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we ventured to pelican lake for the first time ever me my wife and a good friend of my got there a little late on friday weather wasn't that great through strawberry any way we got goin only caught 21 bluegill. oh and my wife caught 16 out of the 21!! second day got an earlier start found a good spot and the bite was on we were reeling in fish ever couple min! we ended up catching right around 55 between the 3 of us the second day had tons of fun! oh as for the bass we seen quite a few on my camera but only one taker and it just so happens it took my wifes it was awsome. also want to say thanks to packfan and the couple other guys who helped me out by telling me kind of how to fish out there.
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Nice catch! I can't wait to get up there in the spring! come on global warming!!
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nice job i still havent got a bass through the ice on pelican[fishin]
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Congrats on your first trip to Pelican. That lake is a lot of fun. I bet your wife had fun showing you up. Those are some nice gills and great photos. Thanks for the report.
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Glad you all had a good time at Pelican, I'm sure it won't be your last. The wife and I go at least once every winter, and have a great time. Thanks for sharing and glad I could help.
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nice pile of gills, I love those blue ice rods for panfish, did many of the gills have worms??
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what these worms i have heard of??? i didnt see anything that looked like a worm and i did eat them am i going to get sick?? haha
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when you fillet a fish and you see a yellow spot in the meat that is a worm, I have heard the pelican gills 50%??? have them, I guess they don't make you sick? not sure I want to eat worm though??? thought you could give me some king of idea how many have them....thanks
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[cool][#0000ff]The "yellow grubs" formerly found in a high percentage of bluegills and bass from Pelican have dropped way off. Very few fish have them now, and those that do seldom have more than a few. They are a harmless flesh parasite that look unappetizing but will not infest humans...especially after cooking. If you don't like them they are easily removed with the point of a knife.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most Pelican "regulars" have commented that they have seen a lot less of the little nasties in the past two years.[/#0000ff]
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Thaks tubedude. and bobco i brought home 45gills and one bass and didnt see any worms or yellow things at all and they tasted just fine. oh and i am still alive haha
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I filleted our fish (40 gills) and 12 bass and only found grubs in a couple gills and 1 bass if I remember correctly and I tossed them in the trash. That was on our trip in Jan.
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OH, man! You're killing me! [:p]
Actually, I'm really happy for you, and glad you hit it right on your first trip.
I was so disheartened after my last trip I haven't even hit the ice since, (and been busy) and now you went and nailed it like this... guess I better head back out.
Hope you had a blast.
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ya it was way better than i expected! the first day we only caught 15 between 3 of us and the second day we caught over 55 between 3 of us so it was awsome small grub jigs with a little fluttering tail with wax worm or night crawler is what we used
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here is a filet with extra protien 1 out of 40
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thanks for that pic ya i positive non of my gills had that i would have seen that for sure
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[cool]Nice job, Steve-o! Hope my tips helped you out somewhat... I think I'm finally going to hit that place this next week, like Tues or Wed depending on the forcrash...
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Tuesday might not be out of the question for me, and I'm looking for a way to get out again. Care to carpool?
Wed. is not possible, must return to work.....
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I guess I'll be headed that way my self next Friday, some friends wanted to go that have never ice fished much, so I guess we will hit Pelican 1 day and Starvation the next. I've never fished Pelican this late in the year so hopefully I can put them on some fish.[fishin]
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