in Crowthers, Pleasantview or any of the other reservoirs around Malad?
I know St. John’s had bluegill. It may never support a fishery in the future due to structural problems found on the dam 5 or 6 years ago.
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Here’s a list of reservoirs in the SE region that I know currently have bluegill.
Twin Lakes, Condie, Lamont, Winder, Foster, Glendale (small population) and McTucker Ponds. I’m not a fisheries biologist but with excess water this spring I don’t think it is a good if every fishermen takes home a creel full of bluegills. I know bluegill have a tendency to overpopulate so in some of the reservoirs harvest may be helpful. Unless I'm going to cook a few of them for a shore lunch I'll be releasing all of the bluegill I catch in SE Idaho this year. I’ve heard it takes a bluegill from a Preston lake 5 or more years to reach a size that most anglers think is worth keeping (8”).
If anyone knows of any other reservoirs that currently have bluegill in what the F&G call the SE region I would like to know.
I’m especially interested in Johnson and Oxford.
A few years ago I heard a rumor that there were bluegill in Treasureton. Has Treasureton ever had bluegill or largemouth bass?
Has there ever been bluegill in Crowthers, Pleasantview or any of the other reservoirs around Malad?
I know St. John’s had bluegill. It may never support a fishery in the future due to structural problems found on the dam 5 or 6 years ago.
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